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The difference is that North Carolina has HB2 and Massachusetts does not. Cities are great and all, but don't forget that state and federal laws take precedent

• dgacmu 10y ago
  Building on this, see, for example: http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/non_discrimination_laws http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/non_discrimination_laws (Note the states with little warning triangles, indicating that the state has passed legislation that prevents cities or other municipalities from enacting their own non-discrimination rules.)
• akkartik 10y ago
  For others like me who were not aware of HB2: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article68401147.html http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/ar...
• DHMO 10y ago
  HB2 is ridiculousness. Everyone I know that lives in NC is upset about it. The only bright side is that it hasn't been and can't be enforced. Many don't know that HB2 also originally included provisions that took rights away from workers to sue for discrimination. Months after, they took that part out, but left the rest of HB2 intact. They could have just killed it, but the legislature was just too fucking stupid. In 2010, NC got the first Republican majority in their state legislature since 1900. They created HB2 in response to something completely innocuous, went completely off the rails, and have been in no way actually representing NC's citizens. Despite the NC Republicans Gerrymandering several years ago, they should be soundly defeated in all elections in the near future. It just won't be soon enough.