• Pastor says he’s a Christian first, Republican second. Then he started screaming “white power!”

    Pastor says he’s a Christian first, Republican second. Then he started screaming “white power!”

    Pastor Jesse Hursey claims he isn’t racist, despite being caught on video yelling “white power” moments after speaking in front of thousands at a pro-Confederate event.

    • 2014

  • Poll: Support for marriage equality rises in North Carolina

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A new poll shows support for LGBT marriage equality rising in North Carolina, a little more than two years after the state passed its anti-LGBT constitutional amendment. An Elon University Poll surveyed more than 1,000 North Carolinians and found that 45 percent support gay marriage. Opposition stood at 43 percent. Twelve percent of …

    • 2012

  • Poll: 60 percent of N.C. voters oppose constitutional ban on gay marriage

    ELON, N.C. — A Elon University Poll released Monday found that six out of ten persons in North Carolina would oppose an amendment to the state constitution that prevents any same-sex marriages, domestic partnerships or civil unions.

  • Poll: North Carolina voters oppose constitutional ban on gay marriage

    ELON, N.C. — A new Elon University Poll released Friday shows that a majority of North Carolinians oppose Amendment One, a constitutional amendment on the May 8, 2012, North Carolina primary ballot that bans relationship recognitions and threatens protections for the state’s unmarried couples.

    • 2011

  • Elon poll: Tar Heels of all ages and races oppose anti-LGBT amendment

    Statewide LGBT advocacy and education group Equality North Carolina has released new data from a recent Elon University poll showing a majority of North Carolinians oppose an anti-LGBT state constitutional amendment that would ban marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships for same-sex couples.