NC gubernatorial candidate Roy Cooper again calls for special session to repeal anti-LGBT law
Source: Raw Story/The Charlotte Observer
NC gubernatorial candidate Roy Cooper again calls for special session to repeal anti-LGBT law
The Charlotte Observer
21 Sep 2016 at 09:55 ET
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, the Democratic candidate for governor, on Tuesday reiterated his call for Republican Gov. Pat McCrory to call a special session to repeal House Bill 2, which limits protections for LGBT individuals.
Cooper was speaking to the Hood Hargett club in Charlotte. McCrory is speaking separately to a Rotary club in Charlotte.
"We know it causes significant economic damage," Cooper said. "It likely won't stop until we do something about it."
McCrory signed HB2 into law in March to nullify a Charlotte ordinance, which had generated controversy by protecting transgender people who use public restrooms based on their gender identity. HB2 also overrode local ordinances around the state that would have expanded protections for the LGBT community.....................
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/nc-gubernatorial-candidate-roy-cooper-again-calls-for-special-session-to-repeal-anti-lgbt-law/
As I said elsewhere---maybe this Dem Candidate for Gov--Cooper can pull Hillary along for a win??? I can hope!!
North Carolina’s Attorney General Roy Cooper (Wake Forest University/Flickr)
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Public Policy Polling ?@ppppolls 29m29 minutes ago Raleigh, NC
For first time ever in our NC polling we have clear leader for Governor- Roy Cooper 46, Pat McCrory 41, Lon Cecil 2:
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2016/09/presidential-race-tied-cooper-up-in-nc.html
