[Durham INC] -Unity-

[chloe palenchar]

I am a homosexual. And I profoundly thank INC for taking up this important and difficult issue. All that is required for vulnerable people to be harmed is for good meaning people to do nothing in the face of a threat. In a representational democracy, "lip service" (i.e. lobbying) is in fact, the only true power we have on this issue at this moment. (Our power at the ballot box is only useful every few years). I appreciate *so much* the efforts and energy that everyone has expended on discussing this issue rationally and respectfully. And I appreciate the willingness of so many people to do the extra work of working through this difficult issue. It is truly and completely terrifying as a minority to realize that your rights are being offered up to a hostile majority for a vote.

Thank you again for all of your efforts, time, energy, and thoughts.

-chloe

> To: christinebbd at yahoo.com; INC-list at rtpnet.org
> From: Darius.M.Little at alumni.unc.edu
> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:34:19 +0000
> Subject: [Durham INC] -Unity-
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> For the record:  the past 2-days worth of exchanges we've witnessed are evidence as to why my neighborhood (a very diverse, and accepting, upper middle class HOA) did not want us to take-up the issue, but instead, leave it to the many, social/political organizations throughout Durham; which are more thoroughly tailored to discuss, entertain and effectively advocate for, our approved position.
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> Our approval of the Resolution has not helped advocate for the same-sex supporters at all (who do need our support as citizens).  And that is because INC is not structured to address political issues.  We seem to enjoy jumping-in, yes, but we're not a PAC and until we can create an efficient Sub-Committee which is created to permanently address issues we vote to tackle, that are more social/political than neighborhood-building, I submit the potential for division is too harmful.
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> I am saddened to see that this matter is doing nothing more than causing division in INC.  We've reached a point where our members have moved beyond discussion, to instead, insulting one another.
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> I am against all forms of discrimination - I just don't feel like we should approve resolutions that we can't contribute more than lipservice, or in this case, ink- to.  Not only has doing such divided our membership -and dampened a wonderful opportunity to grow the organization by sticking to a firm identity- but we've done the homosexual/same-sex-supporting community a disservice as well by having nothing else to offer them.
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> Sent In Love,
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> Darius
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