Politics
Santa Claus is coming to town! And, he’s bringing switches and lumps of coal for some of the state’s meanest and most heartless anti-gay villains. At the same time, there’s plenty of folks in need of rewarding. No doubt, sugarplums and other delicious treats will await them in their stockings Christmas morn.
North Carolina AIDS Director Jacquelyn Clymore (pictured) said in an interview on Dec. 1 with Chris Fitzsimon on NC Policy’s Watch’s “News & Views” radio show that although AIDS patients today are experiencing longer and better lives, more treatment and research funding is still needed.
Officials with the Democratic National Convention Committee said Wednesday they want the national political event to be representative of the full diversity of North Carolina. To accomplish that goal, organizers are launching a community outreach program they hope will touch each of North Carolina’s 100 counties.
A deeply divided Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday removed Jennifer Roberts as chairwoman and replaced her with a fellow Democrat, commissioner Harold Cogdell.
Updated: North Carolina’s capital city on Tuesday became the latest in a string of local governments taking a stand against an impending anti-LGBT constitutional amendment.
This morning, qnotes published an open letter criticizing Democratic Mecklenburg County Commissioner Harold Cogdell, Jr., for his political gamesmanship and partnerships with Republican board members, including Bill James. Other Charlotte media have also weighed in. The Charlotte Observer‘s Peter St. Onge wrote this morning that “Harold has sold his soul.” [...]
New members of city council were sworn in Monday night in an event marked by historic change as the city welcomed District 3 Democrat LaWana Mayfield, its first openly gay or lesbian elected official.
Harold Cogdell wants the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners’ chairmanship, but his apparent willingness to partner with board Republicans, especially Bill James, is stunning, shameful and embarrassing.
The Raleigh City Council will consider a resolution opposing an impending anti-LGBT state constitutional amendment banning recognition of marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships for same-sex couples. Last week, Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker said he was opposed to the amendment and urged the city council to vote for the proposed [...]
Anti-gay organizations promise a constitutional amendment campaign on a “positive note,” but do past efforts by extreme partner organizations foreshadow a more negative experience?
The manager of the Coalition to Protect NC Families, a statewide campaign formed to oppose an impending anti-LGBT state constitutional amendment, will speak at the LGBT Community Center of Charlotte on Monday evening.
CHARLOTTE — History will be made tonight when the new city council is sworn in at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center and the city welcomes its first openly gay or lesbian elected official. Democrat LaWana Mayfield won election in her District 3 seat in November after defeating four-term incumbent Warren Turner [...]
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), a national anti-gay organization enlisted to support a new anti-LGBT amendment referendum committee on Thursday, is raising eyebrows in the Carolinas and nationwide. Its past challenges to several states’ financial disclosure laws is prompting concern on whether similar challenges will be issued in North Carolina.
Republican Mecklenburg County Commissioner Bill James announced Friday that he intends to seek a ninth term on the board. James and other commissioners are up for reelection in 2012.
Yet another North Carolina Republican has admitted the anti-LGBT state constitutional amendment approved for the May 8, 2012, ballot by lawmakers in September makes him uncomfortable.
One of the big challenges for caring and thoughtful North Carolinians in light of the General Assembly’s decision to place a constitutional amendment on next May’s primary ballot that purports to “define marriage” is: What in the heck should the proposal be called?
A referendum committee formed by several anti-gay religious groups is among the latest official campaign organizations set up for an impending ballot initiative on an anti-LGBT state constitutional amendment banning marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships for same-sex couples.
National gay media group In The Life Media announced today a series of three web videos they plan to run as online and TV advertisements in North Carolina and across the nation. Their ad campaign, “Marriage Matters,” seeks to start a conversation on marriage and what it means to same-sex couples.
The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina NAACP, spoke out ferociously against the Republican-led North Carolina legislature’s special session this week. In an official statement shared by NC Policy Watch’s Progressive Pulse Blog, Barber called the legislature’s agenda items racist, classist and regressivist. Barber writes: [...]
The conservative N.C. Civitas Action released their 2011 rankings of state legislators last week. The group’s rankings reveal a more conservative-leaning legislature than in years past, though the state’s only openly gay lawmaker and most other Democrats still took a hit in the group’s assessment.
