Issue Position: Equality

Issue Position

Because I want to live in an inclusive North Carolina, I believe LGBTQ citizens deserve equal rights under the law. I have consistently opposed Republican attempts to limit these rights. I voted against the bill allowing magistrates to exempt themselves from performing gay marriages. I voted against HB2 and was a primary sponsor of a bill to repeal HB2. In the future, I will push for statewide non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ citizens.

Accordingly, women deserve to be paid equally for equal work. As an economic driver of the New South and a hub of education and higher learning, North Carolina is uniquely poised to educate and employ a new generation of both male and female business leaders. By paying women what they deserve, we can fully capitalize on their talent and maximize the economic benefit to all North Carolinians.

There is no fight more important to me than the ongoing struggle for racial justice. I have spent my career working to ensure educational opportunity for students of color. In the legislature, I am fully committed to working on ending disparities in educational, health care, and criminal justice.

All North Carolinians deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, without exception.

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