'The Obama administration is bypassing Congress by attempting to rewrite the law and set restroom policies for public and private employers across the country, not just North Carolina.'
That was North Carolina Governor, Pat McCrory.
You know, that's a pretty bold statement coming from a guy with a gender-ambiguous name who himself signed into law regulations setting bathroom policies.
North Carolina was given until today to suspend enforcement of the gender/bathroom portions of HB2 or lose federal funding.
Washington indicated it would extend that deadline if McCrory would publicly agree HB2 is discriminatory.
Instead, McCrory chose to sue the federal government. That's right, instead of doing the right thing, the inevitable thing, he's chosen to waste taxpayer money at both the state and federal levels in order to fight for a law that is obviously unnecessary and based entirely on bigoted fear of a situation that is essentially nonexistent.
'I'm not going to publicly announce that something discriminates, which is agreeing with their letter, because we're really talking about a letter in which they're trying to define gender identity,' McCrory said. 'And there is no clear identification or definition of gender identity. It's the federal government being a bully.'
There is no clear indication of gender identity.
I wonder if this idiot can actually hear the words coming out of his mouth? Or if he's just a puppet with Tony Perkins' hand up his ass?
No clear indication of gender identity? Well gee, fellas, ISN'T THAT THE ENTIRE BASIS OF THE HB2 PROVISIONS REQUIRING PEOPLE TO ONLY USE SPECIFIC RESTROOMS MATCHING THEIR SEX AT BIRTH?
The fuck? Seriously.
'This is now a national issue that applies to every state and it needs to be resolved at the federal level.'
You know what, Pat? You're right. It IS a national issue. And thank you for making it so. It was a NON-issue, but you, you ignorant hateful bigoted jackasses, have now made it a national issue. Just like interracial and same-sex marriage—and how'd that work out for you religious nuts? Remind me.
This is why I laugh when I hear conservatives bleating about 'state's rights.' If 200 plus years of American history have taught us anything at all, it's that the states cannot be trusted with civil rights.
Ever." ~ Jim Wright