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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
News Photos: Light the Way to Justice vigil
Posted By Ana McKenzie on Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:10 PM
After the Supreme Court finished hearing the first day of oral arguments in a case that could determine whether gay couples have the right to marry, between 250 and 400 individuals gathered in Marshall Park to support equality for all.
- Meredith Jones
- The vigil was the first gay-equality event Colby Sherwood Bell, right, attended with her partner. "I'm happy to do it in my hometown of Charlotte," Sherwood Bell said
The "Light the Way to Justice" vigil, hosted by Equality NC, was one of several that took place across the country Tuesday evening. Though the justices signaled that they would most likely not make a sweeping rulling granting same-sex couples a constitutional right to marry, activists considered the fact that the idea reached the country's highest court a step toward change.
News / Opinion Duke Energy's Jim Rogers pushes Bowles-Simpson's corporate gospel
Posted By John Grooms on Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:36 PM
Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers wrote an opinion piece in today's Charlotte Observer, in which he promotes the Campaign to Fix the Debt, the group founded by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson - and $60 million in corporate money.
Urging everyone to join the campaign, Rogers, who serves on its "CEO Council," circulates the same worn-out arguments spread by the group's founders: The national debt is our super-mega-ultra No. 1 Problem, and if it isn't fixed soon we're all going to die horrible deaths and probably go to hell in the bargain. At least that's what it sounds like any time the CEOs running the campaign really get going. If nothing else, they're enthusiastic about their campaign. You probably would be, too, if the solution would benefit you personally, as they would Rogers, Bowles and Simpson.
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Wednesday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 9:46 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, March 27, 2013 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
* Melancholy Play at Winthrop University's Johnson Theatre
* Horror Remix at Studio Movie Grill
* Matt and Ted Lee at Park Road Books
* Modern Primitives at Snug Harbor
* Le Bang at Dharma Lounge
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
News Have you changed your Facebook picture to support marriage equality?
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:36 PM
It started last night. Like the blood spilled during the Civil Rights movement, red began seeping into my Facebook newsfeed.
Gay and straight friends alike are showing their support for marriage equality by changing their Facebook profile images to the one below. Today and tomorrow, the Supreme Court justices debate the meaning of marriage. The session is spurred by two California couples who are challenging Proposition 8, the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
A decision on the constitutionality of Prop 8 is expected to be reached by June.
According to the latest polls, California wants a do-over: 61 percent of that state's voters now approve of same-sex marriage.
Hey, people make mistakes. Let's stop pussyfooting around and give gay and lesbian couples the right to get married like any other red-blooded American.
Have you changed your Facebook default picture? Why or why not?
If changing a picture isn't enough for you to show support, head out to the Light the Way to Justice vigil tonight at Marshall Park. Featured speakers include Bishop Rawls of Unity Fellowship Church and the Freedom Center for Social Justice and Rev. Catherine Houchins of Metropolitan Community Church of Charlotte.
News / Opinion Tell Hagan to support gun control
Posted By John Grooms on Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:27 PM
The numbers surrounding gun-related deaths in America are always grotesque to the point of surreal. In the hundred days since the Newton, Conn., massacre, 2,444 people have been killed by guns in America. That's 2,444 dead in three months.
Ten of those deaths were in Charlotte.
If you're horrified by those numbers and think Congress has to take some action, do yourself, the city and the country a favor and call U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan today.
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Tuesday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, March 26, 2013 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
* Desert Noises at The Evening Muse
* Almost Famous Comedy Show Finals at The Comedy Zone
* Arte Latino Now exhibit at Queens University of Charlotte
* Checkers vs. Norfolk at Time Warner Cable Arena
* Ballroom Dance Night at Wine Up
Monday, March 25, 2013
News Charlotte religious leaders commemorate 48th anniversary of Selma to Montgomery march
Posted By Erin Tracy-Blackwood on Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:05 AM
A colorful sea of umbrellas made its way down West Trade Street Sunday as nearly 100 Charlotteans of all ages, races and religious faiths came together in the cold rain for a silent march to commemorate "Bloody Sunday," a day in which citizens marching for their right to vote were beaten and gassed in Alabama, en route from Selma Montgomery, in 1965.
As the Trade Street march ended at the federal courthouse, a group of Charlotte religious leaders spoke about how today, 48 years later, voting rights are still in jeopardy.
- Erin Tracy-Blackwood
- Rev. Christy Snow of the Spiritual Learning Center of Charlotte addresses the crowd.
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Monday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:46 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, March 25, 2013 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
* Le Havre at UNC Charlotte
* Mini Coffee Series Paintings at Cajun Canvas
* Find Your Muse Open Mic w/ Leigh Jones & John Craigie at The Evening Muse
* Poetry Reading at Davidson College
* Monday Funday at Dixie's Tavern
Sunday, March 24, 2013
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