[Durham INC] Fwd: letter on the marriage amendment

[Ed Harrison]

As someone who may be the only person on this listserv currently  
getting lobbied on the issue of the constitutional amendment and how  
to deal with it -- I mean, now, today -- John's second point is  
particularly well-taken.

In regard to what appears to be a procedural issue, the delegates will  
have to sort that one out.

Ed Harrison



On Sep 12, 2011, at 11:02 AM, John Martin wrote:

> As a gay man, I'm opposed to the constitutional amendment banning  
> same-sex marriage.  But I'm also disturbed by Tom's letter for two  
> reasons.
>
> 1)  If the president is free to add material to the resolutions,  
> then I don't really know what I'm voting for nor does anyone else.
>
> 2)  What Tom is basically saying is that anyone who supports the  
> constitutional amendment is an ignorant, hateful bigot.  Is this  
> supposed to be persuasive?  Are we to imagine that a legislator who  
> is on the fence will say to himself:  "Why, that's right.  I am an  
> ignorant, hateful bigot and I'll change my opinion forthwith."   
> Certain kinds of arguments are not designed to persuade, they're  
> designed to allow people to feel superior to their opponents. And  
> certain people would rather go down to defeat feeling superior  
> rather than win if winning means conceding some kind of intellectual  
> dignity to their opponents.
>
> I would rather win this fight.
>
> --- On Mon, 9/12/11, Philip Azar <pazar at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> From: Philip Azar <pazar at nc.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Durham INC] Fwd: letter on the marriage amendment
> To: INC-list at rtpnet.org
> Date: Monday, September 12, 2011, 8:50 AM
>
> Tom, Thank you for your INC leadership and for nurturing a forum in  
> which neighborhoods can take positions and communicate them.
>
>
> Some of the comments in the cover letter may go beyond that in the  
> resolution, but they are consistent with the direction of the  
> resolution and were clearly voiced at the meeting without provoking  
> any negative reaction.  While that does not transform each of your  
> comments at the meeting into an official INC position, I do think it  
> shows that they are within your discretion to make as you muster the  
> energy to actually get the resolution out and advocate in support of  
> it.
>
>
> Keep up the good work!
>
>
> Philip Azar
>
> Trinity Park Neighborhood Association INC Delegate, authorized to  
> vote for the resolution
>
>
>
> From: inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:inc-list- 
> bounces at rtpnet.org] On Behalf Of Reyn Bowman
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 6:56 AM
> To: INC-list at rtpnet.org
> Subject: [Durham INC] Fwd: letter on the marriage amendment
>
>
> Here it is Bill
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Tom Miller <tom-miller1 at nc.rr.com>
> Date: Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 12:17 PM
> Subject: [Durham INC] letter on the marriage amendment
> To: inc-list at rtpnet.org
>
>
> here is the letter I sent to our delegation.
>
>
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> -- 
> Reyn Bowman
> 2203 Shoreham St
> Durham, NC 27707
> 919-381-1497
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