Major businesses stand against NC anti-discrimination law

Rep. Paul Stam, R-Wake, speaks on the House floor as North Carolina lawmakers gather for a special session Wednesday, March 23, 2016 in Raleigh, N.C.

Corporations expressed disappointment and the NCAA vowed to monitor what North Carolina does next now that the state has banned any local government measures protecting people from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

American Airlines, which operates its second-largest hub in Charlotte; IBM and Biogen, which have facilities in the state’s Research Triangle; and payments processor PayPal, which had announced plans to hire 400 people in Charlotte only last week, were among major employers condemning the new law.

Many similar bills are being considered in state legislatures, but North Carolina is the first in the nation to require public school and university students to use only those bathrooms that match their birth certificates, according to the National Conference on State Legislatures.

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rogerunited
9 years ago

This doesn’t surprise me, big corporations are some of the best lefty donors our there.

Bill
Bill
9 years ago

the time has long past now and we need to put all these perverted filthy bastard corporations on n notice that we will not purchase there products any longer.