North Carolina GOP platform: Exclude LGBT individuals from discrimination laws
Source: Raw Story
The North Carolina Republican Party adopted a platform over the weekend that states gay, lesbian, bisexual and trangendered individuals should be excluded from anti-discrimination laws, according to Think Progress.
“Government should treat all citizens impartially, without regard to wealth, race, ethnicity, disability, religion, sex, political affiliation or national origin. We oppose all forms of invidious discrimination. Sexual orientation is not an appropriate category,” the platform (PDF) states.
The platform also calls for limiting marriage to the union of one man and one woman, and preventing same sex couples from adopting children.
In May, voters in North Carolina approved an amendment to the state constitution that defines marriage as solely between one man and one woman. North Carolina law already restricts marriage to opposite sex couples, but the amendment to the state’s constitution protects the law from legal challenges. It also prohibits same sex civil unions and domestic partnerships.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/04/north-carolina-gop-platform-exclude-lgbt-individuals-from-discrimination-laws/
Our work is cut out for us approaching the NC elections!
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We're signatory to the UN charter, shall we call them to explain it?
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Article 1.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2.
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
(Leaving out rest for 3 paragraph rule.)
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
It doesn't matter what sex the person in Article 1 does with their private parts. Turn off the dirty movie, we've got serious work to do in this country. You should all be arrested for what you're doing to our nation.
