Baha'is are spiritually obligated to deal with the issue of racism. We're not allowed to separate along racial lines. Wake, Durham and Orange counties have seven Baha'i communities. The faith has no clergy. The religion draws a mixture of liberals and conservatives.
Most believers are civil rights champions.
But Baha'is believe that abortion is forbidden as a method of controlling conception, though individual decisions are left in the hands of believers. The faith forbids homosexual relations and approves of capital punishment. The nine-member Universal House of Justice, based in Haifa, has developed into a central organization that controls all matters of faith, say academics who have studied the religion. It's my perception that the leadership is moving to the right.