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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Sat Apr 9, 2016, 05:52 PM Apr 2016

Nags Head, NC votes to openly oppose so-called bathroom bill

http://wavy.com/2016/04/07/nags-head-votes-to-openly-oppose-so-called-bathroom-bill/

“I thought we’d get some backlash. I didn’t think we’d get as much as we’ve gotten, shark attacks didn’t bring this much mail,” Oakes says.

Since the passage of HB2, the ‘bathroom bill,’ his inbox has begun filling up with emails from tourists wanting to cancel their vacation rentals.

“The overt bigotry of your state is offensive and so very backwards,” said one customer. Others are asking for their deposits back, “We will no longer be traveling through or vacationing in North Carolina until such a law is repealed,” wrote another....

“This bill is discriminatory and it is a total embarrassment to us, a total embarrassment to the state of North Carolina. It’s just not who we are,” said Mayor Bob Edwards.

So is it okay to go to the OBX if you stock up in Virginia and don't spend a dime (or take a pee

) until you reach Nags Head?

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Nags Head, NC votes to openly oppose so-called bathroom bill (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2016 OP

Sounds like a plan. mmonk Apr 2016 #1

sorry, it is who a lot of people in the state are--the ones who wrote and voted niyad Apr 2016 #2

Wrong. The state was gerrymandered in 2010. mmonk Apr 2016 #3

the point is, that there are a whole lot of people in NC who support this hatred niyad Apr 2016 #4

That part is true. The Republican Party here is extreme. mmonk Apr 2016 #5

berserk is a good word to describe almost each and every elected puke at all levels. niyad Apr 2016 #6

Here's the kicker: we are gerrymandered so bad mmonk Apr 2016 #7

Thank you. Having to explain this all the time to people who don't know what they're talking about octoberlib Apr 2016 #8

mmonk

(52,589 posts)

1. Sounds like a plan.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Sat Apr 9, 2016, 06:15 PM

Apr 2016

niyad

(113,581 posts)

2. sorry, it is who a lot of people in the state are--the ones who wrote and voted

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Sat Apr 9, 2016, 06:38 PM

Apr 2016

for the legislation, the people who voted for those assholes, and all the people who quietly support this hatred.

mmonk

(52,589 posts)

3. Wrong. The state was gerrymandered in 2010.

Reply to niyad (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 9, 2016, 06:43 PM

Apr 2016

We actually outnumber the Republicans and we have no say so in how they vote in the legislature.

niyad

(113,581 posts)

4. the point is, that there are a whole lot of people in NC who support this hatred

Reply to mmonk (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 9, 2016, 06:48 PM

Apr 2016

and ignorance and bigotry.

one of my best friends is from NC, a thorough progressive who is horrified by what is going on in the state of her birth. she swears she will never go back.

mmonk

(52,589 posts)

5. That part is true. The Republican Party here is extreme.

Reply to niyad (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 9, 2016, 06:54 PM

Apr 2016

We held the legislature for about 100 years. When they got control of it, they went berserk all down the line in their legislation.

niyad

(113,581 posts)

6. berserk is a good word to describe almost each and every elected puke at all levels.

Reply to mmonk (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 9, 2016, 06:56 PM

Apr 2016

mmonk

(52,589 posts)

7. Here's the kicker: we are gerrymandered so bad

Reply to niyad (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 9, 2016, 07:06 PM

Apr 2016

1 Democratic Party vote is only worth 1/3 rd of a Republican vote. Then they legislated voter suppression laws on top of that.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

8. Thank you. Having to explain this all the time to people who don't know what they're talking about