Mecklenburg County North Carolina Commissioner Bill James Portrays Gays As “Sexual Predators” And Denounces Repeal Of DADT

Q Notes is reporting that Mecklenburg County Commissioner Bill James, a Republican of North Carolina, sent an e-mail to County Commissioner Chair Jennifer Roberts in response to a request to send a letter thanking members of the Charlotte-area congressional delegation for their yes vote on repealing the United States military policy prohibiting openly gay service personal, in which James categorised gays as “sexual predators.” “Homosexuals are sexual predators,” reads the e-mail in part. “Allowing homosexuals to serve in the US military with the endorsement of the Mecklenburg County Commission ignores a host of serious problems related to maintaining US military readiness and effectiveness not the least of which is the current Democrat plan to allow homosexuals (male and female) to share showers with those they are attracted to.” He added “The US government would not allow Hetero men and women to share showers and other personal facilities yet the leading homosexual in Congress (Barney Frank) thinks it is OK for homosexuals to do so allowing enlisted men and women to fall prey to higher ranking or more powerful homosexuals who ogle them (or worse).” State Republican vice Chair Jim Pendergraph also objected to sending a letter of thanks, an e-mail he sent reading in part “I don’t think the timing is right for this and as a 19 year old enlistee from Steele Creek in the US Army in 1969, the first homosexual I ever encountered was in basic training. He was the company clerk. It was a bad scene and this individual exerted his authority on young impressionable recruits,” adding that “Whatever you send, don’t put my name on it. I don’t see this as anything to be proud of.” You might remember Mr. James from late last year, when, during a debate on domestic partner benefits for county employees, he leaned over to Democrat colleague Vilma Leake, and into an open microphone, called her son a “homo.” He had died from an AIDS-related illness in the 1990s.