State of North Carolina Archives: on Civil Rights
Alma Adams:
Do more to ensure women receive equal pay for equal work
Our country still pays women only 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. While Congress took an important step in passing the Lilly Ledbetter Act, there is much more we need to do to ensure women receive equal pay for equal work. In Congress,
Alma will fight to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act to make it easier for women to know when they are being discriminated against and to prevent big corporations from retaliating against women who ask questions.
Source: 2014 N.C. House campaign website, AlmaAdamsForCongress.com
Aug 31, 2014
Alma Adams:
Do more for civil rights including the LGBT community
We must do more for civil rights pertaining to all minorities, women,
and the LGBT community.
Source: 2014 N.C. House campaign website, AlmaAdamsForCongress.com
Aug 31, 2014
Cheri Beasley:
Will fight to pass Equal Rights Amendment
Cheri will fight to create a federal paid family and medical leave program, ensure equal pay for equal work and strengthen workplace protections for women so that no woman fears retribution for reporting harassment or feels unsafe at work.
She will also fight to expand affordable childcare to address the childcare crisis which has disproportionately impacted women. Cheri will also fight to pass the Equal Rights Amendment to ensure gender equality under the law.
Source: 2022 N.C. Senate campaign website CheriBeasley.com
Dec 1, 2021
Cheri Beasley:
Ensure protections for LGBTQ veterans and service members
Cheri also believes we must take additional action to ensure our democracy lives up to our foundational values of freedom and equality by passing the Equal Rights Amendment and the Equality Act.Honoring our obligations also means ensuring
federal protections for LGBTQ veterans and service members. And there is much more we must to do ensure accountability and adequate protections for service members by reforming the way the military investigates and prosecutes sexual assault.
Source: 2022 N.C. Senate campaign website CheriBeasley.com
Dec 1, 2021
Eliot Glassheim:
Empower women with equal pay for equal work
Eliot believes that when women are empowered, our state and nation are empowered. As U.S. Senator, he will champion equal pay for equal work. North Dakota has the nation's fifth-worst wage gap between women and men, with women being paid
71 cents for every dollar earned by men for the same work. As a result, North Dakotan women lose out on $581,000 over the course of their careers. Eliot's opponent, incumbent Senator John Hoeven, has voted against equal pay for women 5 times in 3 years.
Source: 2016 N.C. Senate campaign website Eliot4ND.com
Aug 31, 2016
Elizabeth Dole:
Discontinue affirmative action programs
Dole supports the following principles regarding welfare and poverty:- Require welfare recipients to spend at least 40 hours a week in a combination of work and training programs.
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Continue to give states and local governments flexibility in and responsibility for welfare programs through federal block grants.
- Q: Should the federal government continue affirmative action programs?
A: No.
Source: N.C. Congressional Election 2008 Political Courage Test
Jun 18, 2008
Paul Wright:
Supreme Court allowing gay marriage causes cultural damage
The ruling on marriage by the Supreme Court this summer is causing nothing less than cultural Damage in many ways. A few years ago in North Carolina homosexual activity was a felony and before that a capital offense.
Yet today same-sex marriage is pushed by our Federal courts. Our young people are increasingly confused.
Source: 2016 Campaign website for N.C. Senate, WrightForUSSenate.com
Nov 11, 2015
Robert Pittenger:
No affirmative action in state hiring decisions
Pittenger indicates support of the following principles support regarding employment.- Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
- Provide tax incentives and reduced
regulations to bring businesses to North Carolina.
- Affirmative Action: Should race, ethnicity, or gender be taken into account in state agencies' decisions on state college and university admissions?
A: No.
Source: 2004 N.C. Congressional National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 2004
Thom Tillis:
NC's "traditional population" stable while minorities grow
Tillis said that the "traditional" voting bloc of his home state wasn't growing as fast as the minority populations, in an interview he did in 2012 with the Carolina Business Review. Tillis was asked what he thought of Hispanics not supporting
Republicans. In response, Tillis said that the answer had more to do with "demographics of the country":"If you take a look, you mentioned the Hispanic population--the African American population, there's a number of things that our party stands for
that they embrace," Tillis said. He went on to say that Republican need to do a better job reaching out to minority voters. Tillis then said that unlike the Hispanic or black populations, which have been growing, the "traditional population of North
Carolina and the United States is more or less stable."
Tillis was referring to North Carolinians who have been in the state for a few generations, according to the state lawmaker's campaign.
Source: TalkingPointsMemo.com on 2014 N.C. Senate race
Jun 17, 2014
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