The partisan politics on this issue are pretty interesting. The NC governor (who unsuccessfully vetoed this law) is a Republican. But Republicans in the state

The partisan politics on this issue are pretty interesting. The NC governor (who unsuccessfully vetoed this law) is a Republican. But Republicans in the state legislature voted[1] 67-3 to override the veto. Democrats voted 33-12 to uphold it. [1]: http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/voteHistory/RollCallVoteTranscript.pl?sSession=2015&sChamber=H&RCS=677 http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/voteHistory/RollCallVoteTrans...