“It is the governor’s understanding that legislative leaders and the lieutenant governor agree with that assessment”. But Roberts reiterated an earlier statement saying the city council was not prepared to add the issue of repealing the city ordinance on Monday’s agenda.
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“We appreciate the state wanting to find a solution to the challenges we are facing and applaud the governor for recognizing the state should overturn H.B”. Supporters are pleased with her response to Republican calls to repeal the city’s ordinance that would enable LGBT people to seek protection from discrimination in hotels, restaurants and restrooms. “Instead of repealing HB2, Gov. McCrory is reprising his role as ‘blamer-in-chief.’ Not a single entity has left North Carolina because of the Charlotte ordinance – they’ve all left because of HB2”.
North Carolina has lost a string of big investment ventures over Governor Pat McCrory’s decision to sign the contentious HB 2 – which voided all local ordinances protecting LGBT rights, banned transgender people from using their preferred bathroom, and permits businesses to discriminate against LGBT people on the grounds of religious belief.
The Charlotte ordinance extended anti-discrimination protection to the LGBT community and would have allowed transgender people to use the bathroom or locker room of their gender identity.
It’s not the first time in which Charlotte was poised to act on a deal with the state legislature by undoing its non-discrimination ordinance in exchange for repeal of HB2.
Cooper said Monday that McCrory should call another special session and repeal it because “the damage to our economy must be stopped”. But short of Charlotte repealing their ordinance, I would not vote to repeal HB2.
We believe these actions are necessary as many complex issues have arisen since the passage of the Charlotte City Ordinance #7056 and House Bill 2; we also believe all elements of the debateshouldbecarefully, thoroughly, and deliberately considered and evaluated through the immediate formation of a study commission. Repealing Charlotte’s non-discrimination ordinance would leave North Carolina without an “inclusive atmosphere for all college athletes, coaches, administrators and fans”, which the NCAA called for when it announced it was pulling it’s championship games from North Carolina.
“The NCAA holds its tournaments in states that have the same law as we do”, Tillman said “They are a bunch of hypocrites just chasing the dollar”.
Democratic Mayor Jennifer Roberts walked into a surprise as she entered the council chambers. Pat McCrory to rescind the state’s controversial law limiting LGBT anti-discrimination protections if Charlotte drops a bid to expand such safeguards is getting the cold shoulder from the city’s mayor.
Josh Ellis, director of communications for McCrory, said in a written statement that for the last nine months the governor has consistently said state legislation is only needed if the Charlotte ordinance remains in place.
An Elon University Poll released on Monday found that nearly half of likely voters in the state oppose H.B. 2.
The Elon poll of 644 likely voters has a margin of sampling error of 3.9 percentage points.
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“I find it humorous that I would have that kind of power to tell them not to vote for this”, Carney said. “2 will accomplish this”, Cooper’s statement said.
