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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNorth Carolina House Passes Bill Voiding All Local LGBT Nondiscrimination Ordinances
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/breaking_north_carolina_lawmakers_pass_bill_voiding_all_local_lgbt_nondiscrimination_ordinancesLed by Republican Speaker Tim Moore (photo), Republican House lawmakers in North Carolina have just passed a sweepingly broad anti-gay bill in a special session called just for this one bill. The bill will void all local nondiscrimination ordinances. It will also mandate that all public accommodations ordinances, all minimum wage ordinances, and all employment discrimination ordinances come only from the General Assembly state lawmakers effectively banning any localities from protecting citizens in any of these areas.
The bill, HB 2, passed by a huge margin, 83-24, after less than three hours of debate and just 30 minutes of public comment....
It is expected to pass and Governor Pat McCrory, who called for the bill, is fully expected to sign it.
The bill is a direct response to a nondiscrimination ordinance passed by the Charlotte City Council. State GOP lawmakers were incensed that it allows transgender citizens use public restrooms that corresponds with with their gender identity.
The bill, HB 2, passed by a huge margin, 83-24, after less than three hours of debate and just 30 minutes of public comment....
It is expected to pass and Governor Pat McCrory, who called for the bill, is fully expected to sign it.
The bill is a direct response to a nondiscrimination ordinance passed by the Charlotte City Council. State GOP lawmakers were incensed that it allows transgender citizens use public restrooms that corresponds with with their gender identity.
They called a special session for this BS?!
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North Carolina House Passes Bill Voiding All Local LGBT Nondiscrimination Ordinances (Original Post)
KamaAina
Mar 2016
OP
83-24? There are 45 Dems in the NC House so roughly 20 of them voted for this bill. WTF?
LonePirate
Mar 2016
#2
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)1. Grew up in NC
And love the state. But this is shameful.
LonePirate
(13,386 posts)2. 83-24? There are 45 Dems in the NC House so roughly 20 of them voted for this bill. WTF?
Volaris
(10,260 posts)3. I suppose that's one way to get more Democrats into the State Legislature...
Let me put this another way.
States Rights advocates who don't like it when the Feds tell them what to do, are limiting the Rights of peoples and communities who want to exercise a little bit of self-soverignity cause they think they can do a better job than the pricks in power.
GOT IT.
In every POSSIBLE way, the GOP has become a cannibalistic parody of itself for the sake of political power and relevancy. Soon they will have neither.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)4. See, we have the bought legislature....
..... that "governs" by pet peeve.
It's useless.... but it cost Art Pope and the Kochs a fortune!