Raleigh, NC May Lose $40 Million in Convention Business Over Hateful Anti-LGBT Law

[TexasTowelie]

The city of Raleigh, North Carolina could lose $40 million in convention business over House Bill 2, the anti-LGBT law passed by Republicans and signed into law by Governor Pat McCrory...

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Earlier in the week the NBA, the Charlotte Hornets, and the Human Rights Campaign blasted proposed revisions to the law for not going far enough. The NBA has said that HB 2 in its current form puts Charlotte at risk of losing the 2017 NBA All-Star game.

HB 2 is now officially a “disaster” for the state as the Senate has transferred money from a disaster relief fund in the amount of $500,000 to gove McCrory’s office cash to defend the law in court.

Read more: http://democratsforever.freeforums.net/thread/10790/raleigh-lose-convention-business-over

[spud_demon]

1. How is defending a hate law legitimate use of disaster relief funds?

http://www.towleroad.com/2016/07/raleigh-nc-convention/