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They clapped loudly for city leaders who said they wouldn’t walk back their nondiscrimination ordinance as part of a deal with state leaders in Raleigh. “2 is an unprecedented and targeted attack on the LGBT community that is inconsistent with American values – not because Charlotte commendably chose to protect LGBT people from discrimination”, said Simone Bell, the Southern Regional Director for Lambda Legal. The lobbyists called on the city to do so at its Monday council meeting.

“We applaud the governor for recognizing that the state needs to overturn H.B”.

He also said he tried to find a way to undo the bill. That ordinance, which bans LGBT discrimination and includes language about letting transgender people use the right bathrooms, is why the legislature had to pass HB2 in the first place, argue the Republicans. It’s a law requires people in publicly owned buildings to use restrooms that corresponds with the gender listed on their birth certificate.

Previously, the National Basketball Association relocated its 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte. “Roy Cooper’s silence on the Charlotte bathroom ordinance repeal deal confirms he was working with his ally Jennifer Roberts to kill any compromise all along”, Hayes said.

“The City of Charlotte continues its commitment to be a welcoming community that honors and respects all people”, Roberts said in a statement. McCrory was speaking to the Hood Hargett group of business and civic leaders just one day after the Atlantic Coast Conference opted to take this year’s football championship contest out of Charlotte, and a couple days removed from the NCAA’s decision to pull seven events from the state in the wake of the fallout from HB2, or the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act.

Supporters of LGBT protections in Charlotte showed their appreciation for something the city council did not do Monday night. “It is absurd, dishonest and wrong to blame the damage caused by H.B”. The NBA didn’t sign HB2. Meanwhile, 60 percent say it has hurt the state, compared to only 11 percent who say it has improved North Carolina.

“We can’t afford more antics from Pat McCrory, Phil Berger, and Tim Moore”. Pat McCrory, the brains behind the new bathroom laws, has withdrawn his lawsuit against the Obama administration that he filed following the White House’s mandate on transgender bathroom usage.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, who is the Democratic nominee for Governor, echoed the Mayor’s comments, saying in a statement, “It’s time for the Governor to be a leader, not a follower”. “It’s likely not going to stop until we do something about it”, Cooper said.

The city council holds its next regular public meeting September 26.

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Until the weekend there were reportedly seven members of the city council prepared to repeal the ordinance which would have led Gov. McCrory to call a special session of the state legislature.

More than 100 communities across the country, including major cities like New Orleans and Atlanta have non-discrimination protections like Charlotte – as do 19 states and hundreds of Fortune 500 companies.

North Carolina is also fighting another lawsuit challenging the law’s constitutionality.