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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo North Carolina's HB-2 Is A Direct Civil Rights Act Violation
The Department of Justice told North Carolina's governor on Wednesday that a new state law limiting restroom access for transgender people violates the U.S. Civil Rights Act.
In a letter to Republican Governor Pat McCrory that was seen by Reuters, the Justice Department said the state was "engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination against transgender state employees," and it had until Monday to address the issue.
McCrory's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In March, North Carolina became the first state in the country to require transgender people to use restrooms in public buildings and schools that match the sex on their birth certificate instead of one that matches their gender identity.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/north-carolina-transgender-law-violates-civil-rights-law-us/ar-BBsEsV8?li=BBnbfcL
In a letter to Republican Governor Pat McCrory that was seen by Reuters, the Justice Department said the state was "engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination against transgender state employees," and it had until Monday to address the issue.
McCrory's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In March, North Carolina became the first state in the country to require transgender people to use restrooms in public buildings and schools that match the sex on their birth certificate instead of one that matches their gender identity.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/north-carolina-transgender-law-violates-civil-rights-law-us/ar-BBsEsV8?li=BBnbfcL
This is excellent news. But the fundies don't give a shit! They'll still harass and humiliate trans people even if it means:
- Beating the shit out of them: http://news.groopspeak.com/texas-gop-cop-would-beat-a-trans-woman-till-she-needed-hospital-care-gets-owned-on-his-own-post/
- Shoot to kill: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/04/25/christian-lawyer-threatens-transgender-women-with-gun-violence-if-they-use-same-bathroom-as-her/
- Follow them into bathrooms with the intent of harassment: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/american-family-association-testing-target-bathrooms
And these are the people who claim to be on the side of Jesus!
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So North Carolina's HB-2 Is A Direct Civil Rights Act Violation (Original Post)
Initech
May 2016
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Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)1. I said this some time ago
Federal civil rights laws trump state and local laws.
longship
(40,416 posts)2. That is what SCOTUS said.
Enough is enough!
R&K
Gothmog
(144,005 posts)3. The state of North Carolina may lose a ton of federal funding