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Local Moral Monday protest draws hundreds (NC)
http://www.salisburypost.com/article/20131119/SP01/131119671/1184/local-moral-monday-protest-draws-hundredsSALISBURY — As a standing-room-only crowd filled the sanctuary of Gethsemane Baptist Church, the chanting began.
“What do we want?” the leader shouted.
“Health care!” the crowd replied.
Shouts of “Justice!” and “Education!” came next, as more and more people filled the room.
The Moral Monday protests that started in Raleigh came to Salisbury on Monday night.
Initially organized by the North Carolina NAACP, the movement has grown to encompass many who feel their lives and livelihoods are threatened by actions taken by the Republican-led General Assembly and Gov. Pat McCrory.
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“It’s immoral to want to roll back voting rights ... to take unemployment from people who can’t work through no fault of their own,” Barber went on. “It’s not liberal versus conservative. It’s just wrong, and it violates everything that we say we are for in our constitution.”
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