North Carolina Suddenly Looses an anti Gay State Senator
by Matt Comer
GASTONIA, N.C. — Anti-gay state Sen. James Forrester (R-Gaston) passed away at Gaston Memorial Hospital on Monday. The 11-term state senator and retired Air Force brigadier general was 74.
Forrester had several health problems including a heart condition. His family said that he fell ill over the weekend. He was admitted to the hospital on Sunday and placed in its intensive care unit. He passed away when he was removed from life support on Monday.
A family friend released a statement to the Denver, N.C., denverncnews.com on behalf of Forrester’s family.
”It all happened suddenly,” the email read. “Yesterday, they went to the mountains and Jim lost strength in his legs. The doctor advised him to come back to Caromont for some tests.”
The family friend continued, “We all know how ill he has been, but he continued to work in the Senate. He told Mary Frances (his wife) that he wanted to go out with his boots on and support the causes in which he believed to his last breath.”
Forrester was the chief sponsor of the state’s impending anti-LGBT constitutional amendment banning marriage, civil unions and domestic partner benefits. In early October, Forrester, a physician by trade, came under scrutiny for allegedly falsifying some of his credentials. He later proved that he’d been a past, though not current, member in several medical associations.
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GASTONIA, N.C. — Anti-gay state Sen. James Forrester (R-Gaston) passed away at Gaston Memorial Hospital on Monday. The 11-term state senator and retired Air Force brigadier general was 74.
Forrester had several health problems including a heart condition. His family said that he fell ill over the weekend. He was admitted to the hospital on Sunday and placed in its intensive care unit. He passed away when he was removed from life support on Monday.A family friend released a statement to the Denver, N.C., denverncnews.com on behalf of Forrester’s family.
”It all happened suddenly,” the email read. “Yesterday, they went to the mountains and Jim lost strength in his legs. The doctor advised him to come back to Caromont for some tests.”
The family friend continued, “We all know how ill he has been, but he continued to work in the Senate. He told Mary Frances (his wife) that he wanted to go out with his boots on and support the causes in which he believed to his last breath.”
Forrester was the chief sponsor of the state’s impending anti-LGBT constitutional amendment banning marriage, civil unions and domestic partner benefits. In early October, Forrester, a physician by trade, came under scrutiny for allegedly falsifying some of his credentials. He later proved that he’d been a past, though not current, member in several medical associations.
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Comments
My father is not/never was anti-gay. He employed gays, he supported and frequented the businesses of gays in his community, and he lovingly and professionally treated his gay patients. His Christian belief in the sanctity of marriage as being between one man and one woman does not in any way prohibit gays from having domestic partner rights or employer benefits as a life partner (where offered.) His belief is based on the same Judeo-Christian principles as all laws in this country, including that of the US Constitution and the State of North Carolina Constitution.
He wanted the VOTERS to decide. We will see in May if the residents of North Carolina agree. Polls indicate 70%+ of North Carolinians support the measure.
Mary Paige Forrester