This an issue of equal rights and our gay NC citizens should have the right to marry just as our straight citizensdo.

HSBC Bank USA, N.A. (also known as Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) has been accused of breaking the law various times throughout their time in the USA. The most recent accusation deals with money laundering with Mexican Drug Cartels and various terrorist groups around the world. This petition is a call for the government to pull HSBC's license and shut down all branches on US soil. Bring the money back to US banks!

Dear Mr. Romney, We The People are very concerned about the integrity of our leadership. We've been lied to, lead astray, and taken to the cleaners by leaders we trusted and thier often secret special interests for generations, and we want to know you're not doing the same. We need to know that who we're voting for personally understands our concerns and upholds the same standards and accountability being demanded of us, at the very least, and in these times of rapid global change, we expect and need someone of pristine character, and the track record to prove it, at the top. We'd feel far better knowing your history reflects the high integrity we expect from the leader of our country as we navigate the changes that need to happen. We've also got some 'character repair' to do in the global arena and our own back yard. We need to know that you can also withstand the scrutiny of the rest of the world and represent us with highest honor and integrity. If we're going to consider you as the ideal candidate for all of that, we need you to prove your worth by offering full financial disclosure to US including tax returns, professional affiliations, charity and other donations, and campaign finance documentation. That includes the specifics about your "Bain years." If you've got nothing to hide, there should be no problem making this information public. If you've got some explaining to do, now's the time. It's time to end the speculation and hearsay. We know you'll do the right thing and share what we're asking for immediately, so we can know you can be trusted with our future well being, rebuilding our integrity in the world arena, and our votes. Sincerely, We The People

If we are to have a true democracy, that is representative of the voice of the people, then we must change how political campaigns are financed. We must eliminate the possibility that our President and legislature can be bought.

yes, I have! these are god's creatures, just like we are, and I think it is horrible, and whose idea was this anyway?

It is time for the U. S. Congress to pass a Wall Street speculation tax, both to shrink the amount of speculation and to raise funds to offset the downside of their risky behavior. A .03 per cent tax on all trades as proposed by Iowa Senator Harkin and Oregon Representative DeFazio would generate $350 billion in the first nine years. It is time for Wall Street to be responsible for itself and its effect on the country.

When you generate your own electricity through solar panels or wind turbines, the unused power goes back into the power grid. Most states do not require energy companies to pay for that energy, so the power companies get your energy for free and sell it to other people at full price and full profit. Sign this petition to urge US Congress to pass a national law requiring power companies to pay the market rate for electricity that you generate for them.

All voters in the upcoming November elections, should hereby agree to NOT vote for any politician that takes the Norquist pledge.

To be delivered to: Sen. Dan Inouye (HI-1)

The campaign election politics are pathetic on both sides. Millions upon millions of dollars are used to bash opponents while thousands of kids in America go hungry and schools are being shut down.

Brooksville City Council members and the local police chief have used one of the oldest tactics in the fight for justice and civil rights. They are using the police force to intimidate a local candidate for city council. Going after her daughter and an 87 years old friend; to make a federal case out of a clerical error! And with help from the local Housing Board, staff, executive director, project manager, the state prosecutor, local judges and the public defender office to rail road Mr. Boston for running for a position on the city council. He is running against a candidate that has held the seat for the 17 years over time. And is running unopposed. His goal is to tear down the local low income housing project, where Mr. Boston live and sell it to the local developer fordevelopment. Moving hundred of democrats out of the city and their natural birth place.

I am requesting that the government enact a two term limit on the Senate and House of Representatives positions. For too long our policies and government structure have directly opposed the type of people we want and need to enter into these political positions. We are incentivizing the wrong type of people into office by not having term limits. Currently when people run for these political offices they know that once elected, all they need to do is manipulate public opinion to keep their job. Instead of sitting here and blaming each of the non-performing individual sitting in Congress without any results, we need to enact these term limits as doing such will drastically and forever change the type of people we are attracting. We are executing the textbook case of insanity by thinking that we can change the "game" by only swapping out the "players". The current "players" are only in these positions because the current "game" is attractive to them. We need to attract individuals who are willing to sacrifice their lives and current livelihood to come serve the greater good. Without term limits, we will always attract the bottom feeders seeking the easy road. Please sign this petition and pass along to all you know. If this passes, this would be the piece of legislation that has the biggest positive impact on the American Government system since the beginning of our great country.