The Porky’s movies.
running script from the video (all caps unfortunately)
ATT. GEN. LYNCH: GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GERMAN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I’M JOINED BY THE HEAD OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION HERE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. WE ARE HERE TO ANNOUNCE A SIGNIFICANT LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION REGARDING NORTH CAROLINA’S PUBLIC FACILITIES ACT KNOWN AS HOUSE BILL NUMBER TWO. THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSED HOUSE BILL NUMBER TWO IN SPECIAL SESSION ON MARCH 23 OF THIS YEAR. THE BILL’S SHOT — THE BILL SOUGHT TO STRIKE DOWN AN ANTIDISCRIMINATION PROVISION IN A RECENTLY PASSED ORDINANCE AS WELL AS TO REQUIRE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN PUBLIC FACILITIES TO USE BATHROOMS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR SEX AS NOTED AT BIRTH RATHER THAN THEIR GENDER IDENTITY. THE BILL WAS SIGNED INTO LAW THAT SAME DAY. IN SO DOING, THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR PASTE NORTH CAROLINA — PLACED NORTH CAROLINA IN PROHIBITION AGAINST FEDERAL LAW BASED ON SEX AND GENDER IDENTITY. REPORTEDLY, THEY CREATED STATE-SPONSORED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TRANSGENDERED INDIVIDUALS WHO SEEK TO ENGAGE IN MOST PRIVATE OF FUNCTIONS IN A PLACE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, A RIGHT TAKEN FOR GRANTED BY MOST OF US. LAST WEEK, OUR CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION NOTIFIED INDIVIDUALS IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT HOUSE BILL NUMBER TWO VIOLATES FEDERAL CIVIL LIGHT — CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS. WE ASK THEY CERTIFY BY THE END OF THE DAY THEY WILL NOT COMPLY WITH OR IMPLEMENT THE RESTRICTIONS ON RESTROOM ACCESS AND AN EXTENSION WAS REQUESTED BY NORTH CAROLINA AND WAS UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION. INSTEAD OF REPLYING TO OUR OFFER OR APPLYING FOR CERTIFICATION, THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND ITS GOVERNOR CHOSE TO RESPOND BY SUING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. AS A RESULT OF THEIR DECISIONS, WE ARE NOW MOVING FORWARD. TODAY, WE ARE FILING A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. GOVERNOR PATRICK CORI, THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. WE ARE SEEKING A COURT ORDER DECLARING THE LAW DISCRIMINATORY AS WELL AS A BAR ON IT. I WANT TO KNOW WE RETAIN THE OPTION OF CURTAILING FEDERAL FUNDING TO THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AS THIS CASE PROCEEDS. THIS ACTION IS ABOUT A GREAT DEAL MORE THAN BATHROOMS. THIS IS ABOUT THE DIGNITY AND RESPECT WE ACCORD OUR FELLOW CITIZENS AND THE LAW WE AS CITIZENS AND A COUNTRY HAVEN’T ACTED TO PROTECT THEM. IT IS ABOUT THE FOUNDING IDEALS THAT HAVE LED TO THIS COUNTRY, HALTINGLY INEXORABLY IN THE DIRECTION OF FAIRNESS, INCLUSION, AND EQUALITY FOR ALL AMERICANS. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN DISCRIMINATORY RESPONSES TO HISTORIC MOMENTS OF PROGRESS TO OUR NATION. WE SAW IT IN THE JIM CROW LAWS THAT FOLLOW THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.
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