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It's time to boycott North Carolina

"Different things can be treated differently if the things or people are in a very different relationship."

--North Carolina House Majority Leader Paul "Skip" Stam (R), referring to gay and lesbian same-sex couples and their eligiblity for civil equality, at a debate at UNC-CH Law School, 9/21/2011

Well, Skip this "thing" (a native North Carolinian, who pays her taxes and is in a legal marriage not recognized by my state already) is calling for a boycott of this great state. We have a state economy in the crapper (10.4% unemployment), a state budget in crisis, and quite a few pro-LGBT companies and institutions located here that don't deserve to be punished by a boycott.

Breaking: Debate discussion reveals that the NC marriage amendment ballot initiative will not contain GOP's bogus last-minute additional language meant to appease business community's concerns.

(Photo: Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam (R-Apex), Moderator Professor Michael Gerhardt of the UNC School of Law, House Minority Whip Rep. Rick Glazier (D-Cumberland).

The debate on the topic of North Carolina's discriminatory, job-killing marriage amendment was really over before it began when bill sponsor, the bigoted State House Majority Leader Rep. Paul “Skip” Stam (R-Apex) passed out two documents to the attendees at UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Law today. In his opening remarks he gleefully referred to the "Act Concerning Marriages (1669)" handout (below) as if it were some holy text representing law in North Carolina. He seems to have forgotten that in 1669, blacks were slaves and they couldn't even marry one another. That's a real tradition to uphold.

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Two events of significance are coming up this week in North Carolina's fight to beat back the discriminatory, job-killing marriage amendment measure that is going to go on the ballot next May.

Posted by Rep. Rick Glazier on FaceBook moments ago.

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In the Sept. 23 article "Fayetteville shows its true colors," from equalitync.org, we learn that Rep. Rick Glazier and Sen. Margaret Dickson are both celebrated lawmakers in the eyes of the state's homosexual rights network, and they were feted at a party here. I note that Eric Mansfield, Democratic candidate for state senator, also was in attendance.

"We extend our deepest gratitude to Wayne and Mark for their tireless work on our behalf, and to our special guests Judge Laura Devan, Sen. Margaret Dickson, Rep. Rick Glazier, Dr. Eric Mansfield and Rep. Diane Parfitt. Wayne (Riggins) spoke movingly about what passage of the landmark School Violence Prevention Act meant to him, and thanked Rep. Glazier for his leadership in getting the bill passed."

We have just gotten the word that a forward thinking group from California called "Progressive Kick" has targeted Patsy Keever, Jennifer Weiss, Rick Glazier and Josh Stein to help give them a financial boost in their campaigns. They are going to double all online donations given to these campaigns.

Their ActBlue site states:

"We've vetted these candidates very carefully with multiple experts/polling data in each state and are sure that each one is in a close but winnable race and that control of Congressional redistricting in their state is at stake."

They go on to say, "all of our candidates are progressive leaders with real backbones unlike some Democratic members of Congress who we’ll have to hold our noses to vote for in order to keep a majority."

With apologies to David Letterman, and whether candidate or supporter, what would your Top Ten List of action items be for the Eighth Congressional District?

Very glad to see this. Thanks, Governor Easley. You did the right thing.

I didn't mean to start a food fight, and I apologize for doing so. Just to be clear, I have great admiration for Jerry Meek, who takes more crap as Big Cheese at the North Carolina Democratic Party than anyone should ever have to. I'm sorry I added to his woes and that wasn't my intention when I wrote this yesterday:

The Hill is reporting a potential primary challenge to Larry Kissell in NC-8 by Rick Glazier. I'd heard rumblings about this earlier this year, and was disappointed to see the possibility is still alive. I've heard good things about Glazier in general, but I have to say, this pretty much annoys the hell out of me. Glazier's not quoted in this article . . . the only on-the-record source for the story is Jerry Meek, who does the talking for Glazier. Jerry should have told the reporter to contact Glazier directly to find out about his plans. His go-betweening in this article is unseemly to my mind.

It is NOT what Jerry said that annoys the hell out of me . . . it's the risk of a primary threat to Larry. The only point I wanted to make about Jerry is that he could have invited the reporter to contact Glazier personally. To my uninformed ear, it didn't sound right to have him explaining what Rick might or might not be doing.

But that's all beside the point now. Jerry is a stand-up guy and doesn't need criticism for me (or anyone else, in my opinion), for his tireless and thankless work on behalf of the North Carolina Democratic Party. In so many ways, it's a lose, lose job, and I for one and enormously grateful that he does it.

The Hill is reporting a potential primary challenge to Larry Kissell in NC-8 by Rick Glazier. I'd heard rumblings about this earlier this year, and was disappointed to see the possibility is still alive. I've heard good things about Glazier in general, but I have to say, this pretty much annoys the hell out of me.

Glazier's not quoted in this article . . . the only on-the-record source for the story is Jerry Meek, who does the talking for Glazier. Jerry should have told the reporter to contact Glazier directly to find out about his plans. His go-betweening in this article is unseemly to my mind.

North Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Meek said Glazier is “seriously thinking about” a bid. “He will almost certainly not make a decision until toward the end of the legislative session, which will probably run another month or so,” Meek said. “He just has been focused on the legislature right now.”