https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to north carolina en https://religiondispatches.org/2017/04/12/north-carolina-just-tried-ban-marriage-equality-because-almighty-god-said-so Lest anyone believed that North Carolina’s fake “repeal” of the odious, transphobic HB2 signaled a turn toward tolerance inside the State Capitol in Raleigh, three Republican lawmakers intend to set the record straight (as it were). As local CBS affiliate… Wed, 12 Apr 2017 01:56:04 EDT Sunnivie Brydum 90c06e86-87af-492c-bb89-bd551f3122d8 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/17/better-angels-our-nature-need-third-reconstruction At a time when so much of American politics seems incited by fear and hatred, it is inspiring to read the words of Rev. William Barber, asking Americans to act in accord with what Lincoln called “the better angels of… Sun, 17 Jan 2016 04:00:58 EST Eric Foner afa61f9c-1dcf-42fc-9f0b-9050bb24dfbe https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/17/challenging-plantation-capitalism-rev-barbers-holy-cause From the very beginning of Rev. William Barber’s ministry in the state of North Carolina that we now know as Moral Mondays, he has challenged his fellow North Carolinians to remember their heritage. Not the racist myths of the Old… Sun, 17 Jan 2016 10:37:54 EST Tefere Gebre a21a98d7-de7e-4a0a-a664-44bf98a4660e https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/15/moral-mondays-battle-justice-cannot-be-waged-only-courts On a warm day in July 2013, I found myself on the wrong end of a canceled flight out of RDU Airport. I used the opportunity to travel into downtown Raleigh to observe one of the early Moral Monday rallies… Fri, 15 Jan 2016 06:41:35 EST Kareem Crayton 3d67e2b7-c07d-4204-9582-d06a93d91b7f https://religiondispatches.org/2016/01/14/third-reconstruction-rev-william-barber-lifts-trumpet Chances are you have heard something about the Rev. William Barber II. He is the giant of a man (in more senses than one) who launched the Moral Mondays movement in North Carolina in 2013—a movement that has since spread… Thu, 14 Jan 2016 07:00:37 EST Peter Laarman 4b874d6a-3cd2-427f-b61d-eccd7d58730a https://religiondispatches.org/2014/10/30/dear-public-employee-think-government-hostile-religion-get-another-job Same-sex marriage is now legal in North Carolina. It was, of course, bound to be so eventually. Even Thom Tillis, Speaker of the House of Representatives in North Carolina and current GOP nominee for Kay Hagan’s U.S. Senate seat, said… Thu, 30 Oct 2014 12:29:06 EDT Hollis Phelps c24cd31f-b19a-479d-af24-07ee372dd4da https://religiondispatches.org/2013/04/09/why-atheists-should-fight-establishment-state-religion The debate over the “Defense of Religion Act” in North Carolina played out with the predictability of a sitcom. I offer this modest proposal, then, to remind both sides that if this is a war, then they have fought to a stalemate, and it is time for some new tactics, by which I mean: the history of religion in America demonstrates that the winner of the culture war will be the side that does the opposite of everything they are doing now. Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:28:34 EDT Shanny Luft bb36502c-8e1a-4565-b000-def20164f16f https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/22/nc-pastor-says-gays-should-be-penned-fence Last night on MSNBC I discussed this with Martin Bashir. Tue, 22 May 2012 04:22:25 EDT Anthea Butler c3edbc9c-0c3a-4526-ad4f-e44dc3e4928e https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/09/killing-love-north-carolina A bump in the rocky road to marriage equality for gay and lesbian people. Wed, 09 May 2012 05:09:08 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge b1b38ff6-b94c-475f-a728-96146761edd9 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/09/ncs-gay-marriage-ban-its-going-hurt-church The discussion surrounding NC’s Amendment 1 has taken the shape of a simplistic ideological battle over homosexuality and religion. “It’s as if some Christians feel like they have permission to discriminate or hate,” Jay Bakker told me. “And they get so obsessed with it that they ignore the fact that it would harm children, it would harm women, it would harm people in domestic partnerships. It’s like they’ve just become blind to that because they’ve built up such resentment towards gays and lesbians. And that’s really, really frightening to me.” Wed, 09 May 2012 10:19:09 EDT Nicole Greenfield 02db2d68-f58a-4d35-9bfe-0e5eb2edb62d https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/09/did-north-carolinians-vote-against-their-own-beliefs Most voters didn’t understand how extreme the amendment before them was. Wed, 09 May 2012 10:02:17 EDT Peter Montgomery f2422653-7878-4ba0-bbb8-ef3ea5b053c9 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/09/straight-people-eat-cake How anti-gay North Carolina celebrates. Wed, 09 May 2012 08:27:19 EDT Sarah Posner 7b0a70bd-5bbc-4d46-9802-4de283aefbfc https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/08/updated-billy-graham-endorses-north-carolina-discrimination-referendum Announces support for Amendment 1. Tue, 08 May 2012 10:23:13 EDT Peter Montgomery c512a759-af0f-43a1-bb09-fc9059c57a8a https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/07/north-carolina-feels-love-amendment-campaign “There’s no bigotry in it.,” they say. But the brutal rhetoric of amendment supporters belies any claim to compassion. Mon, 07 May 2012 01:46:35 EDT Peter Montgomery 3aa11411-c310-4aca-bd1e-fcd434beabf1 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/05/01/religious-groups-dioceses-churches-fund-anti-gay-initiative-north-carolina Amendment would codify hatred into law Tue, 01 May 2012 01:57:31 EDT Peter Montgomery 5f55f633-3148-40fb-a6c0-0e22840eddff https://religiondispatches.org/2011/09/13/constitutional-ban-same-sex-marriage-headed-nc-vote Religious right insists: let the people decide. Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:46:08 EDT Candace Chellew-Hodge 2a670e5b-0d59-49eb-a99d-97609515aa2d