same-sex marriage

EEOC judge awards $1.3 million to two NC magistrates in same-sex marriage dispute

Two western North Carolina magistrates who resigned in 2014 to avoid performing same-sex marriage ceremonies will collect more than $1.3 million in back pay and other damages, thanks to an order this month from an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission administrative law judge.

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News

Appeals court rules Catholic NC high school could fire teacher over same-sex marriage

A federal Appeals Court has ruled that Charlotte Catholic High School did not violate a teacher’s rights when it fired him for planning to marry his same-sex partner. The decision Wednesday from the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a trial judge’s ruling favoring English and drama teacher Lonnie Billard.

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Carolina Journal’s Donna King discusses Tillis’ response to a same-sex marriage bill

Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis’ response to a bill on Capitol Hill to scrap the federal Defense of Marriage Act. King offered these comments during the July 29, 2022, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”

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Gaining a majority of votes may give you access to governmental power – but it does not give you license to do whatever you want with that power.

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EEOC judge awards $1.3 million to two NC magistrates in same-sex marriage dispute

Appeals court rules Catholic NC high school could fire teacher over same-sex marriage

Carolina Journal’s Donna King discusses Tillis’ response to a same-sex marriage bill

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