NC: Jim Neal and Kay Hagan spar in only televised debate

Pams House blend  May 01 08

North Carolina U.S. Senate candidates Jim Neal and Kay Hagan faced off Tuesday in a televised debate from UNC-Greensboro (Full video is on Spartan TV). NC LGBT news outlet Q-Notes has excellent coverage of the debate and what is included in the clip below of answers to the LGBT question that came up.

On LGBT Civil Rights, the candidates were asked their positions on the current "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy of the U.S. Armed Forces and hate crimes legislation.

Hagan, who has been accused of sidestepping questions on LGBT issues and refusing to openly discuss LGBT equality publicly, loosened up and spoke frankly regarding her policy positions on DADT and hate crimes. Full story...

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