RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said Tuesday he wants to change a new state law that prevents people from suing over discrimination in state court, but he’s not challenging a measure regarding bathroom access for transgender people.
His announcement comes as fallout widens over the law he signed last month that would limit protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people. Critics of the law called his statement a step in the right direction, but not enough.
While McCrory’s executive order extends further protections to state employees, it leaves intact provisions of the state law that limit protections for the LGBT community in the general public.
He once again condemned a Charlotte ordinance passed earlier this year that allowed transgender people to use bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity.
The state law was passed partly in response to the Charlotte measure. But it went further than repealing the Charlotte law, overruling LGBT antidiscrimination measures passed by local governments statewide. The Associated Press
