Post by Logan on May 10, 2016 3:42:31 GMT -6
Charlotte Mayor Roberts says changing HB2 is ‘up to the General Assembly’
Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts said Monday she was heartened by the Justice Department’s lawsuit against the state of North Carolina over House Bill 2.
“I applaud that Charlotte’s values are the values that the nation holds,” Roberts told the media after a City Council meeting.
Earlier that day, Gov. Pat McCrory and legislative leaders filed a lawsuit asking for a judge to determine that HB2 is not discriminatory.
Soon after, the Justice Department filed its own lawsuit, seeking an injunction to suspend the law while a judge determines that it is illegal.
Read more here: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article76637267.html
The mayor is correct in resisting the call from some legislators to hold a vote to repeal the nondiscrimination ordinance. Despite wide held beliefs, you cannot vote to take away someone's constitutional rights.
The legislators might revisit one of the episodes of Dragnet where Joe Friday was kicked out of a continuing education class because he arrested a student for possessing drugs. The professor of the class manipulated the students to vote Sgt. Friday out of the class. One of the quiet students was an elderly man who sat quietly for over a week watching the drama unfold, then he divulged his identity as an attorney and made the point that I mentioned in the first paragraph.
Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts said Monday she was heartened by the Justice Department’s lawsuit against the state of North Carolina over House Bill 2.
“I applaud that Charlotte’s values are the values that the nation holds,” Roberts told the media after a City Council meeting.
Earlier that day, Gov. Pat McCrory and legislative leaders filed a lawsuit asking for a judge to determine that HB2 is not discriminatory.
Soon after, the Justice Department filed its own lawsuit, seeking an injunction to suspend the law while a judge determines that it is illegal.
Read more here: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article76637267.html
The mayor is correct in resisting the call from some legislators to hold a vote to repeal the nondiscrimination ordinance. Despite wide held beliefs, you cannot vote to take away someone's constitutional rights.
The legislators might revisit one of the episodes of Dragnet where Joe Friday was kicked out of a continuing education class because he arrested a student for possessing drugs. The professor of the class manipulated the students to vote Sgt. Friday out of the class. One of the quiet students was an elderly man who sat quietly for over a week watching the drama unfold, then he divulged his identity as an attorney and made the point that I mentioned in the first paragraph.