Transgender Rights and the End of the New South

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Religious Leaders Back Obama Administration On Transgender Protections

(Source: Rev. Dr. Chuck Currie) #Civics, #Religion, #Standing on the Side of Love

“Among the prominent religious leaders to sign the letter include: Rev. Dr. Chuck Currie, Rev. Dr. Traci D. Blackmon, Sister Simone Campbell, Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, and the Rev. Dr. Derrick Harkins. [ . . … Continue reading Religious Leaders Back Obama Administration On Transgender Protections

Transgender Rights and the End of the New South

( Source: The New Yorker ) #Civics, #Economics, #Radical Fundamentalism

McCrory’s Democratic opponent, Roy Cooper, the state’s attorney general, who has announced that his office will not defend H.B. 2 against legal challenge, has led McCrory in every poll since the law was passed. Since H.B. 2 became law, PayPal and Deutsche Bank have scrapped expansion plans for North Carolina, the N.B.A. and N.C.A.A. have suggested that they may not hold future events in the state, and a caravan of entertainers have cancelled shows, including Bruce Springsteen and Cirque du Soleil. New South governors measure themselves by the investments they attract. When the cultural divisiveness of Tea Party politics drives out business and entertainment, it becomes New South kryptonite.