Post by Logan on Apr 25, 2016 1:17:47 GMT -6
HB2 protests, rallies expected on NC General Assembly opening day
RALEIGH -- As critics of House Bill 2 mapped out their plans for the opening day of the General Assembly’s new session, Chris Sgro, head of North Carolina’s leading gay-rights organization, took an oath of office on Sunday that moved him from being a protester on the outside of the legislative body to becoming a member.
When lawmakers sound the gavel on Monday evening to signal the start of business, Sgro, a Greensboro resident and executive director of Equality NC, will join the General Assembly as its only openly gay member.
The 33-year-old was selected by Guilford County Democrats to fill the remaining eight months of the unexpired term of state Rep. Ralph Johnson, a Guilford County Democrat who died last month.
“Being sworn in as a member of the General Assembly is a high honor and it comes with a great deal of responsibility — to fight for Greensboro and the entire state of North Carolina,” Sgro told several dozen people gathered at the LGBT Center in Raleigh for the brief ceremony.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article73683342.html
RALEIGH -- As critics of House Bill 2 mapped out their plans for the opening day of the General Assembly’s new session, Chris Sgro, head of North Carolina’s leading gay-rights organization, took an oath of office on Sunday that moved him from being a protester on the outside of the legislative body to becoming a member.
When lawmakers sound the gavel on Monday evening to signal the start of business, Sgro, a Greensboro resident and executive director of Equality NC, will join the General Assembly as its only openly gay member.
The 33-year-old was selected by Guilford County Democrats to fill the remaining eight months of the unexpired term of state Rep. Ralph Johnson, a Guilford County Democrat who died last month.
“Being sworn in as a member of the General Assembly is a high honor and it comes with a great deal of responsibility — to fight for Greensboro and the entire state of North Carolina,” Sgro told several dozen people gathered at the LGBT Center in Raleigh for the brief ceremony.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article73683342.html