North Carolina's HB2 going through repeal

RP112579

RP112579 said:

"Thursday’s repeal of HB2, the state’s “bathroom bill” that was little more than a thinly veiled effort to shame transgender people, is a repeal in name only. The legislation that takes its place specifically prohibits local governing bodies from passing laws that would protect the LGBTQ communities from discrimination until 2020. In other words, small-minded municipalities that want to legalize intolerance, you’re on the clock! You have three years to impose all the hate and ugliness you can before state leaders hopefully find their consciences and their backbones." They won't be playing North Carolina anytime soon.

JP Losman

erocshifty said:

These were always my thoughts about it. RHCP has always been openly supportive of the LGBT Community and played 2 shows here.

 http://www.indyweek.com/music/archives/2016/04/23/we-talk-to-henry-rollins-about-his-anti-hb-2-piece-in-la-weekly-he-reads-our-minds

awesome article...spot on.   music is the weapon of the musicians trying to make change...not "not playing".    but regardless, will PJ do anything to make up for the cancelled show (which was questionable to cancel?).   We don't know.

JP Losman

RP112579 said:

RP112579 said:

"Thursday’s repeal of HB2, the state’s “bathroom bill” that was little more than a thinly veiled effort to shame transgender people, is a repeal in name only. The legislation that takes its place specifically prohibits local governing bodies from passing laws that would protect the LGBTQ communities from discrimination until 2020. In other words, small-minded municipalities that want to legalize intolerance, you’re on the clock! You have three years to impose all the hate and ugliness you can before state leaders hopefully find their consciences and their backbones." They won't be playing North Carolina anytime soon.

So Charlotte did pass a law that tried to protect them.  Charlotte tried to do the right thing.  Houston did not pass a similar law.  So then the rural areas of NC reacted with HB2.  They are going back to the way it was before.  Unfortunately, those areas are not going to turn blue anytime soon.   But Cooper did beat McCrory largely on this.  The point is that a lot of the state and citizens are being punished because of a minority viewpoint.  and things are at least back to the way there were before hb2 in that its basically a don't ask, don't tell type of policy where people are not being forced to go to a bathroom they don't identify with.  

JP Losman

So the Supreme Court shows there was racial gerrymandering.  Another reason why these artists were wrong to blame and punish the citizens of NC for HB2 

on2legs

JP Losman said:

So the Supreme Court shows there was racial gerrymandering.  Another reason why these artists were wrong to blame and punish the citizens of NC for HB2 

Let it go, Bro. 

JP Losman

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-lgbt-idUSKBN18I2FQ

"The Texas House gave preliminary approval on Sunday night to the bill, which requires public school students to use bathrooms, changing facilities and locker rooms that match their biological sex, not the gender with which they identify."

So where is the outcry from PJ and similar artists on the Texas bill?  If this is such a passion issue for them, why not try to do something about it now when there is still some chance to prevent it.  What are they going to do?  Stop playing music in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin...i doubt it.   

Tim Simmons

JP Losman said:

  What are they going to do?  Stop playing music in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin...i doubt it.   

Well they aren't playing them this year. So yeah.