Some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and intolerance – that arise when I’m writing – is a these things. This is the strongest way I have to make my voice heard as opposed to those who want us to push back instead of moving forward. “
That’s how Bruce Springsteen explained cancellation of his concert in North Carolina, a state that prevented cities from adopting their own anti-discrimination of homosexuals and transgender laws.
as Bruce Springsteen canceled the concert would on Sunday in Greensboro , North Carolina, also Paypal, online payment company, canceled the opening of a new operations center in Charlotte, a town also located in this state. “Being boss in North Carolina, where our teams have equal rights under the law, it is impossible,” said Dan Schulman, CEO of the company.
The law passed at the state level causes is the state to have the last word in the various rules of anti-discrimination, not allowing the cities to create new rules to protect certain communities, such as the LGBT community. This rule was approved at the state level, after the city of Charlotte pass a law that allowed transsexuals that they turn to the bathrooms according to the gender with which they identify. State law repealed this law and requires that transsexuals are directed to public bathrooms according to their biological gender.
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