The European Union spoke out against North Carolina’s anti-LGBT House Bill 2 this week, saying that it should “be reconsidered as soon as possible.”
In a statement released this week, the European Union singled out North Carolina’s HB 2, as well as the anti-LGBT laws that have passed in states such as Tennessee and Mississippi recently. The European Union said that those states “are violating an international agreement on civil rights,” reports The News & Observer.
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The statement from the European Union posted online said that “traditional or religious values” should not be used to “justify any form of discrimination, including discrimination against LGBTI persons. These laws should be reconsidered as soon as possible.”
The European Union announced their support of the LGBT community in the statement, writing, “We will continue to work to end all forms of discrimination and to counter attempts to embed or enhance discrimination wherever it occurs around the world.”
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s campaign spokesman, Ricky Diaz, took no offense with the European Union’s statement.
“We relinquished our adherence to the British crown and European powers over 200 years ago,” Diaz, reports the Observer. “The law is now in federal court, where it will be resolved.”
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N.C. Republican Party executive director Dallas Woodhouse told the Observer that the European Union’s statement was “absolutely no surprise since North Carolina Democrats led by Roy Cooper want to install European socialist policies … that are an affront to the common sense traditions of North Carolina and America.”
Full Story Here. “Common sense traditions”. No, fuck that noise. North Carolina does not define America, and if there is any NC tradition going here, it’s one of bigotry. Given the amount of in state protest against this bigotry, I’m afraid those “common sense traditions” don’t define North Carolina, either.
Gov. Phil Bryant.
In related news, Gov. Phil Bryant (Mississippi), is speaking out against the new federal education guidelines.
The Mississippi Gov.,who recently passed an anti-LGBT law in his state, spoke out against the Obama administration’s directive that transgender students are protected under Title IX.
In a Facebook post published on Friday, Phil Bryant said that the “Mississippi Department of Education should disregard the so-called guidance the Obama administration has issued regarding public schools’ restroom policies.”
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The Mississippi Gov. called the directive “nonbinding,” saying it “does not carry the force of law.” “Because these decisions are better left to the states, and not made at the point of a federal bayonet, Mississippi’s public schools should not participate in the president’s social experiment,” said the Gov. via Facebook.
Travis Weber, Family Research Council.
Travis Weber, of the Family Research Council, played a game of “I can’t answer that question” on Hardball.
Travis Weber, a member of the anti-LGBT hate group, Family Research Council, went on MSNBC’s Hardball on Friday, but refused to answer whether a trans woman belonged in a men’s bathroom or a woman’s bathroom.
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Chris Matthews directed his next question at Weber, saying, “Tell her what bathroom she shoud use.”
The Family Research Council member refused to answer the question. Matthews asked the same question again: “What should a transgender person who identifies as a woman do? What bathroom should they go to? Just keep it simple.”
Matthews became visibly frustrated when Weber kept dodging his question. “You can’t answer the question, can you?,” said the MSNBC host.
Weber finally gave Matthews a response, saying, “They can use the bathroom of their biological sex, except when there’s a genuine issue, and an accomodation can be made.”
The MSNBC host was unsatisfied with his response. He asked Weber, “What does that mean?”
Ah, more liberal coercion from the exalted leadership of the EU, placing even more pressure on those small countries standing for freedom of thought.
Seriously, I’m glad the EU has come out with this statement. Sadly, though, I’m pretty sure my country would not assent as this decision being representative of us.
Can they make up their minds if this is about “traditional christian values imported from Europe” or if it’s about telling Europeans where to stick it?
Giliell:
No, they want both. Good ol’ “traditional common sense values” without that icky Eurosocialism.
The states rights defense: when you want to be an asshole bigot but don’t have the guts to say it directly.
I found the use of the word ‘bayonet’ interesting. It’s like they’re fighting the civil war all over again. Probably think they are.
Yeah, that’s bizarre. These people live in a weird world of their own.
Also, the federal government issuing a statement is considered an act of war while the state governments actually discriminating against its citizens is considered an act of defense.
Diaz:
And when it is resolved in favor of transgender people, the bigots will whine as loudly as they can.
Bryant:
Because that worked out really well for Governor George Wallace of Alabama.
Weber:
Since there is a genuine issue in every case, how about we just accommodate transgender people all the time, and get rid of the bathroom bills?