I'm gonna run through the things the bill does here.
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1. Multiple occupancy school bathrooms & changing facilities must be single-sex based on biological sex.pic.twitter.com/oe9GkrDvUa
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2. Government multiple occupancy bathrooms & changing facilities must be single-sex based on biological sex.pic.twitter.com/Zuko2a7Kqa
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3. Law preempts local efforts to address minimum wage, leave, benefits, or "well-being of minors in the workforce."pic.twitter.com/m8Wsyp7cxD
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4. Law preempts any and all local efforts to fight employment discrimination, only state nondiscrim laws allowed.pic.twitter.com/e7CaxeywMR
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5. Preempts local efforts to fight public accommodation discrim, says using "biological sex" def'n isn't discrim.pic.twitter.com/WjQujLuxlB
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So that's that. Again, read
@dominicholden's report for all of what happened today in North Carolina:http://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/north-carolina-lgbt-discrimintion#.hr3Oqrn04v … -
In short, it's kind of amazing to me that we're not seeing more pushback from the usual suspects. This is a very broad bill that fits ...
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... the perceived (and highlighted!) negative consequences of the Arkansas bill AND the Houston referendum effort of last year!
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OK, about the preemption of local ordinances: Lots are asking about this ...https://twitter.com/robdeko/status/712861260510064641 …
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Here's the deal: Similar laws were passed in 2011 in TN and last year in AR; no challenge has been decided on the merits in either state.
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Romer involved a state constitutional amendment that specifically barred local "homosexual, lesbian or bisexual" protections.
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WOW, right?! That ban was passed by Colorado voters in 1992. In 1996,
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The 2011 Tennessee law and the 2015 Arkansas law try to be cute about it, just saying locals can't go further than state protections ...
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... which happen to have the effect of barring LGBT protections, which don't exist in either of those states at the state level.
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This is, basically, what we see in NC's law here (although, NC might go a bit further, I need to check):pic.twitter.com/zh9eltxKVP
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But, the other sections (my 1, 2, & 5 #'d tweets above—containing the "biological sex" language) could be at risk of Romer-type challenge.
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@chrisgeidner@dominicholden And these same folk hate big government.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@chrisgeidner is it me or does this seem "big government trumping state and local" on a state level which is something GOPers hate? LolThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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