Archive for May, 2007
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
Updated, 11:00pm
Partial Transcript of Debate | EqualityNC's Debate Summary
Click Here to see partial transcript and audio of final vote on the bill from Thursday, May 24, 2007.
*** Click here to listen to audio of debate on School Violence Prevention Act. Hearing & debate of H 1366, the School Violence Prevention ...
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
Please see this important post: An interesting take on Lay, the facts as I know them and a 'mea culpa'
See update below
Patrick McHenry EXPOSED, the website made with the purpose of keeping track of Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), his current involvement in the McHenry-Lay Voter Fraud Scandal and other possible ...
Posted in Anti-Gay Politicians Watch | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
UPDATE, 4:40pm, 5/22/2007: During Committee Reports after the House adjourned on May 22, 2007, House Speaker Joe Hackney referred the anti-LGBT marriage amendment to the Judiciary I Committee. According to Mark Binker (see quotes below) this means almost certain death for the bill as it will not be able to ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, High School, LGBT, LGBT Families, LGBT Youth, Marriage Equality, North Carolina, Politics, United States | No Comments »
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Please see this important post: An interesting take on Lay, the facts as I know them and a 'mea culpa'
McHenry EXPOSED is reporting that a number of folks have had problems attempting to contact Representative Patrick McHenry (NC-10) using his Congressional website's online contact form:
Recent attempts to contact Patrick McHenry's ...
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Monday, May 21st, 2007
Jared Polis, an openly gay entrepreneur and philanthropist from Boulder, Colorado, today announced his intentions to run for the Democratic nomination for Colorado's 2nd Congressional District.
According to The Daily Camera:
Boulder entrepreneur and philanthropist Jared Polis will formally begin his candidacy for U.S. Congress today, bringing to the 2nd Congressional District ...
Posted in Democratic Party, LGBT, Politics, United States | No Comments »
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 22, 2007, at 12:30pm the North Carolina House of Representatives Rules Committee will hold a hearing on the anti-LGBT marriage amendment.
The hearing was prompted by NC Republicans threat to recall the bill to the House floor.
More from Ian Palmquist, Executive Director of EqualityNC:
Fellow Activists,
I need your help ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Democratic Party, LGBT, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, North Carolina, Politics, Republican Party, United States | 1 Comment »
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Yup. You all know how I like to follow up on things I write about.
Way back in August 2006, I first wrote about the novel Rainbow Boys, by Alex Sanchez, and how it was pulled by a Rochester, NY-area school system.
Now, it is being reported that the novel is being ...
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Saturday, May 19th, 2007
Political figures on both the left and right called him loony. Folks from both sides of the aisle thought he was just out to pick a fight because of political disagreements.
Besides the already obvious - that the Republicans will never control North Carolina politics because they can't quit fighting with ...
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Saturday, May 19th, 2007
Please see this important post: An interesting take on Lay, the facts as I know them and a 'mea culpa'
According to the North Carolina Democratic Party, the Gaston County District Attorney in charge of investigating the McHenry-Lay Voter Fraud Scandal should "broaden" the investigation:
Gaston County District Attorney Locke Bell should ...
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Friday, May 18th, 2007
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