>I didn't use the term "freedom fighters" anywhere. However, I consider the folks who voted for this bill and the governor who signed it to be bigots, who should be turned out of office.
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>Also worth noting that this law is likely to cost the state billions in federal aid because it requires schools to do things that violate Title IX.
More information has come out on this.
First, the conclusion that the law is "likely" a violation of Title IX omits the fact that a federal judge in Eastern Virginia previously ruled that a school district didn't violate Title IX when they refused to let a transgender teen female shower with the boys. While the case is under appeal, there's no indication (and certainly no precedent) right now that federal judges will rule the NC law a violation.
Title IX is based on actual discrimination, on actual denial of rights. There is no denial here. Both genders are being treated equally - both have equal access to bathrooms according to their actual gender. No one is being denied use of a bathroom. There's no basis of a discrimination claim. Any attempts by the feds to pursue legal avenues is bullying and blackmail (and arguably a violation of the 10th amendment).
Second, the former president of Charlotte’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce, who also played a role in supporting Charlotte's initial ordinance, is himself a registered sex offender. While I certainly don't think that LGBT = criminal behavior, it is also not unreasonable for voters to fear that the former chamber president promoted his own prior actions in pushing for the ordinance.
Finally, the reactions of certain entertainers and even certain companies has just gone beyond outrageous. Singer Bryan Adams refuses to do a concern in NC, yet he has performed in locations that have much worse records on human rights violations. I already pointed out the hypocrisy of PayPal. Apple Computer's potential threats are even more hysterical - they object to being compelled to break open its phone, yet they have no problem with the Feds forcing NC elementary schools to allow males in the girls room.
It's ironic that a civil rights effort is perhaps more authoritarian than the alleged force against which it's fighting.
