marriage discrimination amendment

Orange County Asks, What Amendment?

Submitted by Damon Seils on May 9, 2012 - 12:54pm

In the statewide vote, Amendment One passed easily with 61% of the vote. However, Orange County overwhelmingly rejected the amendment by a vote of 79% to 21%. (Our neighbors in Durham County likewise voted 70% to 30% against the amendment.) Some precincts in Carrboro and Chapel Hill voted against the amendment almost unanimously. The map below shows the Orange County precinct-level results of the referendum.

Orange Leaders Rally Against Amendment One

Submitted by Damon Seils on April 20, 2012 - 12:57pm
 
Join Orange County elected officials on Saturday, April 28, at 10:00 am in front of Carrboro Town Hall for a short program describing the harms of Amendment One.

Carrboro mayor Mark Chilton, Chapel Hill mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, Hillsborough mayor Tom Stevens, Orange County Board of Commissioners chair Bernadette Pelissier, and Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board chair Mia Burroughs will make brief remarks about why they oppose the amendment.

They will be joined by numerous members of their respective boards. Afterward, the group will enter Town Hall to participate in early voting.
 

Date: 

Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 10:00am

Location: 

Carrboro Town Hall, 302 W Main Street, Carrboro

More Information: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/294049987339074/

Phone Banking Against Amendment 1

Submitted by Jake Gellar-Goad on January 31, 2012 - 7:46pm
This landed in my inbox earlier today from the Orange County Democratic Party: 
 
"Phone Banking Against Amendment 1
 
The Coalition to Protect All N.C. Families will be conducting a phone bank at the offices of the Orange County Democratic Party (209 Lloyd Street, Suite 310, Carrboro) in order to identify our supporters, i.e. those who want to defeat Amendment 1. We will be in the office from 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday, February 1st. We hope that you will join us in educating NC and defeating Amendment 1."

Date: 

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Location: 

Orange County Democratic Party (209 Lloyd Street, Suite 310, Carrboro)

Race to the Ballot - Chapel Hill

Submitted by Damon Seils on January 25, 2012 - 5:08pm

Race to the Ballot, a statewide campaign to raise awareness of the effects of Amendment One, the current hate campaign against gay and lesbian North Carolinians, will arrive in Chapel Hill on February 16.

Over a five-week period, from January 27 to March 2, 2012, Protect NC Families Communications Director Jen Jones, trailed by a team of campaign organizers, social media street teams, and documentarians, will run 322 miles across the state of North Carolina, from the mountains of Asheville, N.C., to the coastal city of Wilmington, N.C., to raise awareness about the harms of the Amendment.

You and your friends can participate in the race and invest in its success.

Race to the Ballot will support the voter education and registration efforts of the Coalition to Protect NC Families.

Date: 

Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 12:00pm to 9:00pm

More Information: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/144223272357287/

Commissioners Consider Transit at First Meeting of New Year

Submitted by Jeff Miles on January 25, 2012 - 9:49am

Last night marked the first meeting of the Orange County Board of Commissioners this year and hopefully the first post in a push by OrangePolitics to take a deeper look at the board and its biweekly meetings. Since the board had not met in over a month, the agenda was quite crowded, but a few items are worth delving into.

Defining Marriage by Constitutional Amendment (Orange County Human Relations Month Forum 2012)

Submitted by Damon Seils on January 4, 2012 - 10:34pm

Announcement from the Orange County Human Relations Commission:

The Orange County Human Relations Commission invites you to

Human Relations Month Forum 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

THEME:
“Defining Marriage in North Carolina by Constitutional Amendment: What are the Implications?”

PANELISTS:
Stuart Campbell, Executive Director - Equality North Carolina
Maxine Eichner, Professor UNC-CH School of Law
Brett Webb-Mitchell, Visiting Associate Professor North Carolina Central University

MODERATOR:
Milan Pham, Attorney NicholsonPham Attorneys at Law

PLACE:
Carrboro Century Center
100 North Greensboro Street
Carrboro, NC 27510

Refreshments and Entertainment by The Moaners at 2:30 PM. The public is invited. For more information, call (919) 245-2487.

 

Date: 

Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro Street, Carrboro

Occupy the Ballot Box: taking back our democracy from corporate rule from the grassroots up

Submitted by heiderose1 on December 2, 2011 - 11:50am

9:00 am Registration  -- visitors are free, membership is $10, pre-order lunch

 

9:30 am Welcome and Introductions 

9:40 am Workshop/Teach-in by Pittsboro Mayor Randy Voller: 

             “How to Elect Progressive Candidates from the Grassroots Up”

 

11:40 am short break

 

11:45 am  Move to Amend:  Challenging the Myth of Corporate Personhood

     presentation and vote on resolution facilitated by Sally Goerner, MTA Triangle

12:15 pm Lunch and informal Discussion

 

1:00 pm  The future of voter-owned elections, transparency and accountability after Citizens United

               - Jake Gellar-Goad from Democracy NC

 

 1:30 pm Mobilizing for Campaigns without candidates:

 

              Defeating the marriage discrimination amendment - Sam Parker from Protect NC Families

 

              Protecting voter rights and ballot access for all -- Jake Gellar-Goad from Democracy NC

 

             Creating an independent redistricting commission -- Jesse Goslen, Wake Progressive Democrats

 

2:30 pm break 

2:40 pm The future of progressive politics in a rapidly changing world   -   roundtable discussion

 

4:30 pm adjourn

 

Date: 

Saturday, December 3, 2011 - 9:30am to 4:30pm

Location: 

Orange County Campus of Durham Tech, Room 201; 525 College Park Road, Hillsborough

More Information: 

http://www.progressivedemocratsnc.org
 
 

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