North Carolina’s Bathroom Bill Repeal Promise Broken (TWEETS/VIDEO)

North Carolina is keeping HB2, the controversial “bathroom bill,” in place. For now. The bill has resulted in a lot of negative attention for the state, and many even credit it for losing incumbent governor, Pat McCrory, to Roy Cooper.

According to the Washington Post: 

“…Many rural, low-propensity voters who came out for President-Elect Donald Trump didn’t bother voting in the gubernatorial contest…”

Additionally, exit polls showed that two-thirds of voters opposed the measure to neuter the LGBT protections put in place earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Roy Cooper sought to frame the bill as an economic issue, mentioning the loss of millions of dollars in tourism, sports events, and business expansions. This shows a credible and winning tactic. Cooper was able to diminish the fact of voters’ personal opinions about the bill or LGBT people and instead make the case that this economic impact would hit all North Carolinians equally and negatively.

It was a case for Democratic leadership, and it worked.

Returning to the current state of HB2, GOP lawmakers tried a handful of tactics to stop repeal of the bill, including declaring the special session unconstitutional, or attempting to adjourn it directly after starting.

Conservative religious groups in North Carolina, insisting that HB2 is a stand for traditional marriage and family, pressured lawmakers to remain firm, even though a repeal was what was agreed upon between Democrats and Republicans.

Amber Phillips of the Washington Post wrote

No repeal, full or partial, passed the state legislature.

In short, the bill Republicans introduced was not a full repeal, and places a six-month ban on any city trying to pass its own anti-discrimination ordinance.

Some were devastated, like the North Carolina branch of the ACLU:

Some were jubilant, like the well-known pastor Franklin Graham.

At the end of the day, protections under the law for LGBT individuals in using the bathrooms they feel most comfortable with were staid, and whatever good faith was fostered between Democrats and Republicans to reach a decision to repeal HB2 has been broken, and must be rebuilt.

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