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Bruce Springsteen Cancels North Carolina Concert Over LGBT Legislation
WPTV ^ | 4/9/16 | Eugene Daniels

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: New Jersey; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: aholecelebrities; brucespringsteen; greensboro; homoagenda; homosexualagenda; transgenderbathrooms
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To: Impala64ssa

Bruce is supporting an assault on women and children.


61 posted on 04/09/2016 10:44:26 AM PDT by mom.mom
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To: Impala64ssa

Shut up and sing, trained monkey.


62 posted on 04/09/2016 11:00:59 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: Feckless

Do transgendered women pee sitting down or standing up?


63 posted on 04/09/2016 11:23:05 AM PDT by petenmi
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To: Impala64ssa

his official statement

http://brucespringsteen.net/


64 posted on 04/09/2016 11:53:38 AM PDT by doldrumsforgop
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To: DiogenesLamp

If he doesn’t do it, his mama will for sure if she’s still living.

Yikes!


65 posted on 04/09/2016 11:54:51 AM PDT by Califreak (Madeleine Albright says I'm going to hell. Cruz' dad called me an infidel. Long live the Uniparty!)
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To: Impala64ssa

Yell us a song, Bruce. I’m so old I remember when you were popular.


66 posted on 04/09/2016 12:18:49 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: petenmi

We were in this huge lesbian bar (Eastlake East) one New Years in Seattle (late 80’s), hundreds of girls, maybe 5 guys other than the waiters. Stood in line for the men’s room with nothing but girls. Once I got in I headed to the urinal (trough on the wall) and started doing my thing. Cute little lesbian chick stands next to me, drops her jeans and says “I can do that” and proceeds to pee everywhere BUT the urinal.


67 posted on 04/09/2016 12:35:08 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

He can’t discriminate against people based on their geographical origin. Is this any different from not baking cakes for homosexual customers?


68 posted on 04/09/2016 12:50:49 PM PDT by Greensea
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To: Greensea

“Geographical origin” is not a protected class.


69 posted on 04/09/2016 12:54:22 PM PDT by petenmi
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To: Impala64ssa
He hasn't been relevant since The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle, anyway.
70 posted on 04/09/2016 12:54:29 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: Impala64ssa

Bruce play in clubs, around the area you live. All the left appears to be on the take for their souls. Not surprising.


71 posted on 04/09/2016 1:27:46 PM PDT by Carry me back (.Cut the feds by 90%)
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To: Impala64ssa

So Springsteen is pissed that males have to go in male bathrooms, females in female bathrooms and transgendered freaks can use the family bathrooms?

Me thinks he doth protest too much


72 posted on 04/09/2016 1:37:25 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: Impala64ssa

The sad part is I do not think most people care. He is only real popular with the media, not the American populace.


73 posted on 04/09/2016 4:02:10 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent (EEe)
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To: pepsi_junkie
"Who knew Bruce Springsteen wanted to use the ladies room so badly?"

He's probably just looking for a place he can finally pass that turd he's been trying to pass all these years when he sings. Never liked his music, now I have more of a reason to not like him. I never could understand why he's known anyplace outside of New Jersey.

74 posted on 04/09/2016 4:42:42 PM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: Impala64ssa
And you can blame the governor and state lawmakers.

Uh, no, you can blame some third-tier noise-maker no sane people would want to listen to anyway.

75 posted on 04/09/2016 5:05:15 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: Impala64ssa

Daughter reports that a good friend of hers who has been a strong Springsteen fan across the years is pissed at him for his stance on the North Carolina law - just maybe some of this will start to backfire on these holier-than-thou nouveau-blacklisters who are all trying to outdo each other to prove who’s morally superior.....


76 posted on 04/09/2016 5:28:12 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Olog-hai

Bruce Springsteen, who cheated on his first wife with Patty Scialfa, and then he cheated on Patty with a 9/11 widow. Yeah, he’s a pillar of morality. /sarc


77 posted on 04/09/2016 6:53:45 PM PDT by AmericanMermaid
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To: hattend

Springsteen is a human toilet.


78 posted on 04/09/2016 9:23:46 PM PDT by Mr Apple (Congressman Barton speaks following Lakeview tour www.youtube.com/watch?v=59J0i3LNoY8)
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