N.C.’s Sweepg Anti-Gay Law Go Way Beyond Targetg LGBTs - TPM – Talkg Pots Memo

Contents:

• N.C.’S SWEEPG ANTI-GAY LAW GO WAY BEYOND TARGETG LGBTS
• NORTH CAROLA GAY BIAS LAW DRAWS A SHARP BACKLASH
• N.C. SENATE PASS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: WHAT DO THIS MEAN FOR STUNTS?

N.C.’S SWEEPG ANTI-GAY LAW GO WAY BEYOND TARGETG LGBTS

Pat McCrory signed to law a bill blockg anti-discrimatn l that would protect gay and transgenr people. The North Carola state Legislature has passed a law blockg lol ernments om passg anti-discrimatn l to grant protectns to gay and transgenr people.

The law a month after the cy of Charlotte passed a measure protectg gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people om beg discrimated agast by bs. Crics ll the law anti-LGBT, sayg discrimat agast gay and transgenr rints.

The se ncerned an amendment to Colorado’s state nstutn that prohibed lol ernments om enactg measur protectg “homosexual, lbian, or bisexual orientatn, nduct, practic or relatnships, ” which validated anti-discrimatn ordanc Denver, Boulr, and Aspen. The Supreme Court cid needn’t even ci that issue bee the ernment do not have a legimate tert exprsg anim towards polilly unpopular groups and the law was obvly motivated by animosy towards gay people – so the law was so irratnal uld not survive even the lowt level of nstutnal scty. Current swg vote Jtice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majory that “makg a general announcement that gays and lbians shall not have any particular protectns om the law, flicts on them immediate, ntug, and real juri.

NORTH CAROLA GAY BIAS LAW DRAWS A SHARP BACKLASH

We turn now to North Carola, where a new measure rtrictg protectns for gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people is beg lled the tought law of s kd the beg our story wh Wednday's dramatic emergency ssn of state Yang reports. We have also seen gays the ary issue beg rolved. PayPal, Dow Chemil, the NBA, the NCAA, Google and other bs oppose North Carola's new anti-LGBT law effectively legaliz discrimatn agast lbian, gay, transgenr and bisexual of the state's biggt bs have yet to speak up.

Pat McCrory (R) signed on Bill 2, approved by the state's General Assembly a special ssn, prevents ci om passg anti-discrimatn ordanc protectg lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr people. "As three of the largt rporatns North Carola, all of which proudly protect lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr employe through LGBTQ clive non-discrimatn polici, we believe the rporatns have a moral obligatn and rponsibily to voice their opposn when state legislatur put the muni they serve danger of discrimatn, " said Brad Delaney of One Milln Kids For Equaly a Wednday statement.

Pat McCrory (R) late Wednday night signed shed legislatn that, as is wily known, elimat lol ernments’ abily to pass anti-discrimatn measur to protect gay and transgenr dividuals.

N.C. SENATE PASS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: WHAT DO THIS MEAN FOR STUNTS?

Pat McCrory of North Carola signed a sweepg law elimatg anti-discrimatn protectns for all lbians, gays and bisexuals and barrg transgenr people om g bathrooms that do not match the genr they were born wh, the battle l were clear a bterly divid social media and public ralli, civil rights groups, bs and policians exprsed dismay at the law, which was passed by the Republin-ntrolled legislature and signed by the ernor wh jt 12 hours durg a hasty special ssn on Wednday. But the law passed by the legislature on Wednday night, which prohibs municipali om passg their own ordanc allowg such bathroom e, also prevents ci om protectg gays and bisexual people agast discrimatn generally.

Gold, who is gay. Wh hours of of beg troduced the legislature and gettg overwhelmg support, a sweepg bill which overturned existg ordanc protectg gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people ci and unti across the state -- and which banned transgenr people om g rtrooms that rrpond wh their genr inty -- was signed by the GOP ernor, Pat McCrory.

HB2 is the most heo, homophobic, transphobic law we have ever seen -- jt read .