tinyE: And no, but the situation is a little different when we are talking about human rights. We aren't discussing china patterns here.
We are 50 different states under one Constitution and when one of the 50 decides it doesn't want to abide by that Constitution and provide the Liberties guaranteed therein, then the rules change and anything goes, whether it be by corporate bullying as in this case, or even military, as in the 1960s when the National Guard was used to enforce integration.
Do explain to me how the U.S. Constitution requires that States provide citizens with the ability to sue private employers for discrimination.
I'm curious since the Bill of Rights and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment restrain government, not private organizations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_discrimination_law_in_the_United_States#Constitutional_basis Federal anti-discrmination laws apply to businesses engaging in interstate commerce, but this North Carolina law does not challenge federal law. This is a State matter.
Again, not defending this law.
rampancy: Rather amusing how that article completely downplays the significance of the bill (and its real effects on transgendered people) in pursuit of promoting its Libertarian point of view.
*sigh* Political ignorance at its worst. Libertarians were pushing for LGBT rights long before it was cool, long before Democrats started pandering to the demographic.
But no, you're right: They must be the bad guys for thinking that religious organizations shouldn't be forced to provide services.
Sarcasm aside, read
this article at Reason from the same writer. I'll post a quote in case you're feeling lazy or pressed for time:
It's frustrating to attempt to look at this issue from a libertarian perspective because it doesn't really seem like either side in this particular culture war has any interest in separating government accommodation of individuals and the private sector. It ends up being all or nothing. Transgender and gay people should expect that the government accommodate their gender expression and sexual orientation and treat them the same under the law, particularly in areas like schools where attendance is mandatory. If you're going to force transgender teens to go to your institutions, and you're going to take money from their parents to fund it, you can very well deal with it. In the private sector, though, there's no reason why cultural negotiation won't work just fine to deal with the situation, particularly since in all likelihood, people aren't even going to know when they're sharing a bathroom with a transgender person anyway.
