NC gov defends bathroom law: I’m not an HR director

He said the bill doesn’t violate the conservative value of limited central government because Charlotte overreached in passing its ordinance.

He added, “And it showed me the disconnect we had between the corporate suites and Main Street on a very complex subject and a very personal subject regarding government policy of all things which didn’t exist before this group brought it up”. The governor said it wasn’t the state’s role to impose policies on the private sector. “Not only the private business, but also the YMCA and other non-profit organizations”.

McCrory later signed an executive order he says would strengthen workplace protections for state employees to cover claims related to sexual orientation and gender identity, but stopped short of opposing limits on which bathrooms transgender people could use.

“That’s government overreach. It’s not government business to tell the private sector what their bathroom, locker room or shower practices should be”, McCrory said on NBC’s “Meet the Press”. Todd pressed him on that as well, to no avail.

One hundred-sixty companies have called for the law’s repeal since McCrory signed it back in March.

Duran Duran didn’t follow the path of Bruce Springsteen or Ringo Starr but the message was the same: North Carolina needs to get rid of HB2. “Governor McCrory and the state’s top lawmakers have no one but themselves to blame for the backlash the state is now experiencing”.

If you missed the interview or would like to watch it again, we’ve posted it below.

The governor’s comment is particularly odd given that the legislature convened a special session and McCrory signed HB 2 into law all in under 10 hours.

But McCrory made clear he doesn’t think the same prohibition on discrimination should be made by government for the public sector. I look forward to coming to North Carolina and standing up for equality and fairness.

During “Meet the Press”, McCroy cited the Human Rights Campaign as an impediment to constructive conversation, calling them “more powerful than the NRA”.

But when asked how that logic is any different from the logic used by politicians who opposed civil rights legislation in the 1960’s, McCrory ducked the question and said he didn’t know of any businesses that are discriminating against the LGBT community. That part of the law “was very poorly thought out”, he said.