by Seth Effron | Oct 12, 2014 | Gay Marriage, NC Politics |
In the wake of Friday’s court action to strike down as unconstitutional, North Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriage, those who don’t like it have focused on the U.S. district court judge who issued the order — Max Cogburn of Asheville. “It nationalizes the...
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 9, 2014 | Gay Marriage |
Has anyone so decisively lost a debate, and so stubbornly insisted on continuing it? In a move that will guarantee their historical disgrace, Thom Tillis and Phil Berger intervened, at the last minute, to keep same-sex couples from marrying. Our challenge is not to...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 7, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Gay Marriage |
Yesterday was truly an historic day. For all intents and purposes, the Supreme Court cleared the way for people in North Carolina to marry the people they love. The governor, for his part, said his administration wouldn’t spend time or money to fight the court’s...
by John Wynne | Jul 29, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Civil Rights, Features, Gay Marriage, US Senate |
Unless you just crawled out from under a rock, you’re well aware that the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a ban on gay marriage violates the U.S. Constitution, and that this will doubtless have an effect on North Carolina’s Amendment One. The...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 29, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Gay Marriage, NC Politics |
The battle for marriage equality is over. The social conservatives lost and humanity won. Most people in this country have come to accept that two people loving and committing to each other is a good thing, not a bad one–or at least they acknowledge that it’s...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 25, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Gay Marriage, NC Politics |
The GOP may be the conservative party, but it’s also the party of bigots. For proof, look no further than state Rep. Skip Stam. Yesterday on the floor of the House, Stam compared homosexuality to incest and pedophilia. You would think party leaders like Thom Tillis...
