Summation of the troubling changes in NC since the GOP takeover

[garnetpalmetto]

Originally Posted by Hamish Forbes

I agree -- my guess is that the Supreme Court will likely rule against constitutional federalism, the people of NC, and their state constitution, as America continues its now seemingly inescapable free-fall . . .

Out of curiosity did your father or grandfather spout the same Chicken Little-esque stuff when the Supreme Court invalidated NC's anti-miscegenation laws through their ruling in Loving v. Virginia? Or when NC's separate but equal Jim Crow era laws were struck down by Brown v. Board of Education? Hint - if a law isn't constitutional it doesn't matter how popular it is.

[Hamish Forbes]

Originally Posted by garnetpalmetto

Out of curiosity did your father or grandfather spout the same Chicken Little-esque stuff when the Supreme Court invalidated NC's anti-miscegenation laws through their ruling in Loving v. Virginia? Or when NC's separate but equal Jim Crow era laws were struck down by Brown v. Board of Education? Hint - if a law isn't constitutional it doesn't matter how popular it is.

Originally Posted by garnetpalmetto

I graduated from high school in SC in 2000 . . .

Thanks for sharing your deep wisdom, old timer . . .

[RedZin]

Originally Posted by Charlotte485

The gay marriage debate is old, tired and lost. It's going to be the law of the land and the homophobic/racist laws against gay marriage will be overturned. It's silly. I could see some states banning interracial marriage of it were up to a vote.

I bet that NC would come close to banning it.

[Native_Son]

Originally Posted by Hamish Forbes

Thanks for sharing your deep wisdom, old timer . . .

Stupid people get old too.

[Francois]

Originally Posted by Hamish Forbes

My point is that many if not most of the voters of NC evidently find the Democratic party's endorsement of the homosexual cause to be odious

There has not been an election on "the homosexual cause". Amendment One was a specific case related to same-sex MARRIAGE. That doesn't mean that non-Democrats favor GLBT equality in other ways. In fact, "small government" Republicans should believe that passing laws (let alone amending the constitution) specifically to prevent a group from some kind of benefit equates to increasing, not decreasing, government intervention in individual liberties. A majority of North Carolinians support equality for gay people in many areas (employment, housing, scouting, the military...) just not marriage. Even Republican Darling Richard Burr voted against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Renee Ellmers spoke out against Amendment One.

You cannot extrapolate the Amendment One vote, taken in a low turnout primary, using well-funded and misleading ad campaigns, where the ballot had more Republican interest than Democratic, as how the entire state feels about the so-called "homosexual cause". And never mind the fact that acceptance of gay equality is related to age, and every year, more old people die off and more young people (among whom even many College Republican groups see "no big deal" with GLBT equality) reach the voting age, the tide is turning. Even Tom Tillis said Amendment One will probably be moot in 20 years.