{"id":2655637,"date":"2026-09-07T17:24:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-governor-orders-flags-at-half-staff-for-gloria-steinem-through-sept-10\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T17:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:27:12","slug":"dem-governor-orders-flags-at-half-staff-for-gloria-steinem-through-sept-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-governor-orders-flags-at-half-staff-for-gloria-steinem-through-sept-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Governor Orders Flags at Half-Staff for Gloria Steinem Through Sept. 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-governor-orders-flags-at-half-staff-for-gloria-steinem-through-sept-10%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2655637&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that North Carolina\u2019s Democratic Governor, Josh Stein, ordered flags across the state to be flown at half-staff through September 10 in honor of Gloria Steinem, a prominent feminist and journalist who recently passed away at age 92. Stein praised her contributions to freedom, equality, and women\u2019s rights, highlighting her influence on advancements for women globally. This gesture coincided with the first anniversary of Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination, for which the flags had also been lowered previously in his honor. Steinem\u2019s death has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-abortion-decision-gives-needed-road-map-for-handling-pre-roe-laws\/\" title=\"Arizona&#039;s ... ruling provides a crucial guide for addressing pre-Roe legislation\">stirred political debate<\/a>, especially given her outspoken liberal views on feminism, abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, and her criticism of the Supreme court\u2019s overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022. She was known for her activism, founding Women\u2019s Action Alliance and co-founding Ms. magazine, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. Her personal connections included a close relationship with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Simultaneously occurring, Charlie Kirk\u2019s widow paid tribute to him as a loving husband and father, emphasizing her faith and his role in their family. The article also touches on the polarizing responses to Steinem\u2019s legacy and her influence on American society.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>North Carolina\u2019s Democratic Gov. Josh Stein ordered flags across the state to fly at half-staff through Thursday in honor of pro-abortion feminist icon Gloria Steinem, despite it coinciding with the first anniversary of Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlags across North Carolina will be at half staff through September 10 in honor of Gloria Steinem,\u201d he wrote in a Sunday X post. \u201cSteinem was a powerhouse journalist and advocate for freedom and equality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer work inspired so many and helped women in the United States and across the world make real strides. And when women succeed, families and communities are stronger. May her memory be a blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Flags across North Carolina will be at half staff through September 10 in honor of Gloria Steinem.<\/p>\n<p>Steinem was a powerhouse journalist and advocate for freedom and equality. Her work inspired so many and helped women in the United States and across the world make real strides.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Josh Stein (@NC_Governor) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NC_Governor\/status\/2096580371970220274?\">September 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Stein did, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/united-states-and-north-carolina-flags-ordered-to-fly-at-half-staff-on-sept-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order the flags<\/a> to be lowered last year in honor of Kirk, several days after he was gunned down at Utah Valley University.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Robinson, 23, stands accused of murdering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/erika-kirk-opens-losing-charlie-one-year-later-touching-op-ed-blessed-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirk<\/a> for political reasons. Robinson\u2019s trial is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tyler-robinson-case-can-move-forward-rules-utah-judge-death-penalty-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moving forward,<\/a> and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Steinem, a writer and editor who founded Women\u2019s Action Alliance and cofounded Ms. magazine, died Wednesday at 92. Her passing has highlighted the country\u2019s current political divide.<\/p>\n<p>Many mainstream media outlets celebrated Steinem for her unapologetic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.them.us\/news\/gloria-steinem-trans-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">views<\/a> on feminism, abortion, gay marriage, sexism, and other liberal positions.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/clyeq3ngwe4o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that she had gotten an illegal abortion in London when she was 22 years old and was an outspoken advocate of the Supreme Court\u2019s <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> decision, which established a constitutional \u201cright\u201d to abortion in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>Steinem was also a critic of the high court after <em>Roe<\/em> was overturned in <em>Dobbs v. Jackson <\/em>in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/09\/26\/opinion\/eq-steinem.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defended<\/a> former President Bill Clinton in 1998 with a piece in The New York Times amid his sexual scandals, but she later admitted that she would not have made such a move in the modern era.<\/p>\n<p>Steinem drew <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BethanyForTruth\/status\/2095555167693181172?%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2095555167693181172%7Ctwgr%5E9a07551968345367777aeedb2dc5e11bb4607b57%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernjournal.com%2Fgloria-steinems-death-establishment-media-silences-conservative-half-america%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online criticism<\/a> following her death for framing marriage and motherhood as societal traps, while upholding abortion as the highest form of \u201cliberation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/photos-and-video\/video\/2013\/11\/22\/presidential-medal-freedom-recipient-gloria-steinem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awarded her<\/a> the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013, the highest civilian honor in America.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, she had developed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-former-new-south-wales-premier-gladys-berejiklian-resign-after-receiving-millions-of-dollars-from-pfizer\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did Former New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian Resign After Receiving Millions Of Dollars From Pfizer?\">close personal relationship<\/a> with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, who celebrated \u201cthe life and legacy of my friend and mentor\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc03_gUjWY8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posting<\/a> pictures of them together on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou all know her many accolades and the way in which she helped shape the world for women and all people \u2014 \u2018we are linked, not ranked\u2019 she would tell me, and the bracelet she gave me said exactly that. I still wear it with pride,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublicly, we did interviews together, called young voters to encourage them to have their voices heard, attended award ceremonies, and brainstormed how to help this beautiful yet complicated world to become more equitable,\u201d Markle continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut privately, she was even better than you would imagine \u2013 spending Thanksgiving with our family, introducing me to one of my best friends (forever the champion of female friendship), loving our children with her whole heart, counseling me during hard times, and giving extraordinary advice and perspective with a cup of tea and an unrivaled cheekiness and wit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kirk\u2019s widow, Erika, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/07\/opinion\/erika-kirk-grief-faith.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote her own<\/a> tribute to her late husband Monday in The New York Times, saying how \u201cblessed\u201d she was to be his wife and how she knows he \u201cis in heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOccasionally, I\u2019m asked whether I\u2019m angry at God. I say no,\u201d Erika wrote. \u201cMy husband was one of one. I was blessed to be his wife, and I understood his assignment here on Earth, which he more than fulfilled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted people who felt lost to know the everlasting hope he found through faith and the sense of meaning and purpose that can fill the deeper longings we so often try to satisfy elsewhere,\u201d she declared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the world, he was Charlie Kirk. But to me, he was the love of my life. 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