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Governor Wants Parts of North Carolina Rights Law Changed (but not the bathroom part)
Source: Associated Press
Governor Wants Parts of North Carolina Rights Law Changed
By GARY D. ROBERTSON AND JONATHAN DREW, ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH, N.C. — Apr 12, 2016, 3:52 PM ET
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday he wants to change a new state law that prevents people from suing over discrimination in state court, but he's not challenging a measure regarding bathroom access for transgender people.
His announcement comes as fallout widens over the law he signed last month that would limit protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people.
McCrory said he's using an executive order to expand the equal employment policy for state employees to include sexual orientation and gender, as well as affirming private businesses' rights to establish their own bathroom policies.
He also says he will ask lawmakers to file legislation later this month allowing people to sue in state court over discrimination. That right was wiped out by the law.
But he said his order will maintain gender-specific restroom and locker room access in government buildings and schools. He once again condemned a Charlotte ordinance passed earlier this year that allowed transgender people to use bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity, calling it "a solution in search of a problem."
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON AND JONATHAN DREW, ASSOCIATED PRESS
RALEIGH, N.C. — Apr 12, 2016, 3:52 PM ET
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday he wants to change a new state law that prevents people from suing over discrimination in state court, but he's not challenging a measure regarding bathroom access for transgender people.
His announcement comes as fallout widens over the law he signed last month that would limit protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people.
McCrory said he's using an executive order to expand the equal employment policy for state employees to include sexual orientation and gender, as well as affirming private businesses' rights to establish their own bathroom policies.
He also says he will ask lawmakers to file legislation later this month allowing people to sue in state court over discrimination. That right was wiped out by the law.
But he said his order will maintain gender-specific restroom and locker room access in government buildings and schools. He once again condemned a Charlotte ordinance passed earlier this year that allowed transgender people to use bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity, calling it "a solution in search of a problem."
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/bank-add-250-jobs-north-carolina-due-rights-38338221
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