Vote For Marriage On May 8--Placing the Marriage Amendment in the North Carolina Constitution will keep the courts and legislature from redefining marriage. Bill Brooks discusses why this is an important issue for North Carolina voters—“ A good friend said to me, “I’m having a hard time getting my head around this whole Marriage Amendment issue. Who would believe that we would ever be considering such a thing as same-sex ‘marriage’ and an amendment to the Constitution to prevent it?” I couldn’t agree more, but the fact is, on May 8, voters in North Carolina will go to the polls and decide if they want to reserve to themselves the final say on the definition of marriage, or whether they want the courts and legislature to be able to redefine this fundamental institution.
Given the continual push by homosexual advocates for same-sex “marriage,” coupled with the demand for special rights for homosexuals, it is wise to remove the power to redefine marriage from the hands of courts and the General Assembly.
READ MORE: http://ncfamily.org/FNC/1204-FNC-Commentary.pdf
District Attorneys Refute Deceptive Ads--As the battle over the Marriage Protection Amendment heats up during the last week before the May 8 primary, homosexual advocacy groups are desperately resorting to scare tactics in their efforts to defeat the proposed Constitutional amendment that would protect the institution of marriage in North Carolina as between one man and one woman .
These tactics include a new 30-second ad that erroneously claims that the Marriage Protection Amendment could potentially interfere with legal protections for unmarried domestic violence victims in the state. The ad features Wake County Assistant District Attorney Amily McCool pointing to pictures of female domestic violence victims that she pulls from a large stack of case folders on her desk. “Amendment one could take away protections for domestic violence victims," she claims.
These claims were refuted yesterday by a coalition of law enforcement officials, district attorneys and family law attorneys who responded in a joint statement that, “the proposed amendment will not impact legal protections against domestic violence for unmarried women and others.” The statement, which was released at a May 1 press conference at the General Assembly, includes the signatures over a dozen individuals from the law enforcement and legal community in North Carolina, including several current and former District Attorneys, a former Superior Court judge, and two sheriffs.
READ MORE: http://ncfamily.org/stories/120502s1.html
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Friday, May 4, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
VOTE FOR MARRIAGE NC
Dear Marriage Supporters,
I have exciting news to share with you. Just in the last two days, Boards of Commissioners in Ashe County, Avery County, Caldwell County, Columbus County, Craven County, Watauga County, and Yancey County passed resolutions endorsing the Marriage Protection Amendment. With recent polling showing that support for the Marriage Protection Amendment remains strong at 61 percent, it’s clear that we as North Carolinians stand ready to preserve marriage in our state constitution on May 8th. And with poll numbers that strong, few local politicians want to be left behind and be seen as against marriage in their local communities.
In addition, we have uncovered the opposition’s plan for our state.
Since we are the last state in the Southeastern United States to preserve marriage in our state constitution, activists from all over in the country have their eyes on us. The opposition knows that they are climbing an uphill battle because public opinion is not on their side. For this reason, the opposition is fabricating lies to distract us from the real issue at hand: preserving marriage as the union between one man and one woman. According to one of the opposition’s consultants, Celinda Lake, the distraction plan is as follows:
I mean we have been in our movement on the run on "kids" for decades. And it's time
to take it back. And we can. We can in tough terrain, in a tough state, and I think we
can change forever the terrain in which we're operating -- and that alone, I hope, will motivate people to give money to make sure that this campaign gets that message out (Read the full article here).
In case you didn’t catch it, our opponents are basing their campaign on using lies about children on the marriage issue in an attempt to “change forever the terrain” in our state. Not only is the opposition seeking to effect permanent value shifts in North Carolina, but they’re also willing to use children as the very means to keep us from preserving marriage in our state constitution as the union of one man and one woman.
The opposition has rallied activists across the country to pour funding and resources into our state in an attempt to confuse voters with their false messaging. And of course we can’t ever depend on the media to present the facts. Only with your support can we spread the truth about the Marriage Protection Amendment. Please consider giving $25, $50, $100, or more today to protect marriage from activists who want to radically change our state.
With May 8th rapidly approaching, we need you to continue standing with us as we preserve marriage in North Carolina.
Sincerely,
Rachel Lee, Communications Director
Vote FOR Marriage NC
I have exciting news to share with you. Just in the last two days, Boards of Commissioners in Ashe County, Avery County, Caldwell County, Columbus County, Craven County, Watauga County, and Yancey County passed resolutions endorsing the Marriage Protection Amendment. With recent polling showing that support for the Marriage Protection Amendment remains strong at 61 percent, it’s clear that we as North Carolinians stand ready to preserve marriage in our state constitution on May 8th. And with poll numbers that strong, few local politicians want to be left behind and be seen as against marriage in their local communities.
In addition, we have uncovered the opposition’s plan for our state.
Since we are the last state in the Southeastern United States to preserve marriage in our state constitution, activists from all over in the country have their eyes on us. The opposition knows that they are climbing an uphill battle because public opinion is not on their side. For this reason, the opposition is fabricating lies to distract us from the real issue at hand: preserving marriage as the union between one man and one woman. According to one of the opposition’s consultants, Celinda Lake, the distraction plan is as follows:
I mean we have been in our movement on the run on "kids" for decades. And it's time
to take it back. And we can. We can in tough terrain, in a tough state, and I think we
can change forever the terrain in which we're operating -- and that alone, I hope, will motivate people to give money to make sure that this campaign gets that message out (Read the full article here).
In case you didn’t catch it, our opponents are basing their campaign on using lies about children on the marriage issue in an attempt to “change forever the terrain” in our state. Not only is the opposition seeking to effect permanent value shifts in North Carolina, but they’re also willing to use children as the very means to keep us from preserving marriage in our state constitution as the union of one man and one woman.
The opposition has rallied activists across the country to pour funding and resources into our state in an attempt to confuse voters with their false messaging. And of course we can’t ever depend on the media to present the facts. Only with your support can we spread the truth about the Marriage Protection Amendment. Please consider giving $25, $50, $100, or more today to protect marriage from activists who want to radically change our state.
With May 8th rapidly approaching, we need you to continue standing with us as we preserve marriage in North Carolina.
Sincerely,
Rachel Lee, Communications Director
Vote FOR Marriage NC
Friday, September 3, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
My Black Dad & Obama by Lloyd Marcus
I am a black tea party patriot faced with a serious problem concerning my 83 year old father. Dad is an extraordinary man whose life epitomizes the greatness of America.
In the 50s, married with a wife, three kids and employed as a laborer, dad was among the first blacks to break the color barrier into the Baltimore Fire Dept. The white firefighters treated dad like scum and boldly displayed their displeasure with having a “n” in their firehouse.
Dad was the young associate pastor of a storefront church. He treated his 'haters' with love and strove to be the best Christian and firefighter he could be. Dad won “Firefighter of the Year” two times and eventually the respect and admiration of his white fellow firefighters. A white firefighter who once threatened to punch dad in his “black nose” risked his life by going back into a burn building and saved dad's life. The two firefighters became lifelong friends.
While married with a wife and five kids, working as a firefighter and an associate pastor, dad attended college part-time until he graduated. Dad later earned his doctorate degree, which led to him pastoring large churches and authoring a book. Dad also became Chaplain of the Baltimore Fire Dept. Dad's from “laborer with a wife and children to a doctorate degree” success story is the result of his character, faith in Christ and hard work. Dad earned every achievement; no liberal democrat demanded government lowered standards or entitlement programs.
Now, here is my problem I mentioned. Dad loves Barack Obama, a man whose philosophy goes against everything I thought my dad stood for. Despite my attempts to convince dad otherwise, based on my personal experiences attending over 200 tea parties across America traveling on Tea Party Express, dad persists in believing the rallies are racist. Dad believes all criticism of Obama and his agenda is racist. It appears no amount of truth will penetrate the wall of affection dad has for the historic figure he never imagined would exist in his lifetime.
Out of respect, I have not confronted dad, my hero, regarding his irrational support for a president whose agenda so radically goes against his Christian faith; gay marriage, abortion, the murderous partial birth abortion and etc. I also thought, “Dad still bares emotional scars from the horrible racism he experienced in his youth. So perhaps I should be a good son, give the old man a pass and let him enjoy his black president.”
But witnessing the growing tyranny of the Obama regime and his American death march to socialism, I have come to realize it is my patriotic duty to confront my father with the facts about Obama. The stakes are far too high to simply let the old black man enjoy worshiping his first black president. No! America is at risk.
Though in his 80s, dad's is still sharp and pastors four churches. He is bright, articulate and most importantly come November, a voter with influence. Whether dad chooses to accept them on not, I must inform him of the facts about Obama's agenda. Then, when dad goes behind the curtain of the voting booth, he will have to chose between pulling the lever for Godly principles or skin color.
Most of dad's idolatry for president Obama is centered around his skin color. Racism and idolatry are wrong, even when committed by my beloved dad.
I have faith that still surviving deep within dad's “Obama Zombie” brain is the wise, wonderful, righteous and Christian man I have known all of my life.
Disapproving relatives have expressed fear for my safety warning, “Lloyd is foolishly putting his head on the chopping block!”
Think about that folks. My black relatives fear I may suffer physical harm from fellow blacks for daring to disagree with our black president. Meanwhile, whites are afraid to speak out against our black president for fear of being called racist. Dear Lord, what is going on in our country?
Patriot brothers and sisters, the bottom line is while I am not advocating rudeness or bad behavior, it is time we stand up and be more confrontational for our freedoms, liberty and culture. Prayerfully ask God for wisdom regarding the proper timing and approach. But we must start confronting Obama-ites with the truth. We can not allow ourselves to be silenced for fear of being called racist and other threats.
Admittedly, this will be uncomfortable. But many before us have sacrificed all for America. America is worth a little discomfort. My prayers, love and support are with you. God bless.
Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated America.
http://www.lloydmarcus.com/
Spokesperson/Entertainer of Tea Party Movement & Tea Party Express.
The American Tea Party Anthem cd/album.
Confessions of a Black Conservative, foreword by Michelle Malkin.
President, NAACPC (National Association for the Advancement of Conservative People of ALL Colors)
Join Lloyd Marcus Facebook Page
In the 50s, married with a wife, three kids and employed as a laborer, dad was among the first blacks to break the color barrier into the Baltimore Fire Dept. The white firefighters treated dad like scum and boldly displayed their displeasure with having a “n” in their firehouse.
Dad was the young associate pastor of a storefront church. He treated his 'haters' with love and strove to be the best Christian and firefighter he could be. Dad won “Firefighter of the Year” two times and eventually the respect and admiration of his white fellow firefighters. A white firefighter who once threatened to punch dad in his “black nose” risked his life by going back into a burn building and saved dad's life. The two firefighters became lifelong friends.
While married with a wife and five kids, working as a firefighter and an associate pastor, dad attended college part-time until he graduated. Dad later earned his doctorate degree, which led to him pastoring large churches and authoring a book. Dad also became Chaplain of the Baltimore Fire Dept. Dad's from “laborer with a wife and children to a doctorate degree” success story is the result of his character, faith in Christ and hard work. Dad earned every achievement; no liberal democrat demanded government lowered standards or entitlement programs.
Now, here is my problem I mentioned. Dad loves Barack Obama, a man whose philosophy goes against everything I thought my dad stood for. Despite my attempts to convince dad otherwise, based on my personal experiences attending over 200 tea parties across America traveling on Tea Party Express, dad persists in believing the rallies are racist. Dad believes all criticism of Obama and his agenda is racist. It appears no amount of truth will penetrate the wall of affection dad has for the historic figure he never imagined would exist in his lifetime.
Out of respect, I have not confronted dad, my hero, regarding his irrational support for a president whose agenda so radically goes against his Christian faith; gay marriage, abortion, the murderous partial birth abortion and etc. I also thought, “Dad still bares emotional scars from the horrible racism he experienced in his youth. So perhaps I should be a good son, give the old man a pass and let him enjoy his black president.”
But witnessing the growing tyranny of the Obama regime and his American death march to socialism, I have come to realize it is my patriotic duty to confront my father with the facts about Obama. The stakes are far too high to simply let the old black man enjoy worshiping his first black president. No! America is at risk.
Though in his 80s, dad's is still sharp and pastors four churches. He is bright, articulate and most importantly come November, a voter with influence. Whether dad chooses to accept them on not, I must inform him of the facts about Obama's agenda. Then, when dad goes behind the curtain of the voting booth, he will have to chose between pulling the lever for Godly principles or skin color.
Most of dad's idolatry for president Obama is centered around his skin color. Racism and idolatry are wrong, even when committed by my beloved dad.
I have faith that still surviving deep within dad's “Obama Zombie” brain is the wise, wonderful, righteous and Christian man I have known all of my life.
Disapproving relatives have expressed fear for my safety warning, “Lloyd is foolishly putting his head on the chopping block!”
Think about that folks. My black relatives fear I may suffer physical harm from fellow blacks for daring to disagree with our black president. Meanwhile, whites are afraid to speak out against our black president for fear of being called racist. Dear Lord, what is going on in our country?
Patriot brothers and sisters, the bottom line is while I am not advocating rudeness or bad behavior, it is time we stand up and be more confrontational for our freedoms, liberty and culture. Prayerfully ask God for wisdom regarding the proper timing and approach. But we must start confronting Obama-ites with the truth. We can not allow ourselves to be silenced for fear of being called racist and other threats.
Admittedly, this will be uncomfortable. But many before us have sacrificed all for America. America is worth a little discomfort. My prayers, love and support are with you. God bless.
Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated America.
http://www.lloydmarcus.com/
Spokesperson/Entertainer of Tea Party Movement & Tea Party Express.
The American Tea Party Anthem cd/album.
Confessions of a Black Conservative, foreword by Michelle Malkin.
President, NAACPC (National Association for the Advancement of Conservative People of ALL Colors)
Join Lloyd Marcus Facebook Page
Monday, June 28, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Why We Must Win and we MUST educate
Why We Must Win and we MUST educate (Not seeing us doing this enough)
Here’s an update to other headlines that underscore why it is so important for you and your friends to vote against every liberal on the ballot in 151 days.
•Obama’s policies are going to cost us jobs.
•Obama took additional steps recently to undermine traditional marriage by extending spousal benefits to homosexual partners of federal employees. I’d like to know how the president justifies the continued discrimination against the heterosexual partners of unmarried federal employees.
•70% of likely voters want to crack down on employers who hire illegal aliens. Amazingly, the Obama Administration is trying to overturn state laws that do just that. So, what immigration laws will it enforce?
•While hardworking families of the Gulf Coast were worried about losing their jobs and homes due to the gushing oil spill, Obama was partying with Paul McCartney at the White House Wednesday night.
•With Obama’s support, the Democrat-dominated House of Representatives voted recently to repeal the ban on open homosexuality in the military. How did your representative vote?
•If banning military recruiters from campus and breaking the law in the process wasn’t bad enough, here’s more evidence that Obama’s Supreme Court nominee is a leftwing judicial activist.
CCTA member Jan Parys
Here’s an update to other headlines that underscore why it is so important for you and your friends to vote against every liberal on the ballot in 151 days.
•Obama’s policies are going to cost us jobs.
•Obama took additional steps recently to undermine traditional marriage by extending spousal benefits to homosexual partners of federal employees. I’d like to know how the president justifies the continued discrimination against the heterosexual partners of unmarried federal employees.
•70% of likely voters want to crack down on employers who hire illegal aliens. Amazingly, the Obama Administration is trying to overturn state laws that do just that. So, what immigration laws will it enforce?
•While hardworking families of the Gulf Coast were worried about losing their jobs and homes due to the gushing oil spill, Obama was partying with Paul McCartney at the White House Wednesday night.
•With Obama’s support, the Democrat-dominated House of Representatives voted recently to repeal the ban on open homosexuality in the military. How did your representative vote?
•If banning military recruiters from campus and breaking the law in the process wasn’t bad enough, here’s more evidence that Obama’s Supreme Court nominee is a leftwing judicial activist.
CCTA member Jan Parys
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Obama Administration to Expand Family Medical Leave Act to Gay and Lesbian Employees
Posted By Eve Zibel On June 22, 2010 @ 4:32 pm In "Don't Ask Don't Tell", Family Medical Leave
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The Labor Department is poised to announce new regulations this week that order U.S. employers to give gay employees equal treatment under the law, allowing those workers unpaid time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Critics say the Obama administration is going too far. “They're trying to redefine marriage and family by these arbitrary policies with no debate by congress, no public discussion about it," says Carrie Gordon Earll of Focus on the Family.
Gay rights activists, who strongly supported President Obama’s campaign, wish the administration would go further. “It's not repealing the defense of marriage act, it's a small step but it's an important one," says Brian Moulton of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
The announcement comes as the president declares June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender month, with an event Tuesday night at the White House to celebrate it. But even as some are ready to fete the occasion, the president is already creating a new firestorm, with his recent Mother’s Day and Father’s Day proclamations which referenced families that include “two mothers” and “two fathers,” respectively, a move conservatives criticized and called “divisive.” Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said the president “was just trying to be inclusive of all sorts of families.”
But at an event celebrating Father’s Day on Monday, Obama talked, as he has before, about how he missed having both a father and a mother present while growing up. "He [Obama’s father] left my family when I was two years old. And while I was lucky to have a wonderful mother and loving grandparents who poured everything they had into me and my sister, I still felt the weight of that absence. It's something that leaves a hole in a child's life that no government can fill,” Obama said.
President Obama has said he does not support same-sex marriage, but Carrie Gordon Earll of Focus on the Family says the latest effort by the Labor Department is a unilateral move by the Obama White House designed to eventually bypass the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
“This is just one more example of where the Obama administration is really bypassing the defense of marriage act that defines marriage as one man and one woman,” Earll told Fox News.
Moulton of HRC, a group working on behalf of the LGBT community, says the latest move by the administration is a step in the right direction, toward perhaps an eventual repeal of DOMA. “Certainly it's not medical leave to take care of a partner, it's not repealing the defense of marriage act, it's a small step but it's an important one.”
Meanwhile, it’s not just the Family Medical Leave Act the Obama administration is handling that pertains to the LGBT community. The White House is also focused on the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” – something the president said he would work on in his State of the Union address earlier this year.
“We would like to see it happen sooner, I think we keep moving along a pace and the Pentagon will finish its review and we are hopeful and confident president is going to move toward that certification as soon as possible,” says Moulton.
Critics feel that the military’s policy on gay service members will be one more step toward a further erosion of the Defense of Marriage Act. “The repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell will set the stage for the federal government to have to recognize same sex relationships of identified gays and lesbians in the military," says Earll.
While candidate Obama was popular with the gay and lesbian community for saying he would repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," he began to run into trouble with gay and lesbian organizations once in office. In October of last year, the President had to once again affirm his pledge of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell at an annual dinner after months of what the community called stalling tactics.
"We cannot afford to cut from our ranks people with the critical skills we need to fight any more than we can afford to force those willing to do so into careers encumbered and compromised by having to live a lie, " Obama said at the Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Washington on October 10, 2009."So, I'm working with the Pentagon, its leadership and the members of the House and Senate on ending this policy. I will end Don't Ask, Don't Tell. That's my commitment to you." That statement, at the time, was met with applause from those in the room.
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The Labor Department is poised to announce new regulations this week that order U.S. employers to give gay employees equal treatment under the law, allowing those workers unpaid time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Critics say the Obama administration is going too far. “They're trying to redefine marriage and family by these arbitrary policies with no debate by congress, no public discussion about it," says Carrie Gordon Earll of Focus on the Family.
Gay rights activists, who strongly supported President Obama’s campaign, wish the administration would go further. “It's not repealing the defense of marriage act, it's a small step but it's an important one," says Brian Moulton of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
The announcement comes as the president declares June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender month, with an event Tuesday night at the White House to celebrate it. But even as some are ready to fete the occasion, the president is already creating a new firestorm, with his recent Mother’s Day and Father’s Day proclamations which referenced families that include “two mothers” and “two fathers,” respectively, a move conservatives criticized and called “divisive.” Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton said the president “was just trying to be inclusive of all sorts of families.”
But at an event celebrating Father’s Day on Monday, Obama talked, as he has before, about how he missed having both a father and a mother present while growing up. "He [Obama’s father] left my family when I was two years old. And while I was lucky to have a wonderful mother and loving grandparents who poured everything they had into me and my sister, I still felt the weight of that absence. It's something that leaves a hole in a child's life that no government can fill,” Obama said.
President Obama has said he does not support same-sex marriage, but Carrie Gordon Earll of Focus on the Family says the latest effort by the Labor Department is a unilateral move by the Obama White House designed to eventually bypass the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
“This is just one more example of where the Obama administration is really bypassing the defense of marriage act that defines marriage as one man and one woman,” Earll told Fox News.
Moulton of HRC, a group working on behalf of the LGBT community, says the latest move by the administration is a step in the right direction, toward perhaps an eventual repeal of DOMA. “Certainly it's not medical leave to take care of a partner, it's not repealing the defense of marriage act, it's a small step but it's an important one.”
Meanwhile, it’s not just the Family Medical Leave Act the Obama administration is handling that pertains to the LGBT community. The White House is also focused on the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” – something the president said he would work on in his State of the Union address earlier this year.
“We would like to see it happen sooner, I think we keep moving along a pace and the Pentagon will finish its review and we are hopeful and confident president is going to move toward that certification as soon as possible,” says Moulton.
Critics feel that the military’s policy on gay service members will be one more step toward a further erosion of the Defense of Marriage Act. “The repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell will set the stage for the federal government to have to recognize same sex relationships of identified gays and lesbians in the military," says Earll.
While candidate Obama was popular with the gay and lesbian community for saying he would repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," he began to run into trouble with gay and lesbian organizations once in office. In October of last year, the President had to once again affirm his pledge of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell at an annual dinner after months of what the community called stalling tactics.
"We cannot afford to cut from our ranks people with the critical skills we need to fight any more than we can afford to force those willing to do so into careers encumbered and compromised by having to live a lie, " Obama said at the Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Washington on October 10, 2009."So, I'm working with the Pentagon, its leadership and the members of the House and Senate on ending this policy. I will end Don't Ask, Don't Tell. That's my commitment to you." That statement, at the time, was met with applause from those in the room.
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