It does not come as any surprise that transgender rights supporters are now objecting to the new North Carolina law that many have deemed as anti-LGBT. The law overturned an ordinance passed in Charlotte that would have allowed people to use public bathrooms and locker rooms based on their gender preference.
LGBT activists are so infuriated with the new law signed by Gov. Pat McCrory that they have filed a federal lawsuit against it, according to CBN News. They filed the lawsuit on Monday, claiming that it targets the LGBT community for "disfavoured treatment."
"By singling out LGBT people for disfavoured treatment and explicitly writing discrimination against transgender people into state law, H.B. 2 violates the most basic guarantees of equal treatment and the U.S. Constitution," the lawsuit reads.
House Bill 2, also known as the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, will take effect on April 1. Even though LGBT supporters are ranting against it, not a few people are praising the passage of the law. Many also believe that the law will protect people from feeling unsafe in public bathrooms.
Meanwhile, McCrory said the criticism coming from the LGBT community is just "political theatre" concocted by left-wing activists. He accused them of a "calculated smear campaign" that included business establishments threatening to take their businesses elsewhere if the law remains.
McCrory stressed that they passed the law to protect people's privacy and not to insult the LGBT community. "Would you want a man to walk into your daughter's shower and legally be able to do that because mentally they think they are of the other gender?" he told NBC News. "I happen to disagree with that, but I'll allow business to make that decision themselves."
