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At the July 11 Charlotte City Council meeting, a long list of city residents and those representing various interest groups participated in the public forum on the second draft of the proposed Universal Development Ordinance (UDO).
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 10:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans say religious protections strengthened
Published: Monday, August 16th, 2021 @ 9:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The city of Charlotte is set to approve an ordinance aimed at barring businesses and employers from discriminating against people based on transgender identity and other “protected classes.”
Published: Thursday, August 12th, 2021 @ 8:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After more than 90 minutes of debate, including rejected motions to delay the vote until Tuesday and to adjourn the session, the House passed the measure, 70-48
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2017 @ 8:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday once again called on the General Assembly to repeal House Bill 2, the state's statute that supersedes a now-repealed Charlotte ordinance that, among other things, requires businesses to allow transgendered people to use the bathroom of their gender identity
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2017 @ 10:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As you might recall, HB2, which many in the mainstream media love to call the "bathroom bill," was not the original "bathroom bill."
Published: Friday, December 30th, 2016 @ 10:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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NC Capitol Connection provides an overview of yesterday’s contentious special session called to repeal HB 2.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2016 @ 11:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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After a day of repeated pauses and extended recesses, just before 8 p.m. Wednesday the General Assembly adjourned its fifth special session of the term without accomplishing its intended purpose: repealing House Bill 2
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2016 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Once again North Carolina made national news and once again it wasn't favorable
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 @ 7:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The General Assembly will return for a fifth special session Wednesday after a Monday morning vote by the Charlotte City Council repealing its bathroom ordinance that led to the adoption of House Bill 2
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 5:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The following statement can be attributed to the North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) Chairman Robin Hayes
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 2:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory's Press Office issued the following statement from Press Secretary Graham Wilson
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 4:19 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Proponents of Charlotte's controversial "bathroom" ordinance - including the city's attorney - claim that stripping a 1985 facilities privacy provision from the city code was of no consequence.
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2016 @ 6:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the final North Carolina gubernatorial debate, Governor McCrory again showed himself as a leader and the clear winner, Roy Cooper crumbles, and Lon Cecil proves himself to be irrelevant.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 3:17 am
By: jonah
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Both HB2 and the Charlotte ordinance that preceded it were solutions in search of a problem. We've yet to see certifiable evidence that Charlotte had significant or quantifiable transgender discrimination problems. It was political pandering to a liberal support base
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2016 @ 11:47 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina State Representative Becky Carney (D-Mecklenburg) lobbied members of the Charlotte City Council against voting to repeal the city's non-discrimination ordinance, which would have paved the way for a repeal of the controversial House Bill 2.
Published: Tuesday, September 20th, 2016 @ 2:58 am
By: Russell Allen
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We've been witness to a level of ideologically driven mass media hysteria in recent weeks unseen since the Duke lacrosse rape hoax story
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 4:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Monday afternoon the Charlotte City Council pulled discussion of a possible repeal of its nondiscrimination ordinance, which included a controversial provision allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender with which they identify
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 @ 2:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Kellie Fiedorek regarding North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s lawsuit filed Monday against the U.S. Department of Justice concerning the state’s student privacy law, known as HB2.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 9:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The raging debate over House Bill 2 won't end and has become a political football, only this is a not a game. Regardless of who started the fight or is continuing it, the plain and simple truth is that HB2 is damaging North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 6:12 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The campaign office of Lt. Governor Dan Forest today announced the release of their first television commercial of the 2016 General Election season, to begin airing tonight on three stations in the greater Charlotte media market, WSOC, WBT and WCCB
Published: Saturday, April 30th, 2016 @ 8:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The General Assembly recently passed a law invalidating a Charlotte ordinance allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of the sex with which they identify
Published: Friday, April 8th, 2016 @ 2:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2015, Charlotte's Democrat City Council Originally Voted Down The Bathroom Ordinance
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 @ 3:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In late February, the Charlotte city council passed a so-called antidiscrimination law, scheduled to go into effect on April 1, aimed at protecting what, in their view, are the rights of those in the gay, lesbian, and transgender community.
Published: Monday, April 4th, 2016 @ 12:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former Democrat NC House Speaker Joe Mavretic: Repeal of Charlotte Bathroom Ordinance "Good Move," Senate Democrats "Did Not Have The Courage To Stand And Vote"
Published: Tuesday, March 29th, 2016 @ 3:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Despite repeatedly telling the public and media that she was following the lead of over 200 cities in passing the ordinance that was overturned by a bipartisan vote of the General Assembly.
Published: Monday, March 28th, 2016 @ 3:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week's special session of the General Assembly was called primarily to address a new ordinance in Charlotte, due to go into effect April 1.
Published: Sunday, March 27th, 2016 @ 9:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Kellie Fiedorek regarding the North Carolina General Assembly’s bipartisan passage of the Public Facilities and Security Act, which invalidates a city of Charlotte ordinance
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 11:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate Democrats on Wednesday walked out of the chamber moments before their GOP colleagues voted unanimously to adopt a state law reversing a newly passed Charlotte ordinance allowing transgender people to use whichever public bathroom they choose
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 12:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As lawmakers return for a special session to overturn the overreaching ordinance passed by Charlotte City Council that would eliminate sex-specific bathrooms, the North Carolina Republican Party released an ad slamming Attorney General Roy Cooper for his support of the ordinance.
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 3:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The ordinance threatens businesses with substantial fines and potential jail time should they seek to protect their patrons' safety and security:
Published: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 @ 8:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, NC's top law enforcement officer, Roy Cooper, deflected his responsibility to take legal action to stop the Charlotte bathroom ordinance from taking effect on April 1, saying it was the job of District Attorneys to enforce the law
Published: Saturday, March 19th, 2016 @ 12:59 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, McCrory Campaign Manager Russell Peck issued the following response to Attorney General Roy Cooper's support of the Charlotte Bathroom ordinance
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 @ 12:36 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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More than 700 gathered outside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Complex Building in cold, sideways-rain for two hours in protest and opposition of the Charlotte City Council's transgender bathroom ordinance voted upon this evening.
Published: Saturday, February 27th, 2016 @ 10:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Republican Party today released the following statement ahead of the Charlotte City Council's vote on its radical transgender bathroom ordinance
Published: Friday, February 26th, 2016 @ 12:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As Attorney General Roy Cooper sets his sights on the governor's mansion, he should explain why he supports Charlotte's controversial transgender bathroom ordinance, even though it is likely to be the subject of a lengthy and expensive legal challenge if passed. Roy Cooper has been raising...
Published: Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 @ 8:27 am
By: Chris Downey
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