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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Polling on Gay Marriage in N.C.
Mark Binker discusses two North Carolina polls on the subject of outlawing gay marriage, the most recent by Elon College which shows the state a good deal more moderate on the issue as compared to the Civitas Poll, which generally gets the results that the John W. Pope Foundation pays for.
Labels: Civitas Institute, John W. Pope Foundation, Mark Binker
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Anti-Gay Bills in the NC General Assembly
Bills were filed (yet again) in the NC House and Senate (both) for an amendment to our state constitution to deny marriage to same-sex couples, which is already illegal under state law anyway. This particular piece of nonsense comes back every session, introduced by Republican tools who have nothing better to do than carry water for the Christian Right and try to stir up the latent hatreds of the under-educated. Because, Lord knows, the holy matrimonies of man-woman couples will be disastrously devalued if gay people are allowed the same right.
Not to worry. Mark Binker, who wrote the article linked above, notes on his blog that Marc Basnight has assigned the bill in the NC Senate to the Ways & Means Committee, which hasn't met since 2001 and which seems highly unlikely to leap into action for this particular piece of soiled linen.
Speaker of the House Joe Hackney has a similar attitude about this kind of right-wing extremism.
This anti-gay bill is going nowhere.
Not to worry. Mark Binker, who wrote the article linked above, notes on his blog that Marc Basnight has assigned the bill in the NC Senate to the Ways & Means Committee, which hasn't met since 2001 and which seems highly unlikely to leap into action for this particular piece of soiled linen.
Speaker of the House Joe Hackney has a similar attitude about this kind of right-wing extremism.
This anti-gay bill is going nowhere.
Labels: homophobia, Joe Hackney, Marc Basnight, Mark Binker
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Anti-Immigration "Rally" Goes PFFFT
Here's the huge crowd that showed up for a "stop immigration" rally in Raleigh ... via Mark Binker's "Capital Beat."Gosh, if you can't even turn out more than 25 people mad about Mexicans in North Carolina, whatta ya gonna do 'bout Obama and the Muslim hoards prepared to turn our schools into madrasahs, our churches into mosques, and our Bibles into wood pulp?
What IS this state coming to?
Labels: anti-immigration, Mark Binker
