Reducing this to a ‘bathroom’ bill is a real pet peeve of mine. The motivation for this bill had nothing to do with bathroom use that was simply a cover for a much darker and bigoted motivation.
This bill imposed a ban on any municipality in NC from passing any ordinance to that would shield people from discrimination based upon sexual orientation, and was intended to reverse the ordinance based into law in Charlotte to forbid discrimination against the LGBT community. The NC GOP wanted to make sure the right to discriminate gay men and women was protected.
So let’s not play their game and reduce this to a bathroom bill. Bad as that is, this is much, much worse.
Yeah, if I were Charlotte, I’d have held my ground. The State was getting shellacked over this, and was bound to cave eventually…
So the Republicans want complete freedom for bigots. They’re fighting over how bigoted people should be permitted to be? Great.
South Carolina looks more progressive than North Carolina.
We progressives always seem willing to cave… er, capitulate… no, collaborate. Hmm… maybe I was right the first time.
That alone is truly amazing!
Also reversed state supreme court precedent finding a private cause of action in the state’s statutory policy forbidding employment discrimination and forbade local governments from passing a minimum wage hike in excess of the federal rate.
I remain convinced that the trans-bashing was always intended to be the stalking horse for those provisions.
Having lived in NC! None of this surprises me, but I am a bit taken back at how slow they are about trying to recapture the money they have been losing. The fact they chose to eat their own young instead of wing inclusive speaks to their southern baptist background. It is a sad commentary about family love, and a warped vision of The nature of an accepting God.
Continue and expand economic boycott.
I’m not clear on this: The article mentions that " Monday’s action [repealing the city ordinance] by the Charlotte council was contingent on HB2’s repeal by Dec. 31," but then goes on to describe Wednesday’s repeal of the entire Charlotte ordinance without saying whether there is still a contingency on the legislature repealing HB2. I don’t see how anyone could make a “deal” with NCRepub legislators without triggers to ensure they do what was agreed to.
If the NC legislature reneges, I’m sure it will happen with a vengeance!
So…nothing happened…what a shock…NC a political cesspool of the first order.wake up folks.