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North Carolina Republicans ask Supreme Court to review same-sex marriage case
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court decisions striking down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, continuing a months-long...
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North Carolina magistrate resigns, believes same-sex marriage will “desecrate a holy institution”
“I did not however take that oath with any understanding that I would be required to marry same sex couples.” — John Kallam, Jr., a magistrate...
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Federal judge strikes down North Carolina same-sex marriage ban
U.S. District Court Judge Max Cogburn found North Carolina’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional in a ruling handed down Friday. The decision opens the door for same-sex...
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Scenes from North Carolina
''Watch out for copperheads.'' That seems to be my earliest memory of North Carolina, a casual warning that I don't recall the context for but...
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BREAKING: North Carolina Voters Pass Amendment 1
North Carolina voters went to the polls today and passed the first statewide marriage amendment since Arizona, California and Florida...
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Blogs Come Out Swinging to Help Defeat North Carolina Marriage Amendment
Jeremy Kennedy — the campaign manager for the Coalition to Protect All North Carolina Families, the effort to defeat the marriage amendment that will be...
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Obama Campaign: “The President Does Not Support” North Carolina Marriage Amendment, Opposes Such Measures
“While the president does not weigh in on every single ballot measure in every state, the record is clear that the President has long opposed...
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White House Briefing: North Carolina Marriage Amendment and DADT Repeal
Today at the White House briefing, Metro Weekly sought clarification about the earlier White House statement regarding the North Carolina marriage amendment slated for the...
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North Carolina Marriage Amendment Vote Set for May 2012
Just in from QNotes‘s Matt Comer: RALEIGH, N.C. — Members of the North Carolina Senate barely passed a motion to place an anti-LGBT constitutional amendment...
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Eyes on North Carolina, As State Senate Considers Marriage Amendment
This weekend brought news that the consideration of a marriage amendment in North Carolina would be coming this week. From the Associated Press: A Senate...
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UPDATE: Student claimed man burned him for being gay at Univ. of North Carolina? [video]
UPDATE: News reports are emerging late Tuesday that indicate that Quinn Matney‘s police report was false. (WFMY) The Department of Public Safety has determined that...
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“Queers” and “Legislative Fruitloops” in North Carolina
Equality North Carolina recently announced plans to recognize statehouse Speaker Joe Hackney (D) by giving him an award at its Equality Gala later this year....
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North Carolina Rep. Foxx: Matthew Shepard hate crime was ‘a hoax’
”We know that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. It wasn’t because he was gay. The bill was named for him,...
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Gay groups plan protest at Ex-Gay conference in North Carolina
”These protests are not to get angry at these organizations, because they’re simply misled. It’s to be a visible presence for those people who are...
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‘Sodomy’ charges in North Carolina
“I didn’t allow anything…. They knew it and turned it around and arrested me. I have never been so humiliated in all my life. It’s...
