{"id":40735,"date":"2016-07-06T10:21:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T14:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/doj-asks-federal-judge-to-halt-ncs-hb-2-as-trump-says-he-supports-the-anti-lgbt-law\/"},"modified":"2016-07-06T10:21:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T14:21:21","slug":"doj-asks-federal-judge-to-halt-ncs-hb-2-as-trump-says-he-supports-the-anti-lgbt-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/doj-asks-federal-judge-to-halt-ncs-hb-2-as-trump-says-he-supports-the-anti-lgbt-law\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Asks Federal Judge to Halt NC\u2019s HB 2 as Trump Says He Supports the Anti-LGBT Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>DOJ Asks Federal Judge to Halt NC\u2019s HB 2 as Trump Says He Supports the Anti-LGBT Law<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/clintontrump.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/clintontrump.png?resize=480%2C252\" alt=\"clinton trump lgbt\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/clintontrump.png?w=600 600w, http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/clintontrump.png?resize=300%2C158 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Justice Department yesterday asked a federal judge to put the brakes on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/06\/hb-2-nba\/\">North Carolina<\/a>&rsquo;s heinous anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/06\/north-carolina-hb2-author-rep-dan-bishop-compared-lgbt-people-to-taliban-video\/\">&ldquo;bathroom bill&rdquo;<\/a> citing &ldquo;state-sanctioned discrimination.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The &ldquo;bathroom&rdquo; portion of the law addresses what the Justice Department says is a &ldquo;non-existent problem&rdquo; by prohibiting <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> people from using public restrooms that correspond to their gender identity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>RELATED:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/06\/donald-trump-marriage\/\"><em>Donald Trump Promises Evangelicals He&rsquo;ll Defend Marriage and Family: WATCH<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span>Justice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/05\/ted-olson-north-carolina\/\">sued<\/a> North Carolina earlier this year, alleging that HB 2 violates federal nondiscrimination laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Violence Against Women Act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/chrisgeidner\/feds-ask-court-to-halt-north-carolinas-anti-trans?bftwnews&amp;utm_term=.snxroDrVj#.adoy97yQ2\">Buzzfeed<\/a> reports:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the Tuesday motion in one of several lawsuits over HB 2, the Justice Department asked for &ldquo;a preliminary injunction enjoining Defendants from complying with or implementing Section 1.3 of North Carolina Session Law 2016-3, House Bill 2&rdquo;&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the Justice Department filing, the lawyers filed a 70-page memorandum of law explaining their legal reasoning for seeking the injunction. Primarily, the lawyers note that a recent ruling from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals &ndash; the court that hears appeals out of North Carolina &ndash; &ldquo;establishes the United States&rsquo; strong likelihood of success under Title IX.&rdquo; The lawyers went on to argue that the &ldquo;controlling logic&rdquo; of that case &ndash; G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board &mdash; and the &ldquo;growing consensus&rdquo; among other courts suggests the same should be true of the Title VII and VAWA claims. In addition, they note, VAWA explicitly covers gender identity-based discrimination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&ldquo;Excluding transgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> from bathroom and changing facilities consistent with their gender identity causes significant and irreparable physical, psychological, economic, social, and stigmatic harm to transgender people,&rdquo; Justice Department lawyers wrote in the motion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The filing came on the same day that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/07\/watch-live-president-obama-and-hillary-clinton-hold-first-joint-rally\/\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/06\/caitlyn-jenner-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> visited North Carolina for campaign events. While Clinton did not address HB2, Trump told reporters that he supports HB2 while nonetheless claiming to be &ldquo;better for the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> community.&rdquo; Trump has come under fire for claiming at the rally for saying that&nbsp;Saddam Hussein &ldquo;did good&rdquo; by killing terrorists.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Donald Trump is so good for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/women?src=hash\">#women<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LGBT?src=hash\">#LGBT<\/a> I dare him to express his support for abortion rights and LGBT rights to this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Raleigh?src=hash\">#Raleigh<\/a> crowd.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; K.M. O&#8217;Sullivan (@KellyMOSullivan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KellyMOSullivan\/status\/750485304335892484\">July 6, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch the Trump rally in Raleigh, North Carolina yesterday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=JwKhy-5Qi0o:C7nFroJ6AGo:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=JwKhy-5Qi0o:C7nFroJ6AGo:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=JwKhy-5Qi0o:C7nFroJ6AGo:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=JwKhy-5Qi0o:C7nFroJ6AGo:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=JwKhy-5Qi0o:C7nFroJ6AGo:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=JwKhy-5Qi0o:C7nFroJ6AGo:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=JwKhy-5Qi0o:C7nFroJ6AGo:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/JwKhy-5Qi0o\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/JwKhy-5Qi0o\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/JwKhy-5Qi0o\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ Asks Federal Judge to Halt NC\u2019s HB 2 as Trump Says He Supports the Anti-LGBT Law The Justice Department yesterday asked a federal judge to put the brakes on North Carolina&rsquo;s heinous anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/offers.cam4tracking.com\/aff_c?offer_id=125&#38;aff_id=2778&#38;source=gfcsb\">trans<\/a> &ldquo;bathroom bill&rdquo; citing &ldquo;state-sanctioned discrimination.&rdquo; The &ldquo;bathroom&rdquo; portion of the law addresses what the Justice Department says is a &ldquo;non-existent problem&rdquo; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/doj-asks-federal-judge-to-halt-ncs-hb-2-as-trump-says-he-supports-the-anti-lgbt-law\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DOJ Asks Federal Judge to Halt NC\u2019s HB 2 as Trump Says He Supports the Anti-LGBT Law<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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