Pro-personhood candidate for Durham mayor advances to general election
Oct. 22, 2013
DURHAM, NC — Sylvester Williams, one of two candidates for Durham mayor to win a three-way race in the Oct. 8 primary and advance to the general election, is taking a stand for personhood and the right to life. General election day is Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Williams was the only candidate to respond to a candidate questionnaire sent to each of the candidates for mayor or city council in Durham. The questions were as follows:
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Do you believe that every human being is endowed by the Creator with an unalienable right to life?
Yes No Undecided -
Do you believe that every human being is a unique person and should be regarded as a person under the law?
Yes No Undecided -
If elected, would you support a personhood ordinance that puts every human being in Durham under the protection of the 5th and 14th amendments? (Amendment 5 says, "No person shall ... be deprived of life ... without due process of law." Amendment 14 says, "... nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.")
Yes No Undecided
The candidates' answers to the questions, their position on the North Carolina Marriage Protection Amendment, and other candidate information are as follows:
| Name on ballot | 1. | 2. | 3. | NCMPA | Website | |
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| Candidates for mayor | ||||||
| William V. (Bill) Bell | NR1 | NR | NR | Against | durhamnc.gov/ich/mayor/Pages/Home.aspx | wbell51126@aol.com, billbell@udicdc.org, bill.bell@durhamnc.gov |
| Sylvester Williams | Yes | Yes | Yes | For | www.sylvesterwilliamsformayor.com | info@sylvesterwilliamsformayor.com, sylbar@hotmail.com |
| Candidate for City Council Ward 1 | ||||||
| Cora Cole-McFadden | NR | NR | NR | Against | corafordurham.com | africancora@aol.com, cocomac@verizon.net |
| Candidates for City Council Ward 2 | ||||||
| Omar Beasley | NR | NR | NR | Against | www.beasley4countycommissioner.com | obeasley@nc.rr.com |
| Eddie Davis | NR | NR | NR | Against | eddiedavis4durham.com | eddiedavis.citycouncil@gmail.com |
| Candidates for City Council Ward 3 | ||||||
| Pam Karriker | NR2 | NR | NR | For | www.PamKarriker.com | pkarriker@mindspring.com |
| Don Moffitt | NR | NR | NR | Against | donmoffitt.us | don.moffitt@gmail.com |
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The content of Pastor Williams's campaign website is consistent with his answers to the questions. The website says under MY PLEDGE:
- Promote the well-being of ALL people in Durham.
- Defend the right to life for all innocent persons from fertilization to death.
- Defend the God-given institution of one-man, one-woman marriage
For more information about human life ordinances, see humanlifeordinance.org.
Election schedule
According to the Durham County Board of Elections website, early voting at the Board of Elections office began at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, and ends at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2. Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. All voting places in Durham County are open from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. on election day. For more details, see the DCBOE website.