Tick Tock
The NCAA reportedly imposed a 48-hour ultimatum on North Carolina to repeal its ‘bathroom law’
It’s already cost the state $4 billion (about 1% of their budget) and that doesn’t seem to bother their Legislators. (And why should it – they still get paid.) I expect they’ll just ignore this deadline, except for making speeches about “defending North Carolina from blackmail & threats from outsiders”.
Didn’t they re-convene to expectations that they would repeal the damned thing.
They decided to blackmail Charlotte – we’ll repeal the law only after you repeal the equal protection policy.
Doubt they will give more of a rat’s ass this time around.
THIS is why we should leave it up to the states to decide these things??
The states are an ass.
they will make that money back, somehow.
AIUI, this law, which was introduced in various legislatures, is the product of the law firm which represented Kim Davis, the KY Clerk who refused to issue ANY Marriage Certificates if she had to issue them to “Those People”.
They lost the Gay Marriage fight, so they decided they could get mileage by bashing trans.
NC was a natural - I’m a bit surprised GA and TX turned it down.
We can longer get by with bashing gays, but it is open season on trans.
Um 'scuse me? Atlanta has the 8th highest population of gays in America, and Georgia houses the 4th highest population of transgenderpeople. Please check your prejudices at the door.
But Georgia also elects very conservative representatives - in the state house as well in the Governor’s seat. Thankfully this Governor likes money more than regressive social legislation and vetoed the RFRA bill.
Atlanta always has been an outlier (and, to many, an embarrassment) to GA.
At least the KKK has moved from Stone Mountain, but the huge carving of the CSA “Holy Trinity” was still there last I heard.
Did they finally blast the damned thing off the mountain?
Doesn’t seem likely. The relevant wikipedia article says…
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<…> according to Georgia state law, no one is allowed to alter the figures carved upon the stone face. Any changes within the state park would require approval by the state legislature.
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So I guess that the carving will be there for the foreseeable future.
Missed the whole part about GA having the 4th largest Transperson population in the US, huh? Not Atlanta, but GA.
And while we’re at it, let’s blast the dead presidents off Mt Rushmore. Nice smokescreen, though. :rolleyes:
Yes, financial impact was a huge part of it, but so was a strong LBGT lobby in the state house. NC considered neither.
Yes, I’m sure that they are going to destroy Georgia’s most popular attraction and the world’s largest deep-relief carving Real Soon Now. But good to know that you side with Al Qaeda and ISIS on blowing up pieces of history that you don’t like.
On the local news last night the Pubs were so proud to announce that they are close to securing “a deal” with the Crats so that HB2 can be repealed.
Overheard in the (probably-not-so) fictitious scenario running through my mind;
“Well, we realize it’s a shitty law, but we’re not going to repeal it on those grounds. What are you Democrats willing to give up?”
I heard some guy talking about it on NPR this morning. I wasn’t paying close attention so not sure if he was pro or con. But one thing I heard him say, when asked what would happen if someone used the restroom of their choice, was that nobody is enforcing the law. Which makes me wonder, why have this law if you aren’t going to enforce it? Other than just to show the world what a bunch of prejudiced asses you are, I guess.
Right now it looks like they are willing to pull the bathroom portion of the law but they will keep the provisions that block any local government from mandating equal rights for LGBTQ. If that goes through, I suspect that the NCAA might just say, “meh, good enough.”
Bite your tongue. My own state senator is pushing Senate Bill 6, Texas’ very own bathroom bill. In a not-so-startling-it-totally-misses-the-point provision, the law applies only to government-owned buildings (schools), BUT, if the building is contracted for a private group, such as an NFL team, the private group can set their own potty policy.
The normally conservative Texas Business League (or Council, or whatever) is opposed to this bill.
SB6 has passed the Senate, but faces a greater challenge in the House, where the Speaker is opposed to it.
I guess the point is: WHY is it “Georgia’s most popular attraction”?
The reason for its creation was to celebrate the CSA and all that it stood for (a very bizarre view of ‘The Races’).
If the visitors come to celebrate the CSA, there is still a long way for GA to go.
I’m sure there is some or even a lot of CSA/racism involved in its popularity, but if I were within an hour or so of it on a trip through Georgia, I’m sure I’d swing by.
It’s an impressive achievement, even if it celebrates something that shouldn’t be celebrated.
According to the Votemaster, the Dem governor signed the new law that repeals the bathroom ban but also bans local anti-LGBT discrimination bylaws. Interesting to see how the NCAA and other major organizations react to that.