One important part of the session was decided not at the General Assembly, but at polling places across the state.
Published: Monday, July 23rd, 2012 @ 2:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina was the 30th state to approve language prohibiting gay marriage and the last in the South to do so. Ninety-three of the state's 100 counties had majorities voting in favor of the amendment.
Published: Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 @ 5:49 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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I've written many times in the past about what I call North Carolina's Blarney tradition. We pretend to honor deeds over words, to "be rather than to seem" as the state motto puts it.
Published: Monday, May 14th, 2012 @ 10:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After North Carolina's primary elections May 8, it still is unclear who the Republican nominees for five powerful executive offices will be.
Published: Saturday, May 12th, 2012 @ 12:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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More than a third of voters turned out for North Carolina's primary elections, far higher than the normal turnout in a presidential year and almost as high as the record turnout for the Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama slugfest in 2008.
Published: Saturday, May 12th, 2012 @ 1:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Primary election night Tuesday resulted in several upsets and close races in legislative contests in North Carolina, setting the stage for a competitive general election season this summer and fall.
Published: Thursday, May 10th, 2012 @ 11:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With a controversial ballot question looming, some on the right have raised the plaintive cry that conservatives should shun "social issues."
Published: Sunday, May 6th, 2012 @ 10:38 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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"Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State.
Published: Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 @ 12:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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There is an epidemic of political whiplash being spread by North Carolina Democratic leaders. In 1996, then Senator Beverly Perdue voted for G.S. 51-1.2 - Marriages Between Persons of the Same Gender Not Valid.
Published: Monday, April 30th, 2012 @ 11:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Years ago, and indeed, the whole of history, will show that marriage has always been intended to bind a man and woman together in a special union for the purpose of procreating and raising children.
Published: Monday, April 30th, 2012 @ 9:14 am
By: Diane Rufino
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These answers by NC Senate, District 1, Senate Candidate Bill Cook to questions by Reggie Ponder of the Daily Advance in Elizabeth City, NC were sent to me3 as a press release from the candidate himself.
Published: Thursday, April 26th, 2012 @ 12:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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N.C. Rep. Bill Cook, R-Beaufort, and real estate broker Jerry Evans say regulations are stifling economic growth in eastern North Carolina's Senate District 1, a vast region of eight coastal counties.
Published: Thursday, April 19th, 2012 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Tea Party pioneer, a libertarian-leaning Iraqi war veteran, and a former Democratic state lawmaker are pitching themselves as the best conservative choice and voice for House District 6 in the May 8 Republican primary.
Published: Thursday, April 12th, 2012 @ 11:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Tuesday April 3rd Republican NC House District 6 Candidate Mattie Lawson met with representatives of the Outer Banks Home Builders Association at their headquarters on Airstrip Road in Kill Devil Hills, NC.
Published: Thursday, April 5th, 2012 @ 9:11 am
By: Mattie Lawson
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And in this high-stakes election year, we're talking not just about our economic woes but also about tough issues such as abortion, a racially charged shooting in Florida, and a North Carolina measure that would create a constitutional prohibition against same-sex marriage and civil unions.
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2012 @ 1:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina could see a cluster of runoff elections this summer due to the high number of candidates seeking their party's nomination for state and federal offices.
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2012 @ 12:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On May 8, 2012 the voters will decide whether this provision should be added to the State Constitution.
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2012 @ 11:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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