North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest is vigorously defending his state’s new law on public accommodation in schools and government buildings, blasting GOP front-runner Donald Trump’s assertions that the law was a mistake and that transgenders should be allowed to use whatever bathrooms they want.
Originally known as House Bill 2, the law came in response to a Charlotte City Council ordinance mandating that all public facilities should allow people to use the bathroom or locker room corresponding to their gender identity. The North Carolina statute overturned the rule, stating that public accommodation policy can only be established at the state level. It also said usage of bathrooms and other vulnerable areas in public schools and government buildings must be done according to the sex on a person’s birth certificate. It made no demands of businesses and allows them to adopt their own policies.
Since Gov. Pat McCrory signed the bill March 25, liberal activist groups have protested the law as bigotry, businesses have threatened to pull out of North Carolina or scrap plans to come. Some musicians have canceled concerts, and the NBA is debating whether to pull the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte.
The issue got even more explosive on Thursday. When asked about the law on NBC’s “Today Show,” Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump surprised many by lining up in favor of the LGBT argument on the issue, suggesting “you leave it the way it is.”
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Remind me why we are even having this discussion.
David DeGerolamo
We are having this discussion because We have allowed sexual deviants to be seen as normal.
Distraction …