Post by Logan on May 9, 2016 2:46:19 GMT -6
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.
In letters, federal civil rights enforcement attorneys focused particularly on provisions requiring transgender people to use public restrooms that correspond to their biological sex. A federal lawsuit against the state is possible, the Justice Department said.
"It's the federal government being a bully. It's making law," McCrory said on "Fox News Sunday." The Justice Department is "trying to define gender identity, and there is no clear identification or definition of gender identity." Still, McCrory wouldn't disclose how the state would respond in writing.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article76482292.html
If the governor and his Republican cohorts in the legislative branch insist on standing on principle by refusing to overturn this ridiculous law, then I only hope that the voters will stand on principle during the next election and vote the clowns out of office. It's a shame that the religious beliefs of some triumph over the rights of others and will cost the citizens of the state billions of dollars.
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.
In letters, federal civil rights enforcement attorneys focused particularly on provisions requiring transgender people to use public restrooms that correspond to their biological sex. A federal lawsuit against the state is possible, the Justice Department said.
"It's the federal government being a bully. It's making law," McCrory said on "Fox News Sunday." The Justice Department is "trying to define gender identity, and there is no clear identification or definition of gender identity." Still, McCrory wouldn't disclose how the state would respond in writing.
Read more here: www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article76482292.html
If the governor and his Republican cohorts in the legislative branch insist on standing on principle by refusing to overturn this ridiculous law, then I only hope that the voters will stand on principle during the next election and vote the clowns out of office. It's a shame that the religious beliefs of some triumph over the rights of others and will cost the citizens of the state billions of dollars.