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North Carolina gubernatorial candidates raising big bucks off new anti-LGBTQ law
The two are expected to run in one of the most expensive and competitive gubernatorial races this year, so every extra donation is important.
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North Carolina governor’s race heats up over LGBT rights
The North Carolina governor’s race has suddenly become a referendum on discrimination.
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North Carolina AG says he’d veto religious exemption bills if governor
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, who is preparing a run for governor in 2016, says he rejects a proposal allowing public officials to cite religion for declining to serve same-sex couples.
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North Carolina AG tells counties: Get ready for same-sex marriage
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s top lawyer has advised local officials to prepare for an influx of same-sex couples seeking marriage certificates following a federal judge’s ruling expected within days.
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Thousands rally in N.C. in support of preserving ban on same-sex marriage
RALEIGH, N.C. — Conservative Christians vowed Tuesday to fight to keep marriage in North Carolina between a man and a woman, despite Attorney General Roy Cooper’s unwillingness to defend a state law that defines it as such and a judicial trend striking down similar limits elsewhere. Speakers at a large rally organized …
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Growing number of attorneys general refusing to defend gay marriage bans
NORFOLK, Va. — The day after a federal judge struck down Virginia’s gay-marriage ban, state Attorney General Mark Herring wasn’t vowing to appeal or insisting his state’s law was sound.
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N.C. AG says he supports marriage equality, but will keep defending the ban
RALEIGH, N.C. — Attorney General Roy Cooper’s office will continue to argue in court for North Carolina’s constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage, even as Virginia’s new attorney general has decided to fight his state’s gay marriage ban.
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Lawyers in challenge to N.C. same-sex marriage ban watching Okla., Utah
RALEIGH, N.C. — Lawyers on both sides of a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s 2012 prohibition of same-sex marriage say they are closely studying recent court rulings overturning similar bans in other states.
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GOP lawmakers seeking outside help to defend N.C. gay marriage ban
RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican legislative leaders said Friday that they are getting outside legal help related to a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriage, suggesting they aren’t convinced Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper can wholeheartedly defend the state in the case.
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N.C. AG supports gay marriage, but says that won’t prevent him from defending state ban
RALEIGH, N.C. — Attorney General Roy Cooper has revealed that he supports same-sex marriage, and he says his personal views won’t prevent him from vigorously defending North Carolina’s constitutional amendment against such marriages in a lawsuit.