I am so proud of my Town of Chapel Hill--which SLAMMED Gov. McCrory & the State Legislature for HB 2

[mnhtnbb]

tonight at a special Town Council Meeting. They were called out for discriminatory intent, lack of knowledge and understanding, and lack of respect
for LGBT people and strongly condemned for "supporting this intolerable act of hate".

The Town Council called for repeal of the bill and for the Town Attorney to "explore joining lawsuits that may be brought to address the inequities present in the law."


For the full text of the Resolutions, Attorney's Memorandum, and the Text of HB 2 see this:

http://chapelhill.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=7&event_id=758&meta_id=124908


I urge people to click on the link and read the really strong wording of the Resolutions.

Thank you, Town Council of Chapel Hill.

[marions ghost]

1. good statement

I hope other communities also do a formal push back.

[LonePirate]

2. NC proves that Repubs do not give one damn about local control by local governments.

Repubs want total control and they want no one else to have it but them. Good for the people and town council of Chapel Hill to fight back.

[mnhtnbb]

3. They are really liars and hypocrites when it comes to their bull$hit about local control.

My husband is a psychiatrist and we agree that this bill--and the way they managed the process--represents a last gasp
of a group of people (mostly straight white males) who are fast losing control. Equality threatens the crap out of them--
which is one reason they are so misogynistic and patriarchal--and they are threatened beyond belief by the idea that
sexuality and gender identity is not either/or but may have nuance. They can't stand nuance, because it means
they have to think for themselves.

They are a very frightened, insecure group of people. One could almost feel sorry for them--but I don't--and I'd rather
see them all booted out of office in November.

[longship]

4. What a fucking odious bill!

I recommend clicking through to the OPs link (pdf) and read both of the city's resolutions, and the bill that passed and was signed into fucking law by the state legislature and Gov. McCrory.

Great post!