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babylonsister

(171,056 posts)
Wed May 2, 2012, 07:32 PM May 2012

Wife Of Key Legislator...Claims It Would Protect ‘Caucasian’ Race

VIDEO: Wife Of Key Legislator Behind North Carolina’s Anti-Gay Amendment Claims It Would Protect ‘Caucasian’ Race

By Igor Volsky on May 2, 2012 at 4:10 pm


The wife of a prominent North Carolina state senator and supporter of Amendment 1 — a proposed ballot initiative that would outlaw same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in the state — claimed earlier this week that her husband advocated for the measure to protect the “Caucasian” race.

Jodie Brunstetter, the wife of North Carolina state Sen. Peter Brunstetter, made the remarks “outside the early voting site at the Forsyth County Government Center in downtown Winston-Salem” while speaking to voters, Chad Nance, a Winston-Salem freelance journalist, reports. Nance heard about Jodie’s comments from an African-American poll worker who allegedly overheard Brunstetter say,

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http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/05/02/475141/brunstetter-caucasian/

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LiberalFighter

(50,888 posts)
2. I know there can't be a literacy test for voters.
Wed May 2, 2012, 07:48 PM
May 2012

But there should be for those wanting to be an elected official.

And there should be one to be a member of a church. Make this one very difficult.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
7. Achieving one of the long-sought goals of physics: Unification of the racism & homophobia forces.
Thu May 3, 2012, 06:09 AM
May 2012

Soon, verily, we will achieve the Grand Unified Theory of Douchebaggery and Asshattery.

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