They're not going to go all in on this while abortion and gay marriage are legal. They need a conservative Supreme Court (or constitutional amendments, but assuming they don't get the one more state house they need) to have the power to ban these.
On topic I have no idea whats going on in NC and how they are getting away with so much shit. It's about time someone finally steps into do something. The people their voting just give no fucks, even the threats of losing so much money and putting their economy under didn't help them purge all the shitheads out of power.
Republicans have the supermajority in both houses of their state legislature, so Cooper can't really do anything yet. You have to remember, NC is so gerrymandered that they've been court ordered to redraw their districts and hold new elections (I believe that has to be done this year).