North Carolina squeaked out of the Bush years without adding a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Democrats continually killed such legislatives proposals while controlling the House and the Senate for almost a decade. But now the Republicans are back in power and ready to get their hate on! So who are the bastardly duo eager to enshrine bigotry in their state’s constitution? Let’s meet them, shall we?
NAME: Senator James Forrester
ORIGIN: From Stanley, NC – “A friendly place!”
HATE CRED: Has filed the bill asking voters to write a ban on same-sex marriage into the state Constitution every year for nearly a decade. He says the bill has the votes to pass now. If passed, voters would decide on the fate of the amendment on Election Day 2012, which would surely help Republican turnout.
BONUS FUN FACT: Forrester had promised not to file the anti-gay amendment this year and focus on creating jobs instead, but he went back on that promise making him a liar to boot—talk about a multi-tasker!
NAME: Senator Phil Berger
ORIGIN: From New Rochelle, NY – “Queen City of the Sound”
HATE CRED: He co-sponsored Forrester’s same-sex ban bills in 2007, 2008 and 2009. He recently said that the Senate will take up the bill “later rather than sooner,” but it’s definitely in his sights. Ian Palmquist, executive director of Equality North Carolina says that he foresees Berger chipping in on anti-gay abortion and school bullying measures later on as well.
BONUS FUN FACT: His co-sponsored amendment would prohibit recognition and protection of any unmarried couples including civil unions and domestic partnerships among opposite-sex couples—an equal opportunity hater!
James
Please keep politicians like these hick folks, out of California!
Shannon1981
I live on the SC/NC border. Nobody should be surprised. SC banned same sex marriage eons ago. It won’t change.
TheRealAdam
Suck the Fouth.
@James: These idiots need to be quarantined. They shouldn’t be allowed west of Texas.
Sceth
How cute! Now we need Kitteh versions of their physical persons.
Humma
N.C. always produces the doozies. ( John Edwards..)
Joseph
Um, I love how no one researches or realizes how difficult it is to amend NC’s constitution. It has to pass both houses by a 3/4 majority, Two years in a row, and have voter approval. That’s why our constitution is so unchanged…
Wyatt
Goddamnit. Stop it. Just fucking stop it. Stop spending your time and money fucking with my goddamn life. I don’t need this or deserve this. I’m fucking 20. I don’t need or want to have to think about how my OWN SENATORS are using my taxes to take away my rights. Fuck this. I’m out.
scott ny'er
@Wyatt: OK. Here’s some TO think about. Think about people who didn’t have any rights and how they managed, back in the day, before the 1970s. Just a thought.
On topic: good to know. I hope these dudes have some hidden skeletons that appear real soon.