North Carolina Republicans have been working to establish Christianity as a state religion since at least 2013

What they said really meant to say.

Source of original statement:  North Carolina Republican Party Platform 2014

Proposal would allow state religion in North Carolina.  (WRAL, 4/2/2013)

A resolution filed by Republican lawmakers would allow North Carolina to declare an official religion, in violation of the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Bill of Rights, and seeks to nullify any federal ruling against Christian prayer by public bodies statewide.