On Friday activists were enraged to find the General Assembly of North Carolina have adjourned without many amendments to HB2, or the “bathroom bill”.
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Certificates can be obtained by written application if they are “accompanied by a notarized statement from the physician who performed the sex reassignment surgery or from a physician licensed to practice medicine who has examined the individual and who can certify that the person has undergone sex reassignment surgery”, according to the document received from the legislative staff of state Sen.
LGBT advocates “want complete repeal”, Fitzgerald said, “and they’re not going to stop until they see men in women’s and children’s bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers…it’s always been about the bathrooms for the [Human Rights Campaign], and this move by the National Basketball Association I’m sure at the behest of the HRC just exhibits that”.
“Today’s action affirms and protects the core mission of the bathroom safety bill while answering the governor’s and business community’s calls”, state Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger said after the vote.
The House voted 85-15, the Senate voted 26-14 for the revision. Pat McCrory signed the controversial House Bill 2 into law in March.
But the critics said this change for lawsuits is needed.
State lawmakers on Friday addressed one point of controversy over House Bill 2 by restoring the right to sue for wrongful termination in state court on allegations of discrimination based on age, sex, race or other factors, officials said.
The North Carolina General Assembly sounds prepared to leave town for the year by this weekend.
Pepper spray could soon be permitted at every high school in North Carolina’s Rowan-Salisbury school district.
“I think what you’ll see, at least at this point, and I don’t see it changing frankly, is a change to the access to the state courts”, Moore said. It would be the biggest protest to date.
“That law needs to be defended”, Moore said.
A top North Carolina legislator says a state law limiting protections for LGBT people will stay largely intact. “As the session comes to a close, we applaud the Governor and Legislative leaders for standing firmly behind HB2”, said Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of the NCVC. The league said it didn’t know what impact the law would have on its “ability to successfully host” the event, sparking months of speculation.
The All-Star game is scheduled to be held in Charlotte’ in February. Republican lawmakers on Friday night argued they were changing a section of the law because it has been misinterpreted.
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“This is just one of the incredible mistakes made in the passage of House Bill 2”, said Democratic state Rep. Chris Sgro of Guilford County. “If the game leaves and the franchise, the Hornet potentially leave, think of the frightful domino effect that’s going to have on our continued economic weakness”, Sgro said.
