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Attorney General Josh Stein is taking the rare step of calling the law unconstitu- tional in an effort to get it over- turned in court. In an interview es against their abuser. But a quicker option is a 50(B) protective order, commonly known as a restraining order. The orders, issued by a judge, can force alleged abusers to stay away from victims, lose custody of their children or give up their guns. In many cases, gay people are legally barred from getting a restraining order in North Car- olina a prohibition that exists nowhere else in the country, according to Stein and others who advocate for changing the law.

The orders are a key part of the legal fight against domestic violence. Judges issue them in civil court, where proce- dures can move significantly faster, in part because the ac- cused have fewer rights than in a criminal trial. Those who violate a protec- tive order can then be convicted of a crime. In North Carolina, there are multiple types of relationships that can qualify people for a protective order for example, married or divorced couples, or children and their parents. Gay people are not barred from get- ting protective orders in those circumstances.

But when it comes to those who are dating or living together, or who used to be, the law specifically ap- plies only to relationships be- tween of the opposite The issue came up last May, when a Wake County woman, identified only by her initials in court filings, asked a judge for a protective order against her ex-girlfriend. A judge denied her request. When the woman tried again in June, she was again denied. She then took her case to the N.C. Court of Appeals, arguing that she was denied equal treatment under the law.

Gay couples lack domestic violence protections in NC BY WILL DORAN SEE ORDERS, 4A RALEIGH Oberlin Village, the commu- nity formed by former slaves after the Civil War that once stretched two miles along its namesake road, has been shrinking for decades, enve- loped by a growing city and muscled under by office build- ings, apartments and stores. But two houses that have managed to survive are being saved and restored, thanks to Preservation North Carolina. The statewide organization that protects and celebrates old buildings is acquiring homes built by two of Oberlin most prominent families and turning them into its new head- quarters. To save the houses, Preserva- tion North Carolina had to move them. The home built by Rev.

Plummer T. Hall along an unpaved road in the 1880s was only a few feet from busy Ober- lin Road and had to be pushed back from the street. The larger, two-story Graves-Fields House, built around the same time about 50 yards down the street, was bought by a devel- oper who plans to put an office building on the site. So Preservation North Car- olina had the Graves-Fields House moved next to the Hall House, where the two historic buildings will be connected by a new basement and an outside deck. Movers rolled the Graves- Fields House through the back parking lot of Oberlin Baptist Church this week, then eased over its new foundation facing Oberlin Road.

While it is saving houses, Preservation North Carolina has also uncovered the stories of the families who lived in them. Oberlin Village was the largest of at least five commu- nities established by African- Americans after the Civil War on what was then the outskirts of Raleigh and was named for the liberal arts college in Ohio known for its abolition work and where one of the promoters, James H. Harris, was enrolled before the war. By 1880, it had grown to about 1,000 residents. Many of these households were headed by skilled crafts- men like brickmason Willis Graves, according to a report written by Raleigh historian M.

Ruth Little. Graves and his wife Eleanor built a house on a lot he bought in 1884 and raised six children there, including three future school teachers, a carpenter, a professor of sci- ence at Florida University and a prominent civil rights attorney in Detroit. Susan Mask, a retired at- torney in Seattle and Willis great granddaughter, had never seen the home in person, though it appears in several old family photos of great aunts and cousins. Mask said the research done by Pres- ervation North Carolina has fleshed out the oral history and put distant relations back in touch with each other. been quite a wonderful journey for Mask said in a phone interview.

house is Village built by former slaves fast disappearing, but not these 2 houses SEE OBERLIN HOUSES, 2A BY RICHARD STRADLING JULIA WALL The Graves-Fields house was built around the 1880s and belonged to a prominent family in Oberlin Village. It was moved from its original location, just a few feet from busy Oberlin Road, next to the Hall House on the other side of Oberlin Baptist Church. HOUSE IS WONDERFUL, BUT I THINKWHAT IS REALLY SO IMPORTANT IS HEARING THE STORIES AND UNCOVERING WHAT THIS COMMUNITY DID TOGETHER. Susan Mask, Willis great granddaughter DURHAM Ballpark brewery Bull Dur- ham Beer Co. has been sold to Brewing, but the beer leaving the stadium.

Brewing announced Thursday it had purchased Bull Durham Beer, which is owned by Capitol Broadcasting Co. Capitol Broadcasting also owns the Durham Bulls baseball team. Bull Durham Beer is notable for brewing its beer inside the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, located on the concourse behind home plate, adjacent to both peanuts and Cracker Bull Durham flagship brew is its kolsch, found throughout the Triangle in bright blue pint- sized cans. are few breweries in this country with as unique of a setting and history attached to them as Bull Durham Owner John Glover said in a news release. see a tre- mendous opportunity to take this iconic brand and combine it with our brewing industry ex- pertise to make Bull Durham buys ballpark brewery Bull Durham BY DREW JACKSON BULL DURHAM BEER CO.

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