The North Carolina Congressional Democratic delegation has joined local governments across the state in calling for the repeal of North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2.
The three Democratic representatives in the United States Congress from North Carolina sent a letter to Governor Pat McCrory and Republican leadership on Thursday.
The representatives – Alma Adams (NC – 13), G.K. Butterfield (NC – 01) and David Price (NC – 04) – pointed to the potential for North Carolina to lose more than $4 billion in Title IX funding due to the legislation as one reason for its repeal.
The letter also says, in part, that the law should be repealed for the message it sends to the LGBT community.
“This sweeping law, adopted with no hearings and minimal deliberation, makes clear to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals that the State of North Carolina considers them second-class citizens by excluding them from state and local nondiscrimination ordinances.”
The law went into effect after a special session of the General Assembly was called on March 23. The legislature is scheduled to go back to Raleigh for the legislative short session on Monday. Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger said in a Wednesday press conference previewing the session that he did not anticipate the bill being repealed.
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