Posted on 04/09/2016 8:34:43 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
"You can't start a fire. You can't start a fire without a spark!"
Bruce Springsteen fans in Greensboro, North Carolina, won't be dancing in the dark anytime soon, because The Boss canceled an upcoming concert. And you can blame the governor and state lawmakers.
Springsteen moved the concert in protest of the state's so-called "bathroom" law, which, among other things, forces transgender people to use the restroom associated with the gender on their birth certificates, not their gender identity.
Springsteen released a statement saying, "Right now, there are many groups, businesses, and individuals in North Carolina working to oppose and overcome these negative developments. Taking all of this into account, I feel that this is a time for me and the band to show solidarity for those freedom fighters."
The Boss is right: More than 80 business leaders, including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook, signed a letter calling for a repeal of the law.
And PayPal canceled plans to open an operations center in Charlotte because of the bill, taking 400 new jobs with it. The CEO released a statement saying the "new law perpetuates discrimination and it violates the values and principles that are at the core of PayPal's mission and culture."
Fans who bought tickets for Springsteen's show will get a refund.
Too bad they didn’t move the show to SC. Nikki could have held open the ladies room door for them.
LMAO!
As a proud Tarheel...who give a rat’s a*s about springsteen?
North Carolina should make it clear Bruce has to sing since bakers have to bake cakes.
Very good.
Wonder how he’d like it if a man walked in on his wife or his mother, gay or not?
Never has been able to “carry a tune in a bucket.”
Here is a Trans-Gender Nutjob that didn't think pretending to be a Woman was good enough. Now this kookburger wants to be a "Trans-Dragon. Literally, this kook thinks it can become a "Dragon" through body modification.
Transgenderism is as rational as trans-chickenism.
Transdragon? Looks like James Carville’s long lost brother.
And in Oregon the Governor is a mixed up sex weirdo...surprised he isn’t coming here instead
Another so-called performer who thinks that because he’s well known, or had a hit whatever, his IQ has gone up 60 points. (IMO he can’t sing nor can he really play the guitar.)
Has Bruce yet passed that stone he’s been trying to pass for the last 40 years?
Bruce also is exempt from paying thousands of dollars in property taxes because the estate he lives on is designated a “farm”. I think he has a few bee hives and horses. Typical liberal. Babs Streisand did the same thing a few years back. She was actively campaigning for higher taxes while making sure she re-arranged her personal finances to avoid paying the new higher taxes.
Sacrificing the right to women’s privacy for the sake of the transgender male. Look at what is happening to North Carolina by liberals. The NC House Bill #2 protects the woman’s right to privacy and is being persecuted by the lefties. Do women understand what is going on? It is their women’s rights to privacy being trod upon!
Bruce Springsteen Cancels North Carolina Concert Over ISLAM’S VIEW OF HOMOSEXUALITY.
There fixed it
Yeah he does.
Anything to shut the hollering bastard up.
Ummm... Tom Waits wrote that song. Bruce just covered it.
I wonder what the venue’s deposit policy is.
He ain’t my boss. The stinkin’ Viet Nam War draft dodger cancelled a concert because of the faggotry legislation?
Who cares? He’s a celebrity whore with no talent other than a reasonable ability to play a guitar. Can’t sing worth a $hit.
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