ADMISSION from a Sponsor of NC's "Anti-Gay-Marriage" Amendment that is INTENDED to DISCRIMINATE against GAYS!!!

>>> FROM WRAL TV, the Raleigh, NC CBS affiliate --

PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS CBS's 60 MINUTES that interviewed me in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (AFTER BEING SENT BY THOMAS S. KENAN III of Chapel Hill, NC) and wants to air THREE SEGMENTS on my story EXPOSING how former Presidents Bush, Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich, GA Republican Congressman John Linder WITH Fox News and the CIA CONTROL ALL THE NARCO-TRAFFICKING BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN and the US (why we went to war: The idiot Taliban did ONE good thing: they had SHUT DOWN the heroin poppy production, which Daddy Bush had set up while CIA Director to fund BLACK OPS of the CIA), as well as all narco-trafficking between Latin America and the US!!!

60 MINUTES continues to tell me we have NOT YET beat the Republicans (and some Democratic Party allies of theirs, like District Attorney Benjamin R. David in Wilmington, NC), and FOX NEWS internet, email, and cell-phone hackers back enough to be POLITICALLY ABLE to run the story.

But we WILL run the story.

Soon . . .

Primary Sponsor Admits Amendment One "Discriminates"

 

In an interview with WRAL’s David Crabtree for the documentary “The Amendment,” Amendment One primary sponsor Rep. James Crawford (D – Granville/Vance) admitted the he believes the constitutional amendment on the May 8, North Carolina primary ballot, “discriminates against the gay community.” When Crabtree asked if Crawford was “OK” with that fact, the Eastern North Carolina Democratic legislator responded simply, “No.”


CLICK HERE TO WATCH "THE AMENDMENT."


Crawford’s statement speaking to not only the harms of Amendment One, but also his reservations about it, represents the first such sentiments from any sponsor of the amendment. The statement is also in sharp contrast to prior claims by Amendment One supporters that the broad constitutional rewrite that could threaten protections for all of the state’s unmarried couples, does not discriminate against families.


Most notably, Crawford’s comments directly conflict with other amendment proponents in the documentary like Sen. Buck Newton (R- Nash/Wilson) who claimed the amendment is “not at all” discriminatory.
In response to Crawford’s comments, Alex Miller, campaign co-chair for Protect All NC Families, the coalition effort to defeat Amendment One, points out that Crawford’s comments reflect a significant shift in sentiment and support for the amendment.


 "Rep. Crawford is seen by many as the leader of the group of conservative Democrats who broke with their party and supported the proposal that put this amendment before the voters. In my opinion the amendment would not have passed without his support,” said Miller. “This is quite simply the most stunning reversal we have seen to date, and further evidence that support for this amendment is crumbling even among those who once endorsed it."


The half-hour documentary, which premiered on April 23, and featured both sides of the social, economic and political sides of the Amendment One debate, included families that would impacted by Amendment One, legislative opponents, as well as business leaders speaking out about the harms of Amendment One.


One of those business leaders, Bob Page, the CEO of Replacements, Ltd., was also one of more than 75 CEOs across the state who signed a letter to legislative leaders opposing Amendment One. He told Crabtree if Amendment One passed, “some would not see this as being a great environment for hiring employees.”


Most striking was Crabtree’s admission that he, even with the help of Amendment One proponents, was unable to find a single CEO who would speak in favor of the amendment.


“We tried to find a CEO who supports Amendment One to interview. We worked with the two lead organizations campaigning for it, the North Carolina Family Policy Council and the North Carolina Values Coalition,” said Crabtree. “They could not find a pro-amendment CEO willing to be interviewed for this documentary.”


 “North Carolina’s business leaders are unwilling to support Amendment One for one simple reason: it’s bad for business growth, employee recruitment and the economy as a whole.” said Jeremy Kennedy, campaign manager for Protect All NC Families. “As Mr. Crabtree points out in his documentary, legislators pledged to help average North Carolinians by focusing on jobs and the economy. What they got in return was divisive social legislation that hurts the state’s most vulnerable citizens. Fortunately, even now voters are heading to the polls early to repudiate legislation that we can now all agree is discriminatory.”

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