Post by Logan on Mar 31, 2016 0:06:15 GMT -6
RALEIGH -- North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said on Tuesday that his office will not go to court to argue to uphold the state law adopted last week that strikes down locally enacted protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Cooper, a Democrat running for governor, called the measure “a national embarrassment” that “will set North Carolina’s economy back if we don’t repeal it.”
Since Gov. Pat McCrory signed the so-called HB2 into law, there has been a backlash of opposition from businesses, sporting event organizers, the White House and some elected officials outside North Carolina.
“The threats to our economy will grow even darker the longer this law stays in effect,” Cooper said at a news conference on Tuesday.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article68780657.html
Cooper, a Democrat running for governor, called the measure “a national embarrassment” that “will set North Carolina’s economy back if we don’t repeal it.”
Since Gov. Pat McCrory signed the so-called HB2 into law, there has been a backlash of opposition from businesses, sporting event organizers, the White House and some elected officials outside North Carolina.
“The threats to our economy will grow even darker the longer this law stays in effect,” Cooper said at a news conference on Tuesday.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article68780657.html