North Carolina officials have dismissed warnings from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that the state’s anti-LGBTQ legislation violates civil rights, making clear that Governor Pat McCrory has no intention of repealing the law by the DOJ’s deadline of May 9—despite the threat of federal sanctions.
“We will take no action by Monday,” Tim Moore, speaker of the State House of Representatives, said Thursday during a press conference. “That deadline will come and go. We don’t ever want to lose any money, but we’re not going to get bullied by the Obama administration to take action prior to Monday’s date.”
The Obama administration has said that it is willing to withhold federal education funding from North Carolina if McCrory does not confirm he will not implement the law, known as House Bill 2 (HB2), which requires transgender people use bathrooms, locker rooms, and other facilities that correspond to their biological sex, rather than their gender identity.
This week, the U.S. Departments of Transportation (DOT) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said they were reviewing whether the law also violates their non-discrimination provisions for federally assisted projects.
According to a report (pdf) released this week by the Williams Institute, a sexual orientation and gender identity research organization at the UCLA School of Law, that means state and local governments risk losing out on more than $4.8 billion in funds annually.
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