Discrimination amendment battle in NC Primaries
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The bigoted and homophobic population of North Carolina voters and religious fundamentalist nutjobs will be able to vote in favor of a totally unnecessary amendment to the NC Constitution which will further discriminate against unmarried couples, and couples legally married in other states, and possibly disrupt many NC families, when they go to the polls this primary season. Since there are so many bigoted homophobic religious fundamentalist whackos in NC, the ballot question is very likely to pass and take effect immediately unless enough informed people who love religious freedom and equality, and want fewer laws which regulate individual behavior, get motivated enough to go to the polls and vote against this horrible amendment.
The amendment appears as a result of Session Law 2011-409, which began as Senate Bill 514, with the title “Defense of Marriage”. The name of the bill is very inappropriate and misleading. Once again, the politicians are trying to trick everyone by titling bills which do the opposite, such as Clean Air Act actually enabled more air pollution and should have been called the Dirty Air Act, and the Patriot Act actually should have been called the Act to Repeal the Bill of Rights and the 4th Amendment. A vote in favor of the amendment would actually attack rather than defend marriage. It attacks certain people married in other states, by failing to recognize their legal marriage as legal in NC, and would also prevent marriages between people who love each other but are out of luck if they want to live in this state. It is very much like the Jim Crow laws which prevented interracial marriage until the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Virginia which said the ban on interracial marriage was in violation of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution and denied equal protection.
You can click here to see the wording of the entire session law which put this onto the ballot, and you can even see if your elected representatives voted for or against the Senate Bill S514.
Prove to the politicians you are smarter than they give you credit for. Vote Against the Amendment.
Liberty @ April 29, 2012
Separation of Church and State is Absolute
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In September, 1960, soon to be elected President John F. Kennedy best described the necessity of separation of church and state, yet there are many today who argue against separation of church and state, denying that separation of church and state is of the utmost importance to the liberty of a nation. The fundamentalism extremists are no better than zealots from backwards middle eastern countries, as they attempt to transform the government of the United States of America into a theocracy, and impose christian sharia against us all. This speech by JFK is just as applicable and of vital importance in setting guiding principles, today, as it was in the 1960′s.
Liberty @ April 28, 2012
Did Trayvon Martin attack George Zimmerman?
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The claims that neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman observed and reported Trayvon Martin to 911 as suspicious, followed him, and even ran after him are all confirmed, and backed up by evidence. There are also reports, according to the local police, that George Zimmerman confessed that he shot and killed Trayvon Martin.
There are recordings to a 911 dispatcher in which someone can be heard screaming in pain and crying for help. According to the family of Trayvon Martin, those screams are from Trayvon. According to an eye witness to the altercation, whomever was wearing red was on the ground, being hit, and screaming for help. So far, it appears that the person wearing red was George Zimmerman.
The FBI utilizes solid forensic science and should be able to conclusively say who was doing the screaming for help. We know that Zimmerman was following Martin, and Martin knew he was being followed, but the public does not have enough information yet, to say, for sure, if the attacker was Zimmerman or if it was Martin.
Liberty @ March 27, 2012
Romney credits Bush with economic recovery. Say what?!!
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This is a truly unbelievable test of voter gullibility on the part of Mitt Romney. The historical record is that former President George W. Bush got us into two prolonged wars costing hundreds of billions, and badly damaged the economy. Obviously, Romney will say anything he thinks Republicans want to hear in order to become their pick for Presidential candidate.
Editor
Editor @ March 23, 2012
Neighborhood Watch Killer on the Loose in Florida
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The neighborhood watch killing of Trayvon Martin
On February 26, 2012, seventeen year old Trayvon Martin was walking, through a gated community with numerous recent break-ins in Sanford Florida, when he was observed, reported to 911 as a suspicious person, followed, chased on foot, then shot and killed, by 28 year old neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman.
Afterwards, Zimmerman admitted to local police that he shot and killed Martin. Prior to the altercation, tape recordings of Zimmermans’ call to 911 prove Zimmerman was chasing Martin on foot. In other 911 calls from other neighbors, there is screaming in pain and cries for help, for about half a minute, followed by the sound of one gunshot. Martin family members identify the screams as being from Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman told police he shot and killed Martin in self-defense. Little detail has been shared with the public, so far, of what those claims of self-defense entail. The public has not been told if Martin was shot in the chest or face or in the back. After briefly questioning him, police let Zimmerman go, without arresting him. The police and city officials say they did not have sufficient reason to arrest Zimmerman.
This horrifying story has received national attention, with an angry public demanding that Zimmerman be arrested and charged with murder, and that the local police be investigated to determine exactly why they let the killer (alleged murderer) go. Yesterday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began investigating possible violations of federal laws; primarily federal laws which outlaw racial hate crimes. As a result of the national scrutiny and federal investigation, patterns of police abuse against (primarily) black teenagers and young adults, and police neglecting to protect and serve all persons, equally, will certainly be put in the spotlight, and there will be a great deal of national discussion. Thousands have joined local protests, while millions are wondering if we will ever find out the truth about why the police (so quickly) went along with Zimmermans claim of self-defense. President Obama has voiced his condolences to the Martin family, and says that if he had a son, he would look like Trayvon Martin.
What else we know so far:
- The neighborhood watch program was a police initiative.
- Zimmerman tried to become a police officer. It is presumed he continued to want to be a cop.
- Zimmerman has a history of more than one violent altercation on public record.
- Since January, Zimmerman made dozens of 911 calls to report suspicious looking people in the gated community.
- Zimmerman may have mumbled a racial slur during the call to 911. Tapes will be analyzed by the FBI.
- Trayvon Martin was unarmed.
- Trayvon Martin was also on a phone call. He was telling a friend he was being followed. As an altercation began, it presumably knocked his phone headset off and the call ended.
- Police had call logs and knew Martin was on a phone call at the time of the incident, but did not interview the friend on the other end of the line prior to their decision to not arrest Zimmerman.
- The person heading the local police has temporarily stepped down.
- The 911 dispatcher told Zimmerman the police did not need him to chase Martin.
- Florida state law allows people to stand their ground and act in self-defense if attacked. Some states have laws favorable to attackers rather than victims, requiring victims of attacks to attempt to flee from the attacker rather than defend themselves by standing their ground and fighting off an attack. Florida legislators will be proposing changes to state law.
Liberty @ March 23, 2012
Grassroots USA internet site is being redesigned for 2012.
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Every now and then the internet site for Grassroots USA is redesigned. This is one of those times, and is being done in order to improve system security for our visitors and writers. New content will be added shortly, so please check back soon.
Editor @ March 23, 2012
