Liberty Counsel Files Intervention Defending Religious Freedom of NC Magistrates
"The North Carolina legislature passed a law to accommodate the religious convictions of the magistrates in order to avoid a situation similar to Kim Davis
FRANKLIN, NC - Today Liberty Counsel filed a motion for the second time to intervene in a lawsuit against a North Carolina law that provides a religious accommodation for magistrates who object to officiating or granting marriage licenses for same-sex couples. After Liberty Counsel filed intervention the first time, the ACLU withdrew the suit and then refiled it. Liberty Counsel has now filed intervention in this latest suit. Attorney General Roy Cooper, who is legally responsible to defend state law, has made public statements against state law SB 2 and has even made vetoing it a part of his campaign platform in his candidacy for governor.