Was looking at Florence updates and stumbled upon this meeting in Fayetteville, NC (skip to 1:12:30)

[joshcryer]

Unbelievable that they would evict this woman for being LGBT. Props to the speakers who came to her defense.

[left-of-center2012]

1. My apologies.

I can't watch a 2 hour video.
Is there a synopsis, a brief summary?

I do usually watch my local city council and police oversight meetings live on Albuquerque TV.

[joshcryer]

2. Basically the landlord overheard the woman talking about being LGBT.

A few days later he evicted her. It was the only criteria with which he used to evict her. The LGBT people went there to defend her and ask the local city council to look at LGBT cases when they determine fairness. Not sure how it works there actually. It was happenstance that I found it because I clicked around randomly in that video to see more info on the hurricane and landed directly on her testimony.

If you have the time you can skip to 1:12:30 and listen to her speak. It's only about 3 mins.

[left-of-center2012]

3. I'm 72

In the 1970s and early 1980s my significant other and I had many doors slammed
in our face in CT and CA,
by people saying:

"We don't rent to two men!"

[joshcryer]

4. It is unbelievable that it's still happening.

This would never fly in any west coast state. Ever.

[left-of-center2012]

5. Lots of conservatives in southern CA

Orange County in particular

[joshcryer]

6. True. But CA Fair Housing Act protects.

It is tragic how backwards NC appears to be.