BREAKING: North Carolina RESPONDS to DOJ Letter by SUING Obama admin over bathroom bullying

by The Right Scoop

North Carolina has officially responded to the Obama DOJ letter threatening they stop enforcing the ‘bathroom law’ or lose millions in federal funding:

NBC NEWS – North Carolina on Monday filed a lawsuit against the federal government in response to a letter from the Justice Department that gave the state until the end of the day to scrap a controversial law regarding access to public bathrooms or risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.

Gov. Pat McCrory was given until Monday to notify the Justice Department that he would not enforce House Bill No. 2, which the federal government says limits protections for LGBT people. The measure has drawn a firestorm of protest from across the country.

McCrory has shown no signs of backing down, saying on Sunday: “It’s the federal government being a bully. It’s making law.”

McCrory has called the law a “common-sense” measure. Proponents often lean on the argument that a transgender person might use their gender identity to enter a bathroom and molest someone.

While McCrory agreed that the Justice Department could warn of consequences if North Carolina established separate bathrooms for white and black people, he said the agency goes too far in contending that transgender people enjoy similar civil rights protections. “We can definitely define the race of people. It’s very hard to define transgender or gender identity,” McCrory said.

House Speaker Tim Moore said, “That deadline will come and go. We don’t ever want to lose any money, but we’re not going to get bullied by the Obama administration to take action prior to Monday’s date. That’s not how this works.”

I’m very glad to see North Carolina is fighting this, despite it being an election year. Kudos to McCrory and company for standing up to the federal government.


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