Charlotte Hornets Chairman Michael Jordan took a far more diplomatic approach, calling the decision “disappointing”.
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Sabates is blaming the city for trying to protect rights and not the state for trying to take them away.
Sabates, who said he was caught off guard by the league decision, felt Charlotte also will loss credibility, along with the projected $100 million profit from the game.
The league had expressed its opposition to the law known as HB2 since it was enacted in March, and its decision Thursday came less than a month after state legislators revisited the law and chose to leave it largely unchanged. “He was just spouting a tremendous amount of mistruths in Charlotte’s role in losing the All-Star game and safety and security…so I went over to his press conference, and then he moved the press conference to a secure location that I didn’t have access to”.
There was no appetite among Republican lawmakers to change the provision requiring transgender people to use restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates in many public buildings – a measure at the heart of two legal challenges in federal court.
The CIAA and the ACC have also made statments disagreeing with HB2, but those organizations still plan to hold their games in Charlotte over the next year.
Cities wishing to bid to host NCAA title events must complete the survey by August 12, detailing local anti-discrimination laws and any other policies and pertinent information. Pat McCrory. According to a poll by Survey USA, sponsored by the Civitas Institute, 69 percent of North Carolinans backed the state bill.
McCrory said it was only a two-page bill and he agreed with nearly everything in the legislation. LGBT advocacy groups were extremely critical of McCrory, who drew major backlash on social media as well.
Chris Sgro, executive director of Equality NC, said in a statement: “North Carolina General Assembly leadership and Governor McCrory repeatedly ignored the warning bells as businesses, conferences and entertainers left the state”.
In an interview Friday morning with Mike Collins of Charlotte Talks, McCrory seemed to shrug off the latest economic blow in response to the discriminatory law. As much as Graham loves watching basketball, he is going to give it up to show his support for North Carolina, and he is encouraging other Christians to do the same thing.
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“Since March, when North Carolina enacted HB2 and the issue of legal protections for the LGBT community in Charlotte became prominent, the National Basketball Association and the Charlotte Hornets have been working diligently to foster constructive dialogue and try to effect positive change”, the league said. “Every day that HB2 remains on the books, people across North Carolina are at risk of real harm”.
