As posted on previously here on my blog, the following press release from my PAC, the NC Advocacy Coalition, deals with the soon-coming, Monday, October 16th Thomasville City Council vote on an anti-gay resolution:
Press Release (PDF Version)
October 14, 2006
Contact:
Matt Hill Comer, Executive Director
North Carolina Advocacy Coalition (NCAC)
336.391.9528, ncadvocacy@gmail.comGay & lesbian PAC urges Thomasville City Council to vote “No”
Anti-gay resolution un-necessary; State & citizens should focus on more important matters.THOMASVILLE, NC – The North Carolina Advocacy Coalition (NCAC), a section 527 state and local political action committee focused on local and grassroots advocacy and activism on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues, is urging the Thomasville City Council to vote “No” on a proposed resolution which would call on North Carolina state legislators to send an anti-marriage amendment to voters.
On Monday, October 16, 2006, the Thomasville City Council will vote on the resolution being presented by Councilmembers Dwight Cornelison and Raleigh York, Jr.
The resolution, in part, reads: “the undersigned members of the Thomasville City Council ask the North Carolina General Assembly to allow the citizens of our state… the opportunity to amend our State Constitution to protect the institution of marriage in the state of North Carolina and define the type of marriage to be recognized as valid in our state.”
The resolution is being pushed and backed by the Reverend Ron Baity, pastor of Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC. Baity was also involved in pushing a similar resolution which failed in a 4-3 vote by the Davidson County Board of Commissioners last year.
“This resolution calls for voting on an amendment that is pure discrimination directed squarely at gay and lesbian citizens of North Carolina” stated NCAC Executive Director Matt Hill Comer, “Other than writing discrimination into our precious state Constitution and discriminating against thousands of its citizens, there are more important issues to be dealt with by state and local legislators.”
With issues such as the rising cost of state-supported healthcare, problems with the graduation rate and drop-out rate in North Carolina high schools and the continual, rising cost of higher education for both North Carolina students and the taxpayers, local and state legislators should not waste their time in hearing business which serves only to perpetuate anti-gay prejudice.
NCAC Board members and supporters will be present at the Monday, October 16th meeting of the Thomasville City Council. They plan on speaking against the resolution during the Council’s public forum section of the agenda. The meeting begins at 7:00pm on the second floor of the Police Building,
108 Guilford StreetEdit: 7 West Guilford Street (We were given incorrect information), Thomasville, NC.The North Carolina Advocacy Coalition is a state-wide political action committee focused on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their allied supporters. More information on NCAC is available at www.ncadvocacycoalition.org, by phone at 336-391-9528 or by email at ncadvocacy@gmail.com.
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October 14th, 2006 at 12:57 am
[...] I posted on this anti-gay Thomasville resolution earlier today. They’ll be voting on the resolution on Monday evening, 7pm, second floor of the Police Building on Guilford Street, Downtown Thomasville. Via The Lexington Dispatch, here is the text of the resolution (click here to see the NC Advocacy press release on the issue): WHEREAS twenty states have had the opportunity to amend their state constitutions defining marriage, and on November 7, 2006, seven other states, including the following North Carolina border states, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia will have the opportunity to amend their state constitutions, and [...]