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Title: NAACP joins North Carolina boycott after failed attempt to repeal anti-LGBT law
Post by: stephaniec on December 22, 2016, 08:04:53 PM
NAACP joins North Carolina boycott after failed attempt to repeal anti-LGBT law

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/12/22/naacp-joins-north-carolina-boycott-after-failed-attempt-to-repeal-anti-lgbt-law/

Pink News/By Nick Duffy 22nd December 2016, 8:26 PM

"The North Carolina branch of the NAACP will join the growing boycott of the state, after an attempt to repeal anti-LGBT law was defeated.
North Carolina has lost a string of big investment ventures after Republican Governor Pat McCrory's decision to sign the contentious HB2, which voided all local ordinances protecting LGBT rights, banned transgender people from using their preferred bathroom, and permits businesses to discriminate against LGBT people on the grounds of religious belief. "