Posted on 10/19/2017 11:10:03 AM PDT by markomalley
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order yesterday making sexual orientation and gender identity or expression protected classes, forcing businesses to allow men in womens restrooms and vice versa.
The order applies to employment in state government and the provision of government services, including programs and services concerning public safety, health, and welfare.
In order to be awarded a state contract or grant, a business will have to comply with the pro-transgender order. Public facilities must also allow men to use womens restrooms in accordance with their gender identity.
Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of NC Values Coalition, called the Democrat governors order a massive power grab, with sweeping changes that only the Legislative Branch has the authority to enact.
Governor Cooper has betrayed the people of North Carolina with an Executive Order that not only allows boys and men into girls' and women's showers and bathrooms but also forces private businesses to adopt sweeping LGBT privileges, said Fitzgerald.
Earlier this year, Cooper signed HB 142 into law. HB 142 kept in place longstanding laws that required that showers and bathrooms be used in accordance with one's sex on their birth certificate, Fitzgerald explained.
HB 142 was supposed to be a compromise of HB 2, North Carolinas famous bathroom privacy bill. The left was upset that Cooper didnt sign a full repeal of HB 2. HB 142 weakened but still left in place some key parts of HB 2. It also prevents cities from passing pro-LGBT public accommodation nondiscrimination laws until 2020.
Bathroom privacy and safety are sacrificed under Roy Cooper's bathroom plan, which is more akin to Harvey Weinstein's bathroom plan, the NC Values Coalition wrote in a press release.
The pro-freedom, pro-family group warned that this executive order means religious business owners will have to choose between following their faith or losing government contracts.
Anyone who has or seeks a government contract with the state or receive government benefits (like churches and religious organizations) will have to adopt internal operating policies that favor and give preference to people who are gay, lesbian, or transgender, NC Values Coalition explained.
Coopers executive order cites Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court decision imposing same-sex marriage on the U.S., and a study from the National Center for Transgender Equality.
The majority of federal courts that have addressed the issue to date have held that discrimination on the basis of transgender status is unlawful, the order says. It is necessary to provide state and local government actors with clarity and guidance regarding existing laws and policies prohibiting discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.
Fitzgerald said North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is elevating LGBT privileges above the rights of common everyday people to privacy and safety in bathrooms and showers.
She blasted him for not failing to defend the laws of the state.
The executive order claims its not inconsistent with existing state and federal laws.
It is despicable, and the voters of NC will hold (Cooper and Stein) accountable, said Fitzgerald.
The LGBT lobby said Coopers order doesnt go nearly far enough, especially because HB 142 is still on the books.
Its just a step in the right direction, the interim director of Equality North Carolina, Matt Hirschy, said of Coopers major olive branch to the LGBT movement.
Its not nearly enough, said Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality.
Elections have consequences.
Once a woman or child is accosted in one of these bathrooms, SUE the state into oblivion. These liberal fools are so blind to consequences.
The North Carolina governor is probably on Bezo’s payroll. The more people refuse to go to stores, the better online sales get.
Cowardly act by a coward. But since Gov. Cooper is a Democrat, it’s not surprising. Oh, and when the stories come in of children being assaulted in rest rooms by perverts, I’m sure Cooper will be quite concerned (/s there).
The state as an entity will be sue and perhaps have to pay a settlement but the persons responsible like the Governor will not suffer any financial loss.
What the hell is that?
> These liberal fools are so blind to consequences. <
Liberals are NEVER bothered by the consequences of their actions. It’s all about what feels good at the moment.
Independents and Rs of NC need to question each other....
See the article I linked above “it.”
I’m glad I don’t live in North Carolina.
If I did, and I had a daughter, sister, mother, wife, girlfriend, cousin, aunt or other female relation accosted in a bathroom by one of these freaks, I would intervene and would probably end up in jail (and it would be worth it!)
Enacting protections? For whom? For the love of Pete Governor Cooper, how dense can you get....you are not protecting straight humans, you're throwing them to the wolves.
Literal insanity
The real question: What are the similarities between this and NFL kneeling?
These pressure tactics work. It is not a coincidence that Texas dropped the bathroom bill and Jerry Jones got the NFL to award Dallas with NFL draft.
When you elect perverts expect perversion. That kind of stuff should only apply to single use occupancy only lock down faciltiess.
I am dreaming of the day when people will be able to self declare their own race
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