{"id":505938,"date":"2016-12-15T16:40:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T16:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/pat-mccrory\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:49","slug":"pat-mccrory","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/pat-mccrory\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat McCrory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/article68401147.html\">Championed and signed<\/a> the anti-LGBTQ HB 2, North Carolina law that both required individuals to use bathrooms according to sex assigned at birth as well as nullified all local expansion of LGBTQ protections. This move sparked national outcry and lost opportunity for the Tar Heel State.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/votesmart.org\/public-statement\/698404\/wral-pat-mccrory-issue-statements\/?search=Marriage#.WFHvXXQ8KfA\">Supported<\/a> North Carolina\u2019s discriminatory constitutional amendment banning marriage equality: \u201cI will vote yes on the amendment because I believe that marriage is defined as between one man and one woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/votesmart.org\/public-statement\/1025939\/governor-mccrory-will-join-south-carolina-to-protect-states-from-federal-overreach-in-schools\/?search=Transgender#.WFHwBnQ8KfA\">Fought<\/a> the Obama administration on restroom access for transgender students, saying he would \u201cprotect North Carolina values from the imposition of extreme views from Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/pat-mccrory-lgbt-transgender-discrimination_us_5730ddf5e4b096e9f09235cf\">Voted down and\/or opposed<\/a> pro-LGBT ordinances in three different decades, in three different elected offices.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/05\/15\/us\/pat-mccrory-north-carolina-law-antidiscrimination.html?_r=0\">Once criticized<\/a> protections on the basis of sexual orientation by saying, \u201cthis community is often wanting special status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/goqnotes.com\/editorial\/editorsnote_031205.html\">Opposed<\/a> holding a Pride parade in a public park, saying, \u201cI do not want that festival in a park setting\u2026. 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