Professional Groups that Oppose NC Amendment 1

Via press release:

At a press conference held Wednesday, April 25, at the North Carolina General Assembly, representatives from the North Carolina Pediatric Society joined with colleagues from the North Carolina Psychological Association, the North Carolina Psychiatric Association, National Association of Social Workers, North Carolina Chapter and the Carolinas Chapter of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists in opposing Amendment One, the proposed amendment to the North Carolina Constitution that would ban relationship recognitions and threaten protections for the state’s unmarried couples.

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Tami is Getting worry, that they might lose this Marriage Fight..

Dear Marriage Supporter,

We could lose on May 8 if we fail to counter the opposition’s deceitful TV ads.  

The opposition is basing their ads on falsehoods. And they’re running those ads twice as many times as we are running ours. The reason? They have more money.

We need your help to spread the truth about the Marriage Protection Amendment across North Carolina—and we must have your financial support in order to refute the opposition’s campaign of deception.

Many strong conservatives say that we do not need television advertisements to win on May 8. But that is simply not the case. Public Policy Polling released a poll today that showed that support for the Amendment is down since March.  In fact, they said that “Momentum is turning against North Carolina’s proposed marriage amendment.” We must get the facts straight about the Amendment so that voters remain strong on marriage and head to the polls in droves to vote FOR the Marriage Protection Amendment on May 8.  

There are only two weeks left until the final votes are cast on the Marriage Protection Amendment—will you help us preserve marriage in North Carolina from activists who want to redefine marriage for all of us?

We need your support now more than ever before, so we can put more of our ads on television to counter the deceptive ads of our opponents.  Don’t be one of those marriage supporters who is willing to risk losing this important issue just because you think the Amendment will pass no matter what our opponents do.  I urge you to donate now to ensure that marriage remains between one man and one woman in North Carolina.

Sincerely,

Tami Fitzgerald
Chairwoman, Vote FOR Marriage NC

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Vote FOR Marriage NC Releases Television Advertisement

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VoteforMarriageNC cuts Budget for Ads

Via Email from NOM,

And the North Carolina campaign doesn't have the resources to respond.

Tami Fitzgerald, head of Vote for Marriage NC, tells me that they have had to cut their advertising budget by two-thirds simply because they don't have the money...and that the pro-SSM forces in North Carolina have just placed a television schedule that will outnumber pro-marriage ads 3 to 1.

I am asking each of us to dig deep and do whatever you can to help protect marriage in North Carolina right now. Please click here to give directly to the North Carolina campaign.

No matter how much you can afford, it is absolutely critical that you take immediate action!

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Senate Calendar 04-25-2012

The Senate calendar has been posted on the N.C. General Assembly website.

http://www.ncleg.net/Curcal/CurrentSenateCalendar.pdf

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE CALENDAR
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Legislative Day 109
SENATE CONVENES
10:00 a.m.

CALL TO ORDER The Honorable Richard Stevens
Senator from Wake County
PRAYER The Reverend Peter Milner, Senate Chaplain
JOURNAL APPROVAL
RATIFICATION OF BILLS ORDERED ENROLLED
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
INTRODUCTIONS

SB 795
<http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID
=s795> Apodaca
P. Berger
Tillman Excellent Public Schools Act.

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
VETO MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SPECIAL ORDERS
GENERAL ORDERS

SARAH CLAPP
Principal Clerk

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House Calendar 4-25-2012

http://www.ncleg.net/Calendars/CurrentCalendars/CurrentHouseCalendar.pdf

HOUSE CALENDAR

109th Legislative Day

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

House Convenes at 9:00 a.m.

       

Thom Tillis, Speaker

Pursuant to House Rules, the following bills must appear on the Calendar;

however, no votes will be taken.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

RECONSIDERATION OF VETOED BILLS

HB      7       Ingle, Cleveland and McCormick (Primary Sponsors) - COMMUNITY COLLEGES/OPT OUT OF FEDERAL LOAN PROGRAM.

(Vetoed by Governor - 4/13/11) (Ratified Edition)      
                       
HB      351     Lewis, T. Moore and Killian (Primary Sponsors) - RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT. (Vetoed by Governor - 6/23/11)

(Veto Override Vote Reconsidered - 7/26/11) (Ratified Edition) 
                       
HB      482     Burr - WATER SUPPLY LINES/WATER VIOLATION WAIVERS.

(Vetoed by Governor - 6/27/11) (Ratified Edition)      
                       
SB      709     Rucho, Brown and Tucker (Primary Sponsors) - ENERGY JOBS ACT.

(Vetoed by Governor - 6/30/11) (Ratified Edition)      

PUBLIC BILLS

SECOND AND THIRD READINGS

HJR     940     Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House - ADJOURN RECONVENED SESSION.

(Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House ) (1st Edition)  

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

(Three digit rooms = Legislative Office Building – Four digit rooms = Legislative Building)

Tuesday, April 24       Room    Time   
APPROPRIATIONS/Education        421     1:00 pm

Wednesday, April 25     Room    Time   
APPROPRIATIONS/General Government       415     9:15 am

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tuesday, April 24

CANCELLED - The Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations will meet on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 643 LOB.

The House Select Committee on Military Affairs will meet on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 414 LOB.

The House Select Committee on Methamphetamine Abuse will meet on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 1228/1327 LB.

The House Select Committee on Public-Private Partnerships will meet on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 544 LOB.

Wednesday, April 25

The House Select Committee on Childhood Obesity will meet on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 9:15 a.m. in Room 643 LOB.

The Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force will meet on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 1027/1128 LB.

The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee will meet on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 544 LOB.

The House Select Committee on E-Procurement will meet on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 415 LOB.

The House Select Committee on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction will meet on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 643 LOB.

                                                        Denise G. Weeks

                                                        Principal Clerk

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Philip Bushong Dead After Altercation Over Gay Slur

Marine Philip Bushong, 23, is dead after an altercation over a gay slur. Police in the District of Columbia have taken into custody Michael Joseph Poth, 20, also a Marine.

Bushong, who was based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, was stabbed once in the chest with a pocketknife during the altercation which happened Saturday between 2:30 – 2:45AM in the 700 block of Eighth Street SE, just blocks from the Eastern Market Metro. Bushong was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The Marines got into a fight when the suspect called the victim an anti-gay slur. However, there was no reason to believe either man was gay. Full story here!

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News Alert: NC NAACP, Activists, Bill Sponsors and Attorneys to Hold Media Briefing on Racial Justice Act Decision

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 22, 2012

For More Information:           Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137

                                                Ms. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700

For Media Assistance:            Rob Stephens, Office Manager, 336-577-9335

North Carolina NAACP to host media briefing with activists, bill sponsors and attorneys for full examination of Judge Gregory Weeks' Racial Justice Act ruling

(DURHAM) On Monday, April 23, 2012, the North Carolina NAACP will be joined by activists, bill sponsors and attorneys representing Marcus Robinson and other death row inmates who have filed claims under the Racial Justice Act, and others who have participated in the struggle to pass and defend the Racial Justice Act, for a media briefing and full examination of Judge Weeks' ruling on Friday.

The media briefing will take place at 9:00 AM in the North Carolina Institute for Minority Economic Development (NCIMED) Building at 114 W. Parrish Street, 4th Floor, Durham, NC.

            "Friday's decision by Judge Weeks was a direct challenge to the racially-biased practice of capital punishment and a criminal justice system that is far too often tainted and affected by this bias in arrests, convictions and sentencing," said Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. "The Racial Justice Act and Friday's decision serve as a breath of new life into our Constitution's promise to equal protection under the law for all persons. Unlike the McCleskey decision, North Carolina should never be afraid of too much justice."

Dr. Barber continued, "Through the passage of the Racial Justice Act, North Carolina made a commitment to eradicating racial bias in our capital punishment process. We should not be ashamed or afraid to root out every vestige of hatred and oppression, covert or overt, implicit or explicit, in our 21st century criminal justice system."

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Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.

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A major Typo concerning the Vote4marriage Folks of

Via Pam House,

Even though 64 percent of likely primary voters in North Carolina support preserving marriage in our state Constitution, we must go to the polls and voice our beliefs on May 8. Don’t wake up on May 9 and wish you had voted to protect marriage as the union of one man and one man. I urge you to go to the polls now that early voting is under way or on May 8 during the primary election, and take a stand for marriage!

You know she is stewing in her juices,, claiming that this was no simple misprint, that it was plan by us, to make her look bad..

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House Calendar 4-23-12

HOUSE CALENDAR
108th Legislative Day
Monday, April 23, 2012
House Convenes at 12:00 Noon

Thom Tillis, Speaker

Pursuant to House Rules, the following bills must appear on the Calendar;
however, no votes will be taken.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

RECONSIDERATION OF VETOED BILLS

HB 7
Ingle, Cleveland and McCormick (Primary Sponsors) - COMMUNITY COLLEGES/OPT
OUT OF FEDERAL LOAN PROGRAM.
(Vetoed by Governor - 4/13/11) (Ratified Edition)

HB 351
Lewis, T. Moore and Killian (Primary Sponsors) - RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN
GOVERNMENT. (Vetoed by Governor - 6/23/11) (Veto Override Vote Reconsidered
- 7/26/11) (Ratified Edition)

HB 482
Burr - WATER SUPPLY LINES/WATER VIOLATION WAIVERS.
(Vetoed by Governor - 6/27/11) (Ratified Edition)

SB 709
Rucho, Brown and Tucker (Primary Sponsors) - ENERGY JOBS ACT.
(Vetoed by Governor - 6/30/11) (Ratified Edition)

PUBLIC BILLS

SECOND AND THIRD READINGS

HJR 940
Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House - ADJOURN
RECONVENED SESSION.
(Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House) (1st Edition)

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

(Three digit rooms = Legislative Office Building - Four digit rooms =
Legislative Building)

Monday, April 23 Room Time
JUDICIARY/B - (CANCELLED) 544 9:00 am

Tuesday, April 24 Room Time
APPROPRIATIONS/Education 421 1:00 pm

Wednesday, April 25 Room Time
APPROPRIATIONS/General Government 415 9:00 am

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Monday, April 23
House Member Chamber Automation Training (Member Dashboard) will be Monday,
April 23 at 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. in Room 211 LOB.

The Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee will meet on
Monday, April 23, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. in Room 1228/1327 LB.

The House Select Committee on State-Owned Assets will meet on Monday, April
23, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 544 LOB.

Tuesday, April 24
The Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations will meet on
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 643 LOB.

The House Select Committee on Military Affairs will meet on Tuesday, April
24, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 414 LOB.

The House Select Committee on Methamphetamine Abuse will meet on Tuesday,
April 24, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 1228/1327 LB.

The House Select Committee on Public-Private Partnerships will meet on
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 544 LOB.

Wednesday, April 25
The House Select Committee on Childhood Obesity will meet on Wednesday,
April 25, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 643 LOB.

The Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force will meet
on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 1027/1128 LB.

The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee will meet on
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 544 LOB.

The House Select Committee on E-Procurement will meet on Wednesday, April
25, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 415 LOB.

The House Select Committee on Extraterritorial Jurisdiction will meet on
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 643 LOB.

Denise G. Weeks
Principal Clerk

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Media Advisory: NC NAACP to Hold News Conference Following First Racial Justice Act Ruling

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 18, 2012

For More Information:           Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137

                                                Ms. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700

          Atty. Jennifer Marsh, Legal Redress Coordinator,

      919-682-4700

NC NAACP and Partners to Hold News Conference Following First Racial Justice Act Ruling

(DURHAM) - Superior Court Judge Gregory Weeks will announce his ruling in the first North Carolina Racial Justice Act case, State of NC v. Marcus Robinson, at 10:00 am, Friday, April 20, 2012, at the Cumberland County Courthouse. Immediately following the ruling, a press conference will be held with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, President of the NC NAACP, Darryl Hunt, an exoneree from Winston-Salem and founder of the Darryl Hunt Project for Freedom and Justice and other members of the NC Coalition for a Moratorium.

This ruling is the culmination of the first hearing under the two-year-old groundbreaking Racial Justice Act (RJA). On Friday, Marcus Robinson becomes the first death row inmate to have a judge determine whether race played a role in his death sentence under this new legislation.

The Racial Justice Act's sole purpose is to attempt to ensure race does not play a role in the application of a death sentence. The RJA is recognized nationally as the most progressive death penalty legislation in the South.

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Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.

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Media Advisory: North Carolina NAACP's Statewide Civil Rights Spring Meeting Coming to Durham - Saturday, April 21, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 17, 2012

For More Information:           Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137

                                                Ms. Amina J. Turner, Executive Director, 919-682-4700

For Media Assistance:            Atty. Jennifer Marsh, Legal Redress Coordinator,

      919-682-4700

     Rob Stephens, Office Manager, 336-577-9335

North Carolina NAACP's Statewide Civil Rights Spring Meeting

Featuring a Candidates Forum for Governor and Lieutenant Governor

            On Saturday, April 21, 2012 the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP will bring grassroots leaders from its branches across the state to Durham for a Spring Meeting filled with workshops, presentations, a Unity Session, a Candidate's Forum and the 28^th Annual Humanitarian Awards Banquet. The Spring Meeting will begin at 9:00 AM at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, 2200 S. Alston St. Durham, NC and the Humanitarian Awards Banquet will take place at the Durham Convention Center, 201 Foster Street, Durham, NC, beginning at 7:00 PM. Doors open at 6:30 PM

"The gathering could not come at a more critical time in North Carolina," said Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President of the NC NAACP. "After examining data and public policy, the North Carolina NAACP renders the opinion that North Carolina is in a State of Emergency when it comes to public education funding, poverty and jobs, equal protection under the law, injustices in the criminal justice system, access to healthcare, protection of civil and constitutional rights, environmental protection and immigrant rights for many North Carolinians. Civic engagement is of paramount importance and the NC NAACP Spring Meeting is a major event to continue to expand participation in our democracy, which is critical for this state to choose a better way."

The day will open with a Unity Session and Call to Action by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II at 9:00 AM. Rev. Dr. Barber will discuss the current political landscape and the State of Emergency in North Carolina.

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Why We Can Defeat Amendment One & How YOU Can Help

The purpose of this video is to motivate fair-minded, compassionate and reasonable NC citizens and those who want to protect the rights of ALL types of families in NC to take specific action to help defeat the discriminatory, anti-gay and anti-family Amendment One. PLEASE CIRCULATE IT via email, Facebook status posts, groups, Twitter, you name it. This is URGENT.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE:
Please follow the 3 2 1 plan: Give "three" hours or do "three" things "two" defeat Amendment One!
1) Take the pledge to vote against: http://www.protectallncfamilies.org/content/pledge-to-vote-against
and encourage others to do so by following instructions on this page:
http://uufrprotectsncfamilies.blogspot.com/p/epledge.html
2) Donate to get our message out: https://protectallncfamilies.ngpvanhost.com/crmapi/contribute
3) Sign up for easy "get out the vote" (GOTV) reminder calls to those who pledged to vote against between April 19 and May 5th: http://www.protectncfamilies.org/volunteer
For those in the Raleigh area, we have free food at our "happening" phone banks from 6-9pm:
http://uufrprotectsncfamilies.blogspot.com/p/phone-bank.html
For other phone banks in the Triangle area or around the state, contact the Coalition's Morgan Hinton at 919-807-1685,
To phone bank from home, go here: http://www.protectallncfamilies.org/vpb
THANKS in advance for protecting the rights of NC"s unmarried couples and their children!

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Another takes his’ life after being bullied at school

Kenneth Weishuhn 14, committed suicide as a result of relentless bullying after coming out.

“He says, ‘Mom, you don’t know how it feels to be hated,” said Jeannie Chambers.

“People that were originally his friends, they kind of turned on him,” said his sister Kayla Weishuhn.

Teasing started in school, according Kayla, a sophomore.  She says it was the boys in her class, that bullied her brother over his sexuality.

many blame the following

Brian Brown, Maggie Gallagher, Tony Perkins, Bryan Fischer, Kirk Cameron, Rick Santorum Ruben Diaz, Pope Benedict and any other anti-gay mouth piece who does nothing but promote the hate

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VoteForMarriageNC is mad that Someone is giving big bucks to those fighting the Amendment

Yes a Atheist Activist is donating 100K to our fight, and this is pissing off the folk at Vote4marraigenc. so they started the lies.

Philanthropist Todd Stiefel of the Raleigh, North Carolina-based Stiefel Freethought Foundation has launched a campaign this week that will match every dollar donated up to $100K. That’s more than a good number of donors in the LGBT community have done to help.

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News Alert - NC A&T and Winston-Salem State University Invite NC NAACP President to Speak at Campus Rallies Today

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 17, 2012

For More Information:           Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137

Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Executive Drector, 919-682-4700

For Media Assistance:            Rob Stephens, 336-577-9335

(DURHAM) -  Two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) are holding rallies today against Voter Suppression, Amendment One and the rightwing attack on African-Americans, Latinos, the elderly, women, students, the poor, and other minorities. The campus groups, led by NAACP college chapters on the campuses of Winston-Salem State University and North Carolina A&T University are helping to lead these efforts and have invited Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, to speak.

Both events are scheduled for today, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. The "Rally for a Revolution" on the campus of Winston-Salem State University will take place at 2:30 PM at the Clock Tower.  Please contact Brandon Singletary for on-site coordination - 910-581-9864.  

The "Join the Revolution Rally" at NC A&T University is organized in conjunction with five campuses in Greensboro: Bennett College, UNC-Greensboro, Guilford College and Greensboro College. It will take place at 5:15 PM behind the Student Union on the Quad, 1405 John Mitchell Drive, Greensboro, NC. Please contact William Robinson for on-site coordination - 828-261-5552.    

"Young people are not being fooled by the rightwing's attempt to divide and conquer the current day Civil Rights Movement," said Rev. Barber. "They know passing the first amendment that codifies discrimination into the North Carolina Constitution is part of a strategic plan to strip the rights of a new, more diverse North Carolina in order to maintain power in the hands of the few. As students on campuses where sit-ins sparked a wave of student movements across the country against all forms of discrimination, they know it is especially concerning in a Southern State for powers to set a precedent whereby a majority votes on the rights of a minority in an attempt to move toward a limited states rights agenda as a way of undermining the broad protections of our Constitution."

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Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.

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Rocky Mount Speakers Bureau | April 15th

April 15, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Church of the Good Shepherd

231 N. Church Street

Rocky Mount, NC 27804

See map: Google Maps

Rocky Mount Speakers Bureau

Learn how to talk to friends, family and the broader community about the harms of Amendment One.

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New Bern: to support Amendment 1

Tuesday April 17 at 7PM City Hall: New Bern Aldermen take up resolution in support of Amendment One. Join me in speaking up against this. Here's info on the meetings http://www.newbern-nc.org/C_Hall/index.php If you can't attend: email or call City Hall.

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Victoria Jackson: On Climate Change

Its clear as day that Victoria has no brains at all. That she just a blonde Joke waiting to Happen. That she need attention so bad that she will lower her self to any standard to get it.

Now she claims only Fascists and Communist believe in Climate Change.

"This is the opposite of capitalism. It is the opposite of free enterprise and what made America the greatest nation in the world. This bill would be supported by the occupiers, Valerie Jarett, Van Jones, Obama, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, Communists, Fascists, Socialists, whatever you want to call it, it’s the government taking over. It’s the government picking the winners and losers. Even though it looks pretty on the outside it’s the way our country is being destroyed right now." - Victoria Jackson

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Brian Brown Twitter Account Hacked

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Amendment 1: Wrong for NC Families: Perdue Speaks

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NC NAACP: Zimmerman is Arrested today, but the work to Arrest racial profiling and racial injustice in the legal system continues tomorrow

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 11, 2012

For More Information:     Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137

                                         Mrs. Amina J. Turner,  Executive Director, 919-682-4700

Zimmerman is Arrested today, but the work to Arrest racial profiling and racial injustice in the legal system continues tomorrow

Tonight was an important beginning with the arrest and second degree murder charge against George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin. It begins what we have wanted in the Civil Rights Community: an arrest and a fair and open trial based on the facts. It begins the process of restoring some faith and hope that justice will be blind and our legal system will be impartial.  

But while it is a beginning, it is not an end. It should not be an end to our prayers for Trayvon's family. It should not be an end to us remembering that an innocent teenager was racially profiled for wearing a hoodie and "carrying skittles while black" with deadly consequences. Trayvon, who could have been any of our sons, is dead. It should not be an end to our following or monitoring this case. While Zimmerman has been arrested, it certainly doesn't put an end to the racial profiling and racial application of arrests, prosecutions and imprisonment in our communities. Rather, now more than ever, racial profiling must be challenged by an ongoing Movement that demands respect, raises a moral outcry and registers our position politically through the electoral process in ways that continue to challenge systemic injustice.

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Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.

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A Bit of this and a Bit of that

Well it would seem that someone has pissed in Brian Brown, (head of NOM) Coffee sometime this week. It would seem that HRC has some tax returns from NOM with a list of their donors..

Brown, personal take:

It appears that someone with either the IRS or the HRC may have committed a federal crime by illegally obtaining and then releasing a confidential tax return of the National Organization for Marriage.
It's clear that the tax return was stolen, either from NOM or from the government. The Huffington Post article says that HRC claimed they received the document from a ‘whistleblower.' But the term ‘whistleblower' is completely inapt. We're talking about a criminal who has stolen confidential tax return information. We demand to know who this criminal is, whether they work for the HRC or the IRS, and how they obtained confidential tax information filed only with the US government."
I would like to know what the HRC knew and when did they know it. It certainly appears that either the HRC was involved in illegally obtaining this tax return themselves, or they worked with a criminal who stole it from NOM or the IRS. Either way, it appears that a federal crime may have been committed

in the very stupid files,

Green tea and Olympic doping: "Olympic doping officials are considering whether to tweak their tests after a recent British study showed green tea might hide testosterone from the standard test used to spot it."

Now she is so sorry for it. Bitch Please.. Mary J Blige full of shit

Mary J. Blige is sorry for participating in a controversial Burger King ad.

“I agreed to be a part of a fun and creative campaign that was supposed to feature a dream sequence. Unfortunately, that's not what was happening in that clip.

I understand my fans being upset by what they saw. But, if you’re a Mary fan, you have to know I would never allow an unfinished spot like the one you saw go out."

And at home here in NC in the matters of Amendment 1 it would seem that our fundies have billboards up Supporting Amendment 1.

Advocate, Bitch Please,

LA Gay Center Slams TV Station for Humiliating Gay Men | News

www.advocate.com

A local Los Angeles TV broadcaster published the names, birthdates, and pictures of 18 men recently arrested for public sex at a Manhattan Beach restroom, and the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center is livid over that decision.

I’m sorry, If these men can’t take the sex elsewhere they need to be busted and shamed, shit like this give us a bad name..

Also today the Exec’s of Starbuck received a very large Thank You Card,activists from the Sum Of Us delivered a giant "Thank You" card noting the almost 650,000 people who have shown their gratitude for supporting LGBT civil equality.

Nichelle Nichols, aka Uhura from Star Trek Visits the White House

 

A Fullerton, California high school senior was dismissed from a campus competition after  a pro-gay comment. Asked where he saw himself in ten years, he said “he hoped to have found the love of his life and married him.” The Superintendent has stepped in, said the guy did nothing wrong, and forced the offending assistant principal to apologize publicly.

Cleve Jones makes a statement,

In an interview with Edge Boston longtime gay activist Cleve Jones, a close friend of Harvey Milk,  claimed that he fears the LGBT movement may be losing its way and that corporate money has too strong an influence.

I think Cleve is on something here. There just to much Corp in our Activist’s groups.

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