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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNorth Carolina repealed bathroom bill and replaced it with the same bill in different language
Last edited Fri Mar 31, 2017, 04:02 AM - Edit history (2)
You may remember North Carolinas infamous House Bill 2 (HB2), the bill that has cost the state over $3.75 billion dollars, cost its former Gov. Pat McCrory his election, and cost thousands of LGBTQ North Carolinians their piece of mind and safety. It has been a stain on the state compounding the disgrace of a General Assembly that had already systematically worked to disenfranchise Black voters and solidify power for those already seated in office.
Yesterday, as the legislature approached todays deadline imposed by the NCAA to repeal HB2, newly elected Gov. Roy Cooper, Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore reached what they are calling a compromise repeal of HB2.
The bill does repeal HB2, but it just replaces it with prohibitions on local government entities (including cities, towns, schools) from extending legal protections to LGBT people until 2020 and bans on protections for transgender individuals in restrooms and other single-sex spaces forever.
The bill makes it illegal to protect people from discrimination. And worse still, it does so under a claimed interest in protecting bathroom safety and privacy.
https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/dont-be-fooled-north-carolina-there-no-repeal-anti-trans-hb2-only-more
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It also states that so far in 2017 at least 8 trans women have been murdered. I hope the NCAA is not fooled by this bill and refuses to move their games until an actual repeal is enacted
EDIT TO ADD: The state has lost $600 million so far. These lawmakers hate trumps everything, including the welfare of all its people
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Knr
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)PJMcK
(21,916 posts)North or South Carolina?
msongs
(67,193 posts)SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)There really isn't much Gov. Cooper can do to stop legislation from becoming law.
Cha
(295,899 posts)mccrory
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)I'm surprised that the "compromise" wasn't much worse.
Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)money, they are in the finals and because the people love them so much. Did they think they wouldn't notice?
I saw on another tread someone said they were definitely not stopping the boycott. Sounded like first hand knowledge.
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)2022.
As for them stopping the boycott or not, Idk. This doesn't deal with the bathroom/trans issues, but it deals with some of the other odious provisions of HB2. That being said when it comes to NCAA games in NC, democratic leaning communities bear the brunt of that damage so I doubt the Republicans care much.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,353 posts)I originally missed the part where it would be illegal to pass bathroom/public accomodations protections indefinitely? FTS!!!