RALEIGH — Deliberations in the state House were interrupted for the second time in less than two weeks after a rally near the legislative building. Three members of Get Equal North Carolina walked onto the House floor shouting “Liberty and Justice for All”. Officers them with disorderly conduct, one is former U.S. Sen. hopeful Jim Neal.  Read More »

Three activists were arrested Thursday in Raleigh during a protest against a proposal to amend the North Carolina constitution to ban same-sex marriages and other unions. Three people including Jim Neal, a gay former candidate for the U.S. Senate, were arrested Thursday afternoon in Raleigh at a protest against a constitutional amendment that would ban  Read More »

What a day! A nice rally on Halifax Mall in downtown Raleigh against the bills that would enshrine bigotry into the NC Constitution in front of the North Carolina General Assembly turned into kick-ass direct action. First, I’ll give you the straight-up press release from GetEqual, and then give you my account. Following GetEQUAL NC’s  Read More »

Following a “Rally for Equality” of about 200 people outside the North Carolina legislature this afternoon, three protesters were arrested after bursting into the House chamber and chanting while it was in session, the News Observer reports: Arrested on charges of disorderly conduct were James Weatherly Neal, Angel Chandler and Mary Beth Counce. Neal, a Chapel Hill  Read More »

RALEIGH, N.C. — Some proponents of gay rights were arrested Thursday after running out on the state House floor shouting “liberty and justice for all” while the chamber was in session. The three protesters were with the North Carolina chapter of Get Equal, a political action group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights, that opposes  Read More »