North Carolina gov. faces Fed's Monday deadline on LGBT law

[TexasTowelie]

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory shows no signs of backing down in the face of the federal government's Monday deadline to declare he won't enforce the new state law limiting protections for LGBT people — defiance that could risk funding for the state's university system and lead to a protracted legal battle.

McCrory and other state officials have been under pressure since the U.S. Justice Department warned last week that the law passed in March violates civil rights protections against sex discrimination on the job and in education for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

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McCrory has called the law a common-sense measure. He said it's designed to protect the privacy of people who use bathrooms and locker rooms and to expect all people inside the facilities to be of the same gender. McCrory said Sunday he was not aware of any North Carolina cases of transgender people using their gender identity to access a restroom and molest someone, a fear frequently cited by the law's supporters as the main reason for its passage.

While McCrory agreed that the Justice Department could warn of consequences if North Carolina established separate bathrooms for white and black people, the governor said the agency goes too far in contending that transgender people enjoy similar civil rights protections.

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[littlemissmartypants]

1. One Term Pat.

Despicable. No doubt Art Pope must have his checkbook out. Thanks for the post Texas Towelie. http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/03/north-carolina-governor-pat-mccrory-is-a-lying-hat.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251284209
Love, peace and shelter, lmsp

[awoke_in_2003]

2. The media needs to stop focusing

on the bathroom aspect. The law also rolls back protections based on race, sex, age, etc, and makes it so that local municipalities cannot set a minimum wage.

[marble falls]

4. You're right. of course. But bathrooms are the lightening rods that draw attention.

[Ford_Prefect]

3. DOJ should go after the creeps in Orlando who fomented and wrote this law and the Kochs who funded

it as a criminal conspiracy to intimidate under the RICO act.

[marble falls]

5. I wonder why McCrory draws the line at LGBT rights?