Monday, February 22, 2016
Not if the governor doesn't like you
Equality of access and opportunity, supposedly enshrined in our founding documents and reaffirmed in legislative and court battles since then, no longer apply in the Shitheel State of North Carolina. And the raging asshole Teabagger Governor Pat McCrory has made it clear that any cities or towns that may choose to legislate equality for those the governor doesn't like will feel the full force of the state legislature coming down on them to insure they retain proper levels of bigotry & discrimination.
Gov. Pat McCrory warned two Charlotte City Council members Sunday that if the city approves new legal protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people on Monday, the vote would “most likely cause immediate state legislative intervention.”This issue has brought out a strangely powerful Republican interest in public restrooms, especially those of children and the opposite sex. I don't really care what their personal kinks and issues are but I do wish they could keep them out of public policy.
McCrory is concerned about a provision in the proposed expanded ordinance that would allow transgender residents to use either a men’s or a women’s bathroom. That part of the ordinance has also caused a furor in Charlotte and led to the ordinance being defeated 6-5 last year.
“It is not only the citizens of Charlotte that will be impacted by changing basic restroom and locker room norms but also citizens from across our state and nation who visit and work in Charlotte,” McCrory said in an email to the council’s two Republicans, Ed Driggs and Kenny Smith. “This shift in policy could also create major public safety issues by putting citizens in possible danger from deviant actions by individuals taking improper advantage of a bad policy.”
McCrory, a Republican, continued: “Also, this action of allowing a person with male anatomy, for example, to use a female restroom or locker room will most likely cause immediate State legislative intervention which I would support as governor.”
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