What Has HB2 Accomplished?

An earlier commentary claimed that the HB2 frenzy is subsiding just a little bit.

I claim it is a much deeper hole.  Enacted in 12 days by the legislature and approved by the governor.  Just recently, 11 folks including 3 Raging Grannies were arrested.  An NC Justice Center response by Rick Glazier.

The real facts behind HB2, I offer a few:

• Does HB2 eliminate any state law claim for wrongful termination of an employee on the basis of the color of a person’s skin?  Yes.
• Does HB2 eliminate any state law claim for discrimination in the workplace on the basis of national origin or ethnicity?  Yes.
• Does HB2 eliminate all state law remedies for women being demoted, transferred, or terminated from their job because of their sex?  Yes.
• Has HB2 overturned all existing local ordinances and protection for LGBT citizens in North Carolina and banned any communities from ever enacting any such protections again? Yes.
• Did HB2 overturn and eliminate all existing local authority to enact minimum wage standards for public sector contractors in their communities?  Yes.
• Was there every any credible evidence to support the theory that the Charlotte ordinance created a security risk to any persons in bathrooms or locker rooms?  No.
• Have similar and indeed less egregious laws been reasonably vetoed by other governors?  Yes.  In South Carolina.

That’s all, folks.

 

— Wes Hare