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Ralph Reed's Faith and Freedom Coalition jumps into N.C. bathroom debate

By Jim Galloway
June 3, 2016

Ralph Reed's Georgia-based Faith and Freedom Coalition has decided that it wants a slice of the debate over gender and bathrooms in North Carolina.

The group has launched a cable TV ad criticizing Attorney General Roy Cooper for his decision against defending HB 2, the North Carolina measure restricting LGBT protections. Cooper, by the way, is a Democrat running against Republican incumbent Gov. Pat McCrory.  Watch the ad here:

ExploreFrom the Raleigh, N.C., News & Observer:

Faith and Freedom Coalition says the ad will run in Raleigh and Charlotte markets over the weekend beginning Friday. The campaign could be extended, a spokesman said.

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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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