Comments on: NC county commissioner slurs dead son of fellow commissioner

By: Religious Hypocrisy? | I have a theory about that...

Religious Hypocrisy? | I have a theory about that... — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:35:19 +0000

[...] to extend ‘civil unions’ to same-sex couples in Mecklenburg County, NC (Charlotte), Bill James not only called Commisioner Leake’s dead son a ‘homo’, but then explained in an [...]

By: nik

nik — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:39:58 +0000

Good lord– sexual BEHAVIOR, not sexual ORIENTATION, is an HIV risk. Surely Commissioner James knows that, regardless of what the Red Cross still uses as a screening tool.

And the reason Commissioner Leake’s son died quickly of AIDS (‘quickly’ here indicates 10-12 years as opposed to 25-30 years) has more to do with US medical policy regarding HIV screening than it does with his sexual behavior or orientation. HIV is quite manageable when it is caught and treated BEFORE it largely (or even completely) destroys one’s CD4 t-cells.

I should know, because I first found out that I had indeed contracted HIV (many years earlier, probably) when I was symptomatically diagnosed with AIDS because I was seeing my Doctor about a PCP (a type of pneumonia usually only contracted by PWAs) infection. He asked me when I had recently been screened for HIV and my immediate response was simple: “hell, I don’t know. You’re the doc; you tell me.” Only then was it explained that HIV screening is not included in routine annual bloodwork, and that I would know because an individual has to sign all sorts of waivers in order to have it done, EVERY TIME, because private insurance companies aren’t interested in covering HAART drugs, because they’re very expensive.

Privacy is important, sure. But not more important than life. God rest Commissioner Leake’s son’s soul, and shame on Commissioner James for his mean-spirited behavior and violation of civic duty.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:24:49 +0000

Bill James has been spreading hate in Charlotte for at least 15 years now. He was one of the crusaders who sought to strip funding from the Arts and Science council because they dared to sponsor Angels in America. After the republican majority voted to strip the funding in the next election several members were kicked out. Unfortunately he is the last one from that group who continues to get re elected time after time because his district is a bunch of old blue haired republicans.

He is a disgusting and revolting “christian” who will never change.

By: Trey

Trey — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:12:50 +0000

As a Charlottean, I can’t begin to say how many times Bill James has wowed our community with his total lack of compassion and thoughtfulness, and his abundance of hypocrisy and self-importance. I’m constantly stunned by how he appears to honestly and truly believe his actions, attitude and comments like those he made to Vilma Leake are Christian!

Please note, as the overall vote showed, Bill James is NOT representative of most of Charlotte.

Unfortunately Bill enjoys a lot of political support from other evangelical, anti-gay, mean spirited conservative so-called “Christians”.

PLEASE, help us fight Bill James politically by donating to MeckPac, our Charlotte – Mecklenburg County Gay and Lesbian Political Action Committee.

http://www.meckpac.org

By: joel

joel — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:48:13 +0000

LOl… you dont get aids from fomenting monagamous relationships. She obviously undertands this…

By: Johnson

Johnson — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:13:29 +0000

Her son certainly may have been a “Homo” but this Man is something far worse–lower than pond scum and a complete waste of perfectly good oxygen.

By: Burr

Burr — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:52:13 +0000

I’d like to thank him for so excellently demonstrating what depraved, immoral people anti-gays really are.

By: Christopher Waldrop

Christopher Waldrop — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:13:34 +0000

If Leake really did “threaten violence” as James claims (and even according to his own claim all she said was, “Don’t make me hurt you”, which was very non-specific and not an actual threat), that doesn’t justify him launching a personal attack on her in which he calls her a “religious hypocrite”. I’ve read elsewhere that this is a non-issue because Bill James’s side lost, but I think this goes well beyond who won or lost. It’s about civility and respect. If Leake chooses not to discuss her son’s sexuality privately with someone she knows has an anti-gay prejudice that’s her choice and her right. For James to claim that she should be forced to talk about her son’s sexuality with him is unbelievable.

By: Gregory

Gregory — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:46:08 +0000

That’s disgusting. That he would attack a woman and the memory of her dead son. It’s ridiculous. Is there a challenge to his authority, or his position?

By: John

John — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:32:48 +0000

I could care less whether she is a “religious hypocrite” or not. That’s between her and God. This is about CIVIL law, not religious. Once again we see a social con who just doesn’t get it and mixes the two, perverting the very Constitution they took an oath to uphold.