Posts tagged North Carolina
Cognitive Dissonance
“Nothing is true, everything is permitted.” - William S. Burroughs
80 notes &
So North Carolina, what other part of Leviticus would you like to vote on? How about 18:6?
“No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.”
You know, marriage between first cousins IS already legal, versus same-sex marriage, which was already banned by statute.
C’mon, North Carolina. You can do it!
26 notes &
If you live in North Carolina, follow me, and voted FOR Amendment 1…
…I was going to tell you unfollow is in the upper right-hand corner, so GTFO.
However, you should stick around here. You might eventually learn something about equality and why GLBTQ people are just as good as you.
Cheers,
Meg
76 notes &
Wife of NC State Senator says Amendment One is necessary ‘to protect the Caucasian race’
[Chad] Nance paraphrased the remarks, as told to him by those who were present: ‘During the conversation, Ms. Brunstetter said her husband was the architect of Amendment 1, and one of the reasons he wrote it was to protect the Caucasian race. She said Caucasians or whites created this country. We wrote the Constitution. This is about protecting the Constitution. There already is a law on the books against same-sex marriage, but this protects the Constitution from activist judges.’
Nance said he recruited a friend, who works for the Coalition to Protect All North Carolina Families, to witness his interview with Jodie Brunstetter. He said Brunstetter reluctantly acknowledged that she had used the term ‘Caucasian’ and then repeated the statement previously attributed to her, but substituted the pronoun ‘we’ for ‘Caucasian.’ Nance said Brunstetter insisted there was nothing racial about her remarks, but could not explain why she used the term ‘Caucasian.’
Huh. Fancy that.
That argument sounds familiar… Riiiiight, Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967).
Read more about Jodie Brunstetter’s remarks here.
From @WilbotOsterman:
Cops empty out Occupy Chapel Hill with assault rifles like it’s Baghdad. They really love protecting banks’ property
This is beyond disturbing. Do they think this is Call of Duty or something? The militarization of the police force in the US is ridiculous. It’s almost as if some of these cops want to be military, but not deployed.
It’s sick.
It’s Lefty Christmas, y’all!
- Personhood Amendment voted down by wide margin in Mississppi
- Issue 2 voted down in Ohio by projected 2 to 1 margin
- A majority of Democratic candidates elected to North Carolina’s largest school board
- LaWana Mayfield defeats Republican opponent Ed Toney for city council seat in Charlotte, North Carolina. She’s the city’s first openly gay official.
- Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, architect of SB 1070 and BFF of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, is recalled
- The man who saved Gabrielle Giffords’ life, Daniel Hernandez Jr., won his school board race in Arizona with 62% of the vote. Oh, and he’s gay.
- Adam Ebbin of District 30 in Virginia was elected to the state Senate, making him the Commonwealth’s first openly gay senator.
- Mike Laster is the first openly gay man elected to the Houston City Council.
- Democrat Greg Stanton wins mayoral race in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Iowa maintains a pro-marriage equality majority in their state Senate.
- Cincinnati elects first openly gay city council member
All The Heritage Foundation can tweet about now is Obama’s Christmas Tree tax…
(Source: cognitivedissonance)
