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This Mayor has done a splendid job in attempting to conclude this matter:
"What people need to remember is the mayor of Charlotte doesn't have a vote. That's the way the system works," Roberts said. "The council votes on things. The mayor can start the conversation, but this is a conversation started by thousands and thousands of people who believe that an equal, welcoming, inclusive city is the best way to be competitive in the 21st century."
what i've learned is that what was done at the state level is not only appropriate but required based on the type of government we have in NC. there are certain regulations that are allowed at the local level and others that aren't. you can't have different municipalities imposing different rules on businesses that operate across the state.
Ever heard of a "dry county"? Stores such as groceries or convenience stores that sell beer have to alter their rules from one county to another in NC. Somehow they have managed.
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any law that would basically let any perv in a dress walk into a ladies room or locker room is point blank a safety risk.
That is NOT what the Charlotte law would have allowed. NOT.
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not every person that gets on an airplane is a terrorist. but, everyone that fly's is inconvenienced by the safety measures taken because of a few radicals. sometimes people are inconvenienced for safety, it's just the reality we live in. it's not discriminatory, it's a statement on society.
The "pervs" everyone is afraid of are HETEROSEXUAL MALES. How is the LGBT community coming out as the demons in this issue when they aren't even the ones who would pose any danger (and even most who support the "bathroom bill" part of it will agree)? Answer: this whole thing was staged by the far Right to do exactly that, knowing that the less-educated would latch onto the one most inflammatory part of the bill and support it, having no idea what ELSE they were actually supporting. GLBT people have been thrown under the bus for political purposes pretty much since society was aware they existed; this is nothing new despite growing tolerance by the general population. And here, an issue where heterosexual males are the problem has somehow been spun to be the fault of GLBT people. Welcome to The NC GOP's world of demonizing minorities.
(1) If Deutsche Bank can't justify doing business in an area that doesn't respect human rights how can they possibly be comfortable having their HQ in a country that doesn't respect free political speech?
REUTERS - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that Germany had accepted a request from Turkey to seek prosecution of a German comedian who read out a sexually crude poem about Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on German television.
(2) If HB2 is so wrong, why is there no uproar that employment protections for LGBT have not been enacted at a federal level? Any company that is boycotting Charlotte should be boycotting the United States.
Only affects his fans and his bank account. What an idiot. It's like me quitting my job to protest the state.
The Greensboro Coliseum estimates about a $100,000 loss of NET revenue...
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