Race to the Ballot finale in Wilmington (audio)
Race to the Ballot wraps up this Friday afternoon with a voter registration drive and rally on the UNC-Wilmington campus. Jen Jones, who has spent the past five weeks running 322 miles across the state...
View ArticleSpaulding: Amendment One supporters represent ‘the old guard’ trying to hold...
Supporters of Amendment One are encouraging pastors to preach a marriage-themed sermon on April 29th and then encourage congregants to vote early. Opponents of the proposed constitutional amendment are...
View ArticleLove = Love: 12-year-old boy fights Amendment One, for his moms [VIDEO]
Contributed by Mimi Schiffman: Twelve-year-old Isak Atkins-Pearcy loves Legos, doughnuts and fighting for what he believes in. “I think in a world where everything is right, you could love anyone you...
View ArticleGoing Forward: Lesbian moms tell how Amendment One affects their family [VIDEO]
This is the second in a series of videos by Mimi Schiffman: Meet North Carolina family: Kim, Kathy, Ben, Jamie and Justin, and listen as they put into words what’s at stake behind North Carolina’s...
View ArticleRep. Larry D. Hall on Amendment One: “The wrong way to go” (Audio)
In the final week of early voting before the May 8th primary, state Rep. Larry D. Hall says Amendment One is clearly a mistake for communities trying to attract new jobs and a talented workforce:...
View ArticleTillis family values
If anyone is looking to sublet some office space in the legislative building, you may want to contact Speaker Tillis – he has a few empty desks that he might be willing to part with. Not that I’m...
View ArticleNC Council of Churches: Amendment One would codify discrimination in the...
As supporters of the anti-gay marriage amendment roll out a full page ad in North Carolina newspapers this weekend featuring the Rev. Billy Graham, the NC Council of Churches is making its opposition...
View ArticleGay, Lesbian, or Whatever. Middle school students fight Amendment One. [VIDEO]
This is the third piece in a series of videos by Mimi Schiffman on North Carolina’s Amendment One: In a small school a little north and a little west of downtown Durham, N.C., a group of eleven-,...
View ArticleStar Trek’s Mr. Sulu urges NC to vote against Amendment One
The latest high-profile figure to join the fight against Amendment One is George Takei, the actor best known for his portrayal of Mr. Sulu in the television and film series Star Trek. Takei urged his...
View ArticleJust a Word: What one word means to a couple. [VIDEO]
This is the final piece in a series of videos by Mimi Schiffman on North Carolina’s Amendment One: “You know, everybody says it’s just a word, but there’s more to it. There’s a feeling of belonging,”...
View ArticleNew poll shows NC’s marriage discrimination amendment is already unpopular
It’s been less than two years since North Carolina officially enshrined discrimination in its constitution by passing the execrable Amendment One. Now, less than 24 months later, just as Speaker Thom...
View ArticleAs marriage equality victory nears, another battle looms
Michael Biesecker of AP has a wonderfully heartwarming story this morning that’s available in several news outlets about one of the couples leading the legal fight for marriage equality in North...
View ArticleCharlotte Observer on battle to stop marriage equality: “Write the check, Mr....
In case you missed it, this Charlotte Observer editorial puts things very succinctly and accurately when it comes to the narrow-minded, wasteful and just plain pigheaded stances of North Carolina’s...
View ArticleThe crowd to whom Tillis and Berger have turned
It’s frequently the case with last-ditch efforts in politics that the groups or individuals trying to stave off the final chapter in an inevitable drama — the classic example would be the last days of...
View ArticleThe N&O gets it right
This morning’s editorial in Raleigh’s News & Observer does a good job of capturing the essence of the special session/hate fest taking place in the state Legislative Building this week. “This is...
View Article237 days
That’s how long those who believe in freedom, tolerance, love and progress now have to overcome the forces of repression, intolerance, hate and ignorance in North Carolina. Let’s not waste a minute —...
View ArticleThe right-wing: Swinging both ways on the marriage amendment
Earlier this week in this space, I called out the inhabitants of the state’s “libertarian” think tanks for their deafening silence on the the marriage bigotry amendment advanced by their chums in the...
View ArticleThe anti-domestic partnership amendment
In case you missed it, be sure to read Professor Maxine Eichner’s opinion piece that ran today in Raleigh’s News & Observer. “Not only would the amendment’s language, if passed, make same-sex...
View ArticleIf this is the best they can come up with…
If you’re looking for something to get you both fired up and encouraged this afternoon, check out this new “report” from the fun people at the North Carolina Family Policy Council. In it, you’ll learn...
View ArticleMarriage amendment economics
Wasn’t it just two weeks ago that Rep. Stam, Folwell and the other marriage discrimination proponents were explaining to us: a) how terrible it was that North Carolina is the only southern state...
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