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March 24th, 2016 
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Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Media Spokesperson, HEALTH MAX Brands
Republicans in North Carolina have passed a broad anti-LGBT bill during a special session with just 3 hours of deliberation.
North Carolina HB 2 essentially voids all local nondiscrimination ordinances; gives ultimate control to the General Assembly with regard to all public accommodations ordinances, all minimum wage ordinances, and all employment discrimination ordinances; and prohibits local municipalities from protecting residents from discrimination.
The special session was called by state congressman Dan Bishop who “presented his hastily-crafted bill” and had it rushed through normal deliberation.
Republican Governor Pat McCrory signed HB2 into law which sparked backlash and has left many residents of North Carolina without rights.
Chad Griffin, president of the Human Right Campaign (HRC) said: “McCrory’s reckless decision to sign this appalling legislation into law is a direct attack on the rights, well-being and dignity of hundreds of thousands of LGBT North Carolinians and visitors to the state.”
State Democratic Leader Dan Blue added: “This is a direct affront to equality, civil rights and local autonomy.”
And Lara Americo, transgender activist, explained : “The true emergencies in North Carolina are subpar public schools, gerrymandered elections and the need for clean drinking water. This special session is hindering my rights as a transgender woman and the rights of the LGBT community. It’s also hindering Charlotte’s ability to govern itself. This is not how taxpayers’ money should be spent.”
McCrory said the signed the bill “passed by a bipartisan majority to stop this breach of basic privacy and etiquette.”
Michaelangelo Signorile, editor-at-large for Queer Voices, wrote an op-ed piece about HB2.
Signorile called the bill “most heinous, homophobic, transphobic law we have ever seen” because it “rewrites the state’s civil rights laws to protect on the basis of race, color, country of origin, religion, age and ‘biological sex,’ creating a new category meant to exclude transgender people.
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