Could Prop. 8 happen here?

This just in from Ian Palmquist,

Could Prop. 8 happen here?

It's day one of the legislative session and already Rep. Paul Stam spoke on the floor of the House of the need to pass an anti-LGBT, anti-marriage state constitutional amendment.

Please take a moment to let your legislators know you oppose this bill and ask them to fight it every step of the way.
http://eqfed.org/campaign/amendment09

Since the passage of California's Prop. 8 and similar measures in every other southern state, the right wing has literally drawn a target on North Carolina.

Equality NC's success at stopping this amendment the past five years has been noticed, and the right is organizing like never before.

Please, take action now. Click this link to send a message to your legislators:
http://eqfed.org/campaign/amendment09

With your help, we can make sure North Carolina never has a Prop. 8 experience.

For Equality,
Ian

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Here the your elected bigot that is trying to pass this amendment.

here is his info, also he was a facebook account

Office:	613 Legislative Office Building
Phone:	919-733-2962
Email:	Paul.Stam@ncleg.net
Legislative Mailing Address:	NC House of Representatives 300 N. Salisbury Street, Room 613 Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
Terms in House:	5 (0 in Senate)
District:	37
Counties Represented:	Wake
Occupation:	Attorney
Address:	P. O. Box 1600, Apex, NC 27502
Phone:	919-362-8873
Military Experience:	US Marine Corps, 1968-70
Personal Website:	N/A
No Gifts List*:	Yes

So if you feel the need to voice your opinion please do so, but please be courteous and polite. Since we know that Lawyers are nothing more then a sub-human class.

Also if you like to help fight this please visit, NC Equality site for more info.

Lets work together to fight this before this pass here in North Carolina.

DOMA Protest

DOMA Protest

Marriage should be every American's Right!

Event Info

Host:	Angie and Nykole
Type:	Causes - Protest
Network:	Global

Time and Place

Date:	Saturday, January 10, 2009
Time:	1:30pm - 4:30pm
Location:	The grass in front of Chili's
Street:	Corner of Evans and Greenville Blvd
City/Town:	Greenville, NC
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Contact Info

Phone:	2527466338
Email:	girlmarine21@aol.com

Description

DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), is unconstitutional and states that marriage is only between one woman and one man. That clearly leaves the GLBT community on the sidelines. President-elect Obama addressed equality in a letter on his website.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/alexokrent/gGggJS

We are organizing a peaceful Protest inconjunction with the National Protest, just like we did for Prop 8. We didn't have the turn out we would have hoped for in November, but now is the time to stand up for equality in this nation.

Out Impact Friday

Our first confirmed date of 2009 is Jan. 23, 2009 for Out Impact Friday, and will be at The Soapbox in Wilmington, NC!

Confirmed bands:

ilyAIMY (duo from Baltimore, MD - ilyAIMY.com)

Someone’s Sister
(trio from Greenville, NC - someonessister.com)

Andy Moore (from Richmond, VA - http://www.andymooremusic.com/)

Special bellydancing and drumming performance by Katilyn between sets!

Age: 18+

Door:
$5.00 to get in, partial proceeds will benefit American Kennel Club’s Canine Health Foundation’s Marcia Polimer Abrams Fund for Canine Behavior Studies.

**First 100 attendees will receive a special VIP gift bag!**


All financial sponsorship contributions for this showcase, 10% goes to American Kennel Club’s Canine Health Foundation’s Marcia Polimer Abrams Fund for Canine Behavior Studies. We are still accepting sponsorships!

**To become a sponsor, e-mail us at sales@outimpact.com with how you can be involved!**

For more details: http://www.outimpact.com/events
http://www.outimpact.com

Event Info

Host:	Out Impact
Type:	Music/Arts - Concert
Network:	Global

Time and Place

Start Time:	Friday, January 23, 2009 at 9:00pm
End Time:	Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 1:00am
Location:	Soapbox
Street:	255 N. Front St
City/Town:	Wilmington, NC
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Contact Info

Phone:	9105384309
Email:	bambi.weavil@outimpact.com

FaceBook Event

Turn Your Back on Rick Warren at the InaugurationStand in solidarity but face the other way.
Hosted by:	Turn Your Back on Rick Warren at the Inauguration
Type:	Causes - Protest
Where:	United States Capitol Building
When:	Tuesday, January 20 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

NC DOMA Protest/Call to Action for Obama Administration

Host:	NC against H8
Type:	Causes - Protest
Network:	Global

Time and Place

Date:	Saturday, January 10, 2009
Time:	1:30pm - 3:00pm
Location:	NC State Capital Building
City/Town:	Raleigh, NC

Contact Info

Email:

NCAgainstH8@gmail.com

LGBT North Carolinians and our straight allies - it is time to come out again and demand our equal civil rights!

Now we're reminding the Obama administration that we want our share of the Hope and Change promised to all of us.

If we want change we have to show up and demand it. No one will give it to us. If we didn't realize that before we certainly should now.

This protest is part of Join the Impact's national day of protest against DOMA. We made a huge impact on November 15th. We can do it again!

On September 21st, 1996, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was signed into federal law. DOMA, wrote discrimination into federal law with two strict regulations:

No state (or other political subdivision within the United States) need treat a relationship between persons of the same sex as a marriage, even if the relationship is considered a marriage in another state.

The Federal Government may not treat same-sex relationships as marriages for any purpose, even if concluded or recognized by one of the states.
To drive the point even further, 37 states slowly but surely adopted DOMA as a state-wide regulation further amending state Constitutions. This apphauling law tells the American people that it is OK to discriminate. That it is OK to recognize the LGBTQ community as less than equal.

This same law, that the California Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional set the precendence for Proposition 8 and other discriminatory laws throughout the country. This same law has nullified many rights that come with Domestic Partnerships. This law has nullified the heterosexual rights that come with Common Law Marriage. This law blurred the lines of seperation of church and state even further. And this law, is one of many that President Elect Barack Obama has PROMISED to repeal in his "Open Letter to the LGBTQ Community."