This moron McCrory claimed to be blindsided when he was given a deadline, but couldn't see the irony of passing a hate bill in one day. I can't wait to find out which group Republicans are going to target (:b) next. No one gave Transsexuals in washrooms a second thought until Republicans lost the Gay Marriage fight.
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." Cont. (Video/Autoplay)
Story from - Associated Press
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