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North Carolina Politician Calls Gay People "Sexual Predators" (GayRights)

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North Carolina had some shining moments this month, at least when it came to LGBT politics. Several members of its congressional delegation in the U.S. House, and both U.S. Senators from the state, voted in favor of repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the military's ban on openly gay, lesbian, and bisexual troops.

The success of that vote prompted Mecklenberg County Commissioner Jennifer Roberts to circulate a letter to her Republican and Democratic colleagues, asking them to sign on to a bipartisan 'thank you' note to these officials, for standing up for the principle of equality.

Only one Mecklenberg Commissioner didn't want to hear it. And he was all too pleased to let his colleagues know it.

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