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2 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />PROCLAMATION <br />~iCT of ~ltightg dap <br />DECEMBER 15, 2011 <br />~Tjereas, the necessary states ratified the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the United States <br />Constitution, on December 15, 1791; and <br />~ljerea~, the Bill of Rights protects every person of this state and nation from the infringement of basic <br />human and civil rights; and <br />~Tjerea~, the freedoms of speech and association and the right to due process and equal protection of the <br />' law, as embodied in the Bill of Rights, are a model for democratic institutions and laws all over the <br />world; and <br />~ljereag, the people of North Carolina stood strong in withholding ratification of the Constitution until <br />the Bill of Rights was added to ensure their inalienable rights; and <br />~hereag, the Orange County Board of Commissioners demonstrated its commitment to "upholding the <br />civil rights and civil liberties of all persons in Orange County and their free exercise and enjoyment of <br />any and all rights and privileges secured by our constitutions and laws of the United States, the State of <br />North Carolina, and Orange County," in a May 20, 2003 approved resolution entitled "A Resolution <br />Regarding the Protection of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties"; -and <br />~ljereag, the Orange County Board of Commissioners reaffirmed the protections of all its residents by <br />passing "A Resolution Opposing the Use of Local Law Enforcement to Enforce Civil Immigration Law <br />and Policy" on January 23, 2007; <br />,~.um, ~Tjerefore ~e ~1t ~tegulbeb that we the Orange County Board of Commissioners do hereby <br />proclaim December 15, 2011 as "BILL OF RIGHTS DAY" in Orange County and commend this <br />observance to all people. <br />This, the 13`t' day of December 2011. <br />Bernadette Pelissier, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />