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US sues North Carolina over transgender bathroom law
Topic Started: May 9 2016, 07:39 PM (985 Views)
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A potentially epic clash over transgender rights took shape Monday when the U.S. Justice Department sued North Carolina over the state's bathroom law after the governor refused to back down.

In unusually forceful language, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said North Carolina's law requiring transgender people to use public restrooms and showers corresponding to the gender on their birth certificate amounts to "state-sponsored discrimination" and is aimed at "a problem that doesn't exist."

"What this law does is inflict further indignity on a population that has already suffered far more than its fair share," she said, speaking directly to residents of her native state. "This law provides no benefit to society, and all it does is harm innocent Americans."

Billions of dollars in federal aid for North Carolina — and a potentially landmark decision regarding the reach of the nation's civil rights laws — are at stake in the dispute, which in recent weeks has triggered boycotts and cancellations aimed at pressuring the state into repealing the measure.

Last week, the U.S. Justice Department said the law amounts to illegal sex discrimination and gave Gov. Pat McCrory until Monday to say he would refuse to enforce it. When the deadline arrived, a defiant McCrory instead sued the federal government, arguing that the state law is a "commonsense privacy policy" and that the Justice Department's position is "baseless and blatant overreach."

McCrory, a Republican who is up for re-election in November, accused the Obama administration of unilaterally rewriting federal civil rights law to protect transgender people's access to bathrooms, locker rooms and showers across the country.

"This is not a North Carolina issue. It is now a national issue," he said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-carolina-governor-leads-lawsuit-over-lgbt-rights-141821907.html
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I say that big talk's worth doodly-squat
All you mentally unstable freaks, take a look south of the border!!! Whut you see is whut you is!!! That's the bottom line!!! I know.................. it makes waaaaaaaaay too much sense!!!
Endeavor to Persevere!!!
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Tax payer money well spent.... :sarcasmalert:
Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence.
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Eddo26
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North Carolina receives $1.40 for every dollar it pays to the federal government. Cut off their welfare.
We believe only what we want to believe.
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Eddo36
May 10 2016, 12:50 AM
North Carolina receives $1.40 for every dollar it pays to the federal government. Cut off their welfare.
Brilliant. Pour gasoline on fire.

President Trump will put an end to these leftists' silly agenda.
Kate Steinle was separated from her family permanently but leftists didn't seem to mind.
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Obama has supremacy over State bathroom etiquette law...This may be "over-reach" by the federal executive branch of government, or a "reach around"........... :confused:
Edited by Robert Stout, May 10 2016, 03:05 AM.
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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May 9 2016, 08:24 PM
Tax payer money well spent.... :sarcasmalert:
Yes. So glad my governor and legislature are wasting my money on this issue. :sarcasmalert:

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jazzyjeff

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May 10 2016, 01:20 AM
Eddo36
May 10 2016, 12:50 AM
North Carolina receives $1.40 for every dollar it pays to the federal government. Cut off their welfare.
Brilliant. Pour gasoline on fire.

President Trump will put an end to these leftists' silly agenda.
Umm, Trump has already spoken on this, and does not support bathroom laws.

http://abc11.com/politics/donald-trump-comes-out-against-north-carolinas-hb2/1302289/
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Dem4life

Will they ever learn? North Carolina lawsuit shows why the religious right was downright stupid to pick on trans people

http://www.salon.com/2016/05/10/will_they_ever_learn_north_carolina_lawsuit_shows_why_the_religious_right_was_downright_stupid_to_pick_on_trans_people/

After losing the same-sex marriage battle, the right decides to make the same mistake by attacking trans people
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Dem4life
May 10 2016, 12:53 PM
Will they ever learn? North Carolina lawsuit shows why the religious right was downright stupid to pick on trans people

http://www.salon.com/2016/05/10/will_they_ever_learn_north_carolina_lawsuit_shows_why_the_religious_right_was_downright_stupid_to_pick_on_trans_people/

After losing the same-sex marriage battle, the right decides to make the same mistake by attacking trans people
How is banning transgenders from the ladies room an attack????....How is reading Salon.com good for your mental health ???.............. :confused:
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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dustmitesail
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Must be terrible for any transgender and/or gay living in NC.
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Dem4life

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May 10 2016, 01:15 PM
Dem4life
May 10 2016, 12:53 PM
Will they ever learn? North Carolina lawsuit shows why the religious right was downright stupid to pick on trans people

http://www.salon.com/2016/05/10/will_they_ever_learn_north_carolina_lawsuit_shows_why_the_religious_right_was_downright_stupid_to_pick_on_trans_people/

After losing the same-sex marriage battle, the right decides to make the same mistake by attacking trans people
How is banning transgenders from the ladies room an attack????....How is reading Salon.com good for your mental health ???.............. :confused:
This wasn't a problem until republicans made it a problem...
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May 9 2016, 08:24 PM
Tax payer money well spent.... :sarcasmalert:
Protecting rights and freedoms of citizens is money well spent. Better than paying corporations to move jobs overseas.
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dustmitesail
May 10 2016, 02:55 PM
Must be terrible for any transgender and/or gay living in NC.
Yes, at least for all 34 transgenders living in North Carolina...Gays refuse to be removed from the mens room.....:dunno:
Edited by Robert Stout, May 10 2016, 03:38 PM.
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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May 10 2016, 03:24 PM
clone
May 9 2016, 08:24 PM
Tax payer money well spent.... :sarcasmalert:
Protecting rights and freedoms of citizens is money well spent. Better than paying corporations to move jobs overseas.
This ladies room regulation is meant to restrict the rights of voyeurs- in- drag from lurking in the ladies room...If this be sexual discrimination, make the most of it........ :lol:
Edited by Robert Stout, May 10 2016, 03:48 PM.
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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Dem4life

Because as we all know, voyeurs in drag peeping on women has been such a problem...
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Dem4life
May 10 2016, 03:55 PM
Because as we all know, voyeurs in drag peeping on women has been such a problem...
Have no fear...With the help of the Justice Department it will become a problem...."sometime I feel like a girl, sometimes I don't"................ :rollseyes:
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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Robert Stout
May 10 2016, 04:00 PM
Dem4life
May 10 2016, 03:55 PM
Because as we all know, voyeurs in drag peeping on women has been such a problem...
Have no fear...With the help of the Justice Department it will become a problem...."sometime I feel like a girl, sometimes I don't"................ :rollseyes:
Your fears of men in drag spying on women is unfounded. Why push a false narrative...
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Dem4life
May 10 2016, 04:03 PM
Robert Stout
May 10 2016, 04:00 PM
Dem4life
May 10 2016, 03:55 PM
Because as we all know, voyeurs in drag peeping on women has been such a problem...
Have no fear...With the help of the Justice Department it will become a problem...."sometime I feel like a girl, sometimes I don't"................ :rollseyes:
Your fears of men in drag spying on women is unfounded. Why push a false narrative...
You ability to analyze the future does not exist........... :booboo:
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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Dem4life

Robert Stout
May 10 2016, 04:28 PM
Dem4life
May 10 2016, 04:03 PM
Robert Stout
May 10 2016, 04:00 PM

Quoting limited to 3 levels deep
Your fears of men in drag spying on women is unfounded. Why push a false narrative...
You ability to analyze the future does not exist........... :booboo:
I didn't realize you were a soothsayer. Crystal ball and all...
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