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NC governor: Marriage amendment ‘about taking away rights’
North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D) on Tuesday insisted that voters should cast their ballots against the state’s discriminatory constitutional amendment restricting marriage to “one man and one woman” because it was “about taking away rights.” While Perdue continues to be against marriage rights for North Carolina’s LGBT population, the…
NAACP’s NC President calls Amendment One an ‘appalling document’
The president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s North Carolina chapter strongly condemned Amendment One, an amendment that would define marriage in the state as only between a man and woman, Sunday afternoon. Rev. William Barber described his opposition to the amendment in a passionate sermon…
Train smashes through big rig full of cotton in NC
Video has emerged of a train in North Carolina ripping in half a tractor-trailer full of cotton. A woman can be heard screaming in terror as the train quickly approaches the big rig stuck on the tracks in Kings Mountain on Friday. The driver and passenger are seen running to…
Billy Graham endorses North Carolina amendment to ban same sex marriage
Rev. Billy Graham on Wednesday encouraged the residents of North Carolina to vote for Amendment One, a ballot initiative that would define marriage as solely between a man and a women in the state’s constitution. Graham, a Christian evangelical, is one of the most influential religious figures in the United…
White Out (Of Your Mind)
There are some days where I’m just entirely ashamed of the state I grew up in, North Carolina, and this is one of those instances. The wife of a sponsor of North Carolina’s Amendment One, a proposed change to the state’s constitution that would ensure legal recognition only for…
WATCH LIVE: Gingrich speaks after reports that campaign will end
Newt Gingrich speaks to supporters in North Carolina after reports that he will end his bid for the GOP presidential nomination. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast April 25, 2012. …
Obama shares pain of debt-laden students
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina — US President Barack Obama told debt-laden students Tuesday he had walked in their shoes, as he sought to connect to Americans hurting in a tough economy, in an apparent dig at Republican Mitt Romney. Obama, opening a tour of three university campuses in three swing…
Gingrich calls on North Carolina to ban same sex marriage
In a video uploaded to YouTube on Monday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called on the people of North Carolina to vote for a ballot measure that would prohibit same sex marriage. “Marriage between a man and a woman is at the heart of our civilization,” he said. “It’s a…
North Carolina commutes death sentence under new ‘racial bias’ law
WASHINGTON — A North Carolina judge Friday commuted the death penalty of a black man accused of murdering a white man, saying race played a role in the severity of the sentence, in the first case reviewed under a new state law. Judge Greg Weeks of Fayetteville commuted the sentence…
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Purdue will not seek re-election: report
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Purdue (D) will not run for a second term, reports said Thursday. At least two sources told The Washington Post that Purdue would release a statement later in the afternoon confirming her intentions. North Carolina’s first woman governor faced an uphill battle after being elected amid…
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