Gay Bloggers' Voices Rise in Chorus of Growing Political Influence
By Jose Antonio Vargas
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 24, 2009; Page C01
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/23/AR2009022303105.htmlOnly the blogosphere, perhaps, has room for Pam Spaulding -- a black lesbian who lives in North Carolina, the only state in the South that has not banned same-sex marriage.
"California, Arizona and Florida all passed marriage amendments in November," says Spaulding, 44, an IT manager by day and a round-the-clock blogger. "All eyes are on North Carolina now." A few days ago, after reports that groups such as NC4Marriage and Christian Action League are organizing a rally in Raleigh to support "traditional marriage," Spaulding wrote on her blog, Pam's House Blend: "As predicted, the professional anti-gay forces plan to descend on NC." What she doesn't write is that, so long as she's blogging, what happens in North Carolina won't stay in the Tar Heel State.
