It's official. Over the weekend, the North Carolina Democratic Party approved a new state auxiliary organization into its ranks based solely on sexual orientation. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Democrats of NC (LGBTDemocratsNC) received overwhelming approval of its bylaws during the NCDP's State Executive Committee meeting in Greensboro on Saturday, January 28th.
Several hundred democrats attended the first 2012 SEC meeting to review a packed agenda that included items such as the selection process for the national convention, gubernatorial candidate announcements and recognition of county parties that had met organizing and sustaining fund goals. However, no agenda item received such an enthusiastic reception and overwhelmingly supportive reaction as the LGBT charter for state auxiliary status. Unlike Republicans, Democrats view discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation as a civil rights matter.
The SEC party officers unanimously voted to approve both the LGBT Democrats NC charter and a resolution opposing the anti-marriage, anti-family Amendment One which will appear on the May 8th primary ballot. Amendment One seeks to oppose same-sex marriages by defining marriage in the NC state constitution as being between one man and one woman.
LGBT Democrats of North Carolina auxiliary status grants this newest organization both party credentials and the ability to influence and officially support democratic candidates like fellow statewide party auxiliaries that include College Democrats, Young Democrats (ages 21-35); Senior Democrats (ages 53+), Democratic Women, Hispanic American Democrats, The African American Caucus and Teen Democrats.
According to the LGBT Democrats of North Carolina's website, the state newest auxiliary already has officers in each of the 13 Congressional districts.
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