RALEIGH – The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation is asking whether Governor Pat McCrory’s office is using any taxpayer dollars or other public resources to promote religion at an upcoming prayer rally in Charlotte. In a public records request filed yesterday, the civil liberties group asked for information regarding the governor’s participation in The Response: North Carolina on September 26 at the Charlotte Convention Center. The event’s website says the focus of the rally is “unashamedly Christian” and “the only name that will be lifted up will be the name of Jesus Christ.” Gov. McCrory is being advertised as the event’s main speaker.
“North Carolinians deserve to know whether Governor McCrory is spending their tax dollars to promote religion,” said Chris Brook, Legal Director for the ACLU-NC Legal Foundation. “Elected officials have every right to practice and discuss their faith, but they shouldn’t use taxpayer resources to promote their own religious views over others.”
Read the ACLU-NC Legal Foundation’s public records request to Gov. McCrory’s office here.