2024 NC Governor's race: on Civil Rights

Dale Folwell: I believe marriage is between a man and a woman

When asked about LGBT issues, Folwell said: "And this is true, yesterday, this is true today and it will be true tomorrow, I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. That is what I believe. Also I believe by the blood that runs through me is Quaker. And one of the spices of the Quaker religion is to be fair and just." Source: WFAE on 2024 North Carolina Gubernatorial race Apr 12, 2023

Josh Stein: No one should have to live in fear because of who they are

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is joining a growing bipartisan chorus calling for Congress to pass a proposed hate crimes bill which he says would help law enforcement better pursue justice for victims. "No one should have to live in fear because of who they are. If we're going to successfully fight the violence that hateful rhetoric spawns, we need the tools necessary to get the job done," he said in a statement. Source: WCNC on 2024 North Carolina Gubernatorial race Apr 17, 2021

Andy Wells: Supports Supreme Court ruling overturning Affirmative Action

Question: What's your take on the two recent Supreme Court rulings?

Answer: "The Court's rulings on 'Affirmative Action' and 'Freedom of Religion' were right. I support both."

Source: 2024 North Carolina Governor campaign website AndyWells.com Nov 3, 2023

Mark Robinson: American institutions are not fundamentally racist

Q: EQUALITY: Is racism a threat to domestic security in the United States? Why or why not?

A: No.

Q: I agree with Critical Race Theory (CRT) which asserts that the institutions in the United States are fundamentally racist?

A: Strongly Disagree. America is not a fundamentally racist country, nor are our institutions fundamentally racist. Our nation's laws and principles have helped to advance unprecedented peace and prosperity for men and women of all backgrounds unmatched in human history.

Source: AFA iVoterGuide on 2024 North Carolina Gubernatorial race Mar 5, 2024

Josh Stein: Treat children fairly; unfairness based on race reverberates

Mark Robinson (R): Yes. Supported a bill limiting what students can be taught about racism; "Indoctrination" about racism is "in our classrooms."
Josh Stein (D): No. "Unfair" treatment based on "race, sexual orientation" harms students "in ways that reverberate long after they leave school." Urges the "federal government...to make sure our young people are treated fairly."

Source: Guides.vote survey on 2024 North Carolina Gubernatorial race Aug 8, 2024

Andy Wells: Supported gay marriage ban & anti-trans "bathroom bill"

Wells is a social conservative who supported the House Bill 2 in 2016, which required people to use the bathroom of the biological sex listed on their birth certificate, rather than their gender identity. He also backed North Carolina's one man/one woman marriage constitutional amendment, known as Amendment 1, in 2012. Source: Carolina Coast Online on 2024 North Carolina Governor race Oct 17, 2021

Dale Folwell: No tax funds for gender transition

Q: Taxpayer funds should be used to provide gender transition services?

A: Strongly Disagree. As State Treasurer I am a defendant & am under court order to use taxpayer money to provide sex transition services. This case is in the Federal 4th Circuit and likely headed to the US Supreme Court.

Q: No healthcare diagnosis or treatment should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent unless an emergency situation arises risking immediate death?

A: Strongly Agree. Let parents be parents!

Q: Children are the most vulnerable members of society and must be protected from abuse, including gender ideology, grooming, and bodily mutilation?

A: Strongly Agree. Just like we protect them from driving, consuming cigarettes or alcohol. Body mutilation is impossible to reverse.

Q: Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition?

A: Strongly Agree. My answer speaks for itself

Source: AFA iVoterGuide on 2024 North Carolina Gubernatorial race Mar 5, 2024

Mark Robinson: Don't indoctrinate kids about transgenderism & race

Mark Robinson (R): Yes. Supported a bill limiting what students can be taught about racism; "Indoctrination" about racism is "in our classrooms." Children should not be told about "transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth."
Josh Stein (D): No. "Unfair" treatment based on "race, sexual orientation" harms students "in ways that reverberate long after they leave school."

Source: Guides.vote survey on 2024 North Carolina Governor race Aug 8, 2024

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*Candidates and political leaders on Civil Rights:*
*Candidates for President & Vice-President:* V.P.Kamala Harris (D-CA) Robert F. Kennedy Jr.(I-CA) Chase Oliver(L-GA) Dr.Jill Stein(D-MA) Former Pres.Donald Trump(R-FL) Sen.J.D.Vance(R-OH) Gov.Tim Walz(D-MN) Dr.Cornel West(I-NJ)	*2024 presidential primary contenders:* Pres.Joe_Biden(D-DE) N.D.Gov.Doug Burgum(R) N.J.Gov.Chris_Christie(R) Fla.Gov.Ron_DeSantis(R) S.C.Gov.Nikki_Haley(R) Ark.Gov.Asa_Hutchinson(R) Former V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN) U.S.Rep.Dean_Phillips(D-MN) Vivek_Ramaswamy(R-OH) S.C.Sen.Tim_Scott(R)
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