{"id":27943,"date":"2016-04-01T14:08:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T18:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27943"},"modified":"2016-04-01T14:08:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T18:08:51","slug":"there-is-no-resemblance-between-the-hype-and-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27943","title":{"rendered":"There Is No Resemblance Between The Hype And The Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

The North Carolina legislation passed a bill on March 23 called HB2. The media has gone totally bonkers every since–yelling discrimination, bigotry, and all the other things they traditionally yell. I haven’t heard much in the media about the danger bathrooms open to whatever sex you choose to assume on a given day pose to women and children. I need to mention here that the danger does not come from transgendered people–it comes from nefarious people posing as transgenders<\/a>. The media also overlooked the fact that the spokesmen for the group sponsoring the legislation that HB2 overturned was a registered sex offender. I am sure that is simply an incredible coincidence. The spokesman was removed after his criminal record was exposed.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, World Net Daily<\/a> posted an article that clarifies the issues involved.<\/p>\n

Here are some excerpts from the article:<\/p>\n

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Widely known now as House Bill 2<\/a>, or HB 2, the legislation was approved 82-26<\/a> in the North Carolina General Assembly<\/a>. State senators approved it 32-0<\/a>, although 11 Democrats decided not to vote and another six lawmakers were absent. Republican Gov. Pat McCrory<\/a> signed the bill on March 25.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lt. Gov. Forest said the city of Charlotte<\/a> left lawmakers no choice but to act.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t something the General Assembly brought up. The city council in Charlotte brought this up, against legal counsel\u2019s advice and against the advice of a lot of folks. They went beyond their constitutional authority and tried to create a public accommodation law in the city of Charlotte,\u201d Forest told WND and Radio America<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cThat is expressly a responsibility of the state. The city of Charlotte and municipalities don\u2019t have the legal authority, based on our constitution, to establish public accommodation law.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to overstepping its legal authority, Forest said the Charlotte council pursued a very troubling policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Charlotte ordinance said that the business community had to to comply with this ordinance,\u201d Forest explained. \u201cThey said it was sex discrimination to have men\u2019s room and women\u2019s room labels on your doors.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

When state officials started hearing from sexual assault victims, the effort to reverse the Charlotte ordinance picked up far more steam.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article further explains:<\/p>\n

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Forest said\u00a0the ordinance only required the person to identify as a member of a particular gender, and to have completed or be in the process of gender reassignment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said, despite the protests, HB 2 does a few very simple things, starting with determining who can use which bathrooms.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat HB 2 did was say that men have to use men\u2019s rooms and women have to use women\u2019s rooms in the state of North Carolina<\/a>,\u201d Forest said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the same time, he said people identifying as transgender benefit, too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat this bill did is it created accommodation for people that are transgender, for people that view their gender differently than other folks,\u201d Forest said. \u201cIt also provides the opportunity for single-stall unisex bathrooms. Anywhere that you want to place them.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forest said, unlike Charlotte, the HB 2 only applies to government buildings and schools. Business owners are free to make their own decisions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you own a business in North Carolina, you are free to designate bathrooms in any way you see fit. The article notes that Lt. Gov. Forrest mentioned the possible NBA<\/a> boycott of North Carolina because of the law. He stated that he found the possible boycott odd because the WNBA<\/a>\u00a0 does not allow men to play in their league or enter the locker rooms and the NBA does not open its league or its locker rooms to women.<\/p>\n

Common sense needs to prevail here. Note that when the original ordinance was passed in Charlotte, state officials started hearing from sexual assault victims. That statement really tells you all you need to know. Our laws need to protect women and children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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