NC is very liberal. I lived there for 8 years and finally left 5 years ago because of the horrible schools. One AP English teacher who was a big John Edwards fan verbally and academically abused my child one time too many. Luckily, my husband has very transferable job skills but we took a major loss on the house we had to sell. It was worth it to get out of that state. I am not surprised by this development at all.