North Carolina House Passes Bill Voiding All Local LGBT Nondiscrimination Ordinances

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(04-12-2016, 06:37 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Heard Deutsche Bank decided not to expand in the state now.

"Wait!  Don't take your money!

http://www.wsj.com/articles/north-carolina-gov-pat-mccory-vows-to-revise-transgender-law-1460491573?mod=e2fb

Quote:North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory Seeks to Roll Back Limits on Antibias Protections in Transgender Bill

Move comes after some corporations dropped plans to invest in state in protest


RALEIGH, N. C.—Republican Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday that he will seek to roll back some provisions of a new state law that [/url]limits antidiscrimination protections for lesbians, gays and transgender people in an attempt to “affirm and improve” the state’s commitment to equality after weeks of protest, including some corporations dropping plans to invest in North Carolina.


But Mr. McCrory said he was standing by a “common-sense” provision of the law requiring transgender people to use the public bathroom corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate.

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Mr. McCrory issued an executive order that sought to unwind and clarify aspects of a law he signed March 23. He affirmed the ability of private businesses and local government entities to establish their own antidiscrimination policies for their employees and expanded state equal employment policy to include sexual orientation.

“I know these actions will not totally satisfy everyone,” said Mr. McCrory, in a video statement. “But the vast majority of our citizens want common sense solutions to complex issues.”

LGBT advocacy groups said the executive order doesn’t go far enough—and that they are still seeking full repeal of the law.
“The governor’s action are an insufficient response to a terrible, misguided law that continues to harm LGBT people on a daily basis,” said Sarah Warbelow, legal director at Human Rights Campaign. “The North Carolina Legislature must act to right this wrong as swiftly as possible.”

Earlier Tuesday, the German bank Deutsche Bank AG said it is pulling the plug on plans to add 250 new jobs outside Raleigh, in protest of the new law. North Carolina-based Deutsche Bank employees raised concerns about the law within the bank, according to a person familiar with the matter.

PayPal Holdings Inc. previously scrapped plans for a new, 400-employee expansion in Charlotte, the state’s biggest city, and officials from more than 100 other companies, including Apple Inc., have also objected to the law.

Mr. McCrory said he is shocked at [url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/opponents-of-north-carolinas-transgender-law-pressure-governor-to-repeal-it-1459462686]the backlash, particularly since transgender issues weren’t on many people’s radar until last summer when Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as the Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner, revealed her new identity.

“Who would’ve thought?” Mr. McCrory said, in an interview last week. “I can’t believe we’re talking about this.”

Mr. McCrory said in a statement Tuesday that he would ask the legislature later this month to adopt legislation reinstating the right to sue in state court for discrimination. The new law prevented people from pursuing state court claims of wrongful termination on the grounds of discrimination based on age, gender or religion. Employment lawyers say the change affects thousands of people a year, who now must seek redress through the slower, more costly avenue of federal court.

Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, an architect of the law, said in a statement that Mr. McCrory was putting “to rest the left’s lies” about the law and standing up to political opponents who want to allow “any man into any women’s bathroom or locker room at any time simply by claiming to feel like a woman.”

Mr. Berger didn't immediately respond to comment on whether he supported Mr. McCrory’s call for reversing the change to state court law.

As a side note:  I made the accusation observation before that when ever these things come up it is always about the men:

"Gay marriage is bad!  It's not Adam and Steve!"
"Men will attack women in the bathroom!!"


I just find it humorous.