Responding to North Carolina’s discriminatory laws

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First it was Google, Apple and Disney, then the NBA pulled the Allstar game from Charlotte, and just last week, the NCAA pulled 7 championship events from North Carolina, all in criticism of the state’s surprising transgender law that was hastily passed in March.

The House Bill 2 (HB2) has been widely criticized as limiting anti-discriminatory protections for LGBTQI individuals and potentially violating the 1964 Civil Rights Act; beyond, some argue that:

HB2 doesn’t just repeal the existing civil-rights ordinances protecting the LGBT community; it bars any locality or agency from enacting new ones.

It’s encouraging to see some of the country’s most powerful institutions uncompromising on civil rights.

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