In a letter to McCrory, Vanita Gupta, principal deputy assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, stated that HB2 violates Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employers from discriminating, as well as Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments, which bars discrimination in education based on sex. The predators, the argument goes, will simply claim they are transgender in order to avoid criminal prosecution.
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Wednesday, he responded to the Justice Department’s letter.
The government could file a lawsuit to protect state employees from discrimination, the letters said.
Transgender issues have been a hot topic in this year’s election, as many Republicans in various states are proposing similar laws as North Carolina.
Pat McCrory for a response on the transgender bathroom issue by May 9, and if no action is made, North Carolina may be sued, which may eventually result to its denial of millions in federal funds.
Buncombe County Schools, the largest school district in Western North Carolina, receives $18,580,652 in federal funding, according to Chief Financial Officer Deborah Frisby.
But N.C. Representative Chris Sgro, a Greensboro Democrat and head of the LGBT advocacy group Equality North Carolina, says the state had no problem acting quickly when it came to enacting the law.
Not only that, but the department gave North Carolina state officials until Monday to respond “by confirming that the State will not comply with or implement HB2”. Pat McCrory makes remarks during an interview at the Governor’s mansion in Raleigh.
That includes North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, who vowed this week to take on the biggest, baddest bully of all: The United States Department of Justice.
The state will have until Monday to agree to comply, or face losing federal education funding. Pat McCrory stated that right and expectation of privacy is among the most private areas of personal life and is now in jeopardy.
The state’s House Bill 2 violates the federal Civil Rights Act by preventing transgender individuals from using the restrooms of their choice.
House Bill 2, also known as HB2, blocks anti-discrimination protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, as The Two-Way has reported.
The move sparked a flurry of criticism and protests from LGBT advocates as well as from leaders from other states.
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North Carolina’s law limiting protections for LGBT people violates the US Civil Rights Act and can not be enforced, warns the US Justice Department. It could also start initiating action to limit the distribution of federal funds. The British Foreign Office last month warned travelers about HB 2 and a sweeping religious freedom law bill that Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed on April 5. Recent laws denounced as discriminatory in North Carolina and MS has prompted a growing backlash from opponents.
