As governor of North Carolina, Pat McCrory definitely has a lot of stressful things to contend with. Earlier this year, McCrory was swamped with tons of issues after he signed into law the state's bathroom bill, which would prohibit people from using public restrooms based on their preferred gender.
For McCrory, all he wanted to do was protect women and children from sexual predators. But the LGBT community took the passage of the new law as an offence and complained that the state is partial against homosexuals and transgenders.
McCrory has been steadfast in defence of his action, which he says springs from his strong Christian faith. Speaking to CBN News, he says his strong faith is what helps him navigate life's challenges. "What my faith does is bring me serenity and when I get anxious I try to use my faith to go say, 'be anxious about nothing,'" he says.
McCrory admits that anxiety is his greatest sin, because it always creeps into his life. People have commended the governor for maintaining a "thick skin" against people who say cruel things against him, or those who make threats. He says their words have a huge impact on him, and he simply tries his best to hide his emotions.
"The fact is I don't [have thick skin]... I just hide it and then I have to go off and walk my dog or pray or get with people and bring serenity to my life. That's what my faith does for me," he says.
When the state implemented its bathroom bill several months back, a lot of big companies threatened to pull out their businesses from the state unless the law is repealed. But McCrory stayed put, saying that the state needs to protect the "basic expectation of privacy in the most personal of settings, a restroom or locker room, for each gender."
