US: Gay people can’t get restraining orders against their partners in NC. But that may change.

Here’s one area where North Carolina stands alone: It’s the only state in the country that won’t let people in same-sex dating relationships get a domestic violence protective order.

Now, N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein is taking the rare step of calling the law unconstitutional in an effort to get it overturned in court. In an interview this week, he said he also plans to talk to state legislators about changing the law when they return to Raleigh later this month.

“It’s just nonsensical that on an issue where we work so hard to keep people safe so they don’t have to live in fear they’ll be assaulted or murdered, that we would deny that protection to people just because they’re gay,” Stein said.

In North Carolina, anyone who is a victim of domestic violence can file criminal charges against their abuser. Read more via News and Observer