Further compounding the HB2 economic catastrophe that North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and House Speaker Pat Moore inflicted on the state when they rammed the HB 2 legislation through in less than a day, they are now doubling down on their refusal to listen to the business community. While…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) called out North Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger for his campaign of hate against transgender people. Repeatedly, Berger, the top ranking official in the North Carolina State Senate, has taken to social media to spread hateful anti-transgender rhetoric and lies about his shameful and discriminatory…
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s radical anti-LGBT HB 2 must be changed or the league will move the 2017 All-Star Game out of the state. The commissioner’s comments come just days before the North Carolina General Assembly is scheduled to reconvene. Thursday at the Associated Press Sports Editors’ commissioner meetings,…
In a statement Friday, the NBA reaffirmed its opposition to North Carolina’s H.B. 2, noting that NBA owners are unanimous in opposing the bill, and made clear that the league has not ruled out moving the game. The statement, issued by Mike Bass, executive vice president, Communications read: “During a media availability earlier today following the NBA’s Board…
Bruce Springsteen has cancelled a concert this weekend in North Carolina due to the state’s radical and extreme new anti-LGBT law – HB 2 – that passed the legislature March 23. Springsteen and his E Street Band were due to perform at the Greensboro Coliseum this Sunday. In announcing the decision, Springsteen said: “As you, my…
