Last night the City Council of Durham, North Carolina, got a standing ovation after it adopted a resolution in support of marriage equality:
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DURHAM:
The City Council of the City of Durham endorses and supports the rights of same-sex couples to share fully and equally in the rights, responsibilities and commitments of civil marriage.
All you folks up in Maine, take note...
The vote is being touted as unanimous. Looking at the video (see link below), it seems like there might have been one abstention. Or maybe the lightbulb was just burned out, lol. In any case, whether an abstention would make in un-unanimous or not, I guess I don't much care. Someone else can look that one up in Robert's Rules of Order.
A brief profile of the Durham City Council:
5 Men, 2 Women (including the Mayor Pro Tem)
3 White, 4 African American (including the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem)
6 Democrats, 1 long-time Republican turned Unaffiliated as of 2006
A brief profile of Durham voters:
139,055 Registered Voters
89,610 Democrats
31,515 Unaffiliated
17,769 Republicans
161 Libertarians
60,353 Black
66,363 White
7,288 Other
5,051 Undesignated
77,284 Female
59,041 Male
2,730 Undesignated
For the full text of the resolution, a video of the vote and standing ovation, and more, just mosey on over and pour yourself a good cup of Pam's House Blend.