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04-09-2016, 05:51 AM
Stevie Van Zandt on canceled Springsteen show: 'We better take a stand right **w'
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Stevie Van Zandt fully supports Bruce Springsteen's decision to cancel an upcoming show in **rth Carolina due to a recently passed law that is harmful to the LGBT community.
"We just felt the issue was just too important," he said backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday. "This really vile and evil discrimination is starting to spread state to state and we thought ...*we better take a stand right **w and catch it early."
Springsteen an**unced the show cancellation via a lengthy Facebook post on Friday after**on, responding to the state's decision to pass a bill that prevents local governments from passing anti-discrimination ordinances like one in Charlotte, **rth Carolina that would have allowed transgender people to use the public bathroom of their choice. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/stevie-van-zandt-**rth-carolina-springsteen/)
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Stevie Van Zandt fully supports Bruce Springsteen's decision to cancel an upcoming show in **rth Carolina due to a recently passed law that is harmful to the LGBT community.
"We just felt the issue was just too important," he said backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday. "This really vile and evil discrimination is starting to spread state to state and we thought ...*we better take a stand right **w and catch it early."
Springsteen an**unced the show cancellation via a lengthy Facebook post on Friday after**on, responding to the state's decision to pass a bill that prevents local governments from passing anti-discrimination ordinances like one in Charlotte, **rth Carolina that would have allowed transgender people to use the public bathroom of their choice. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/stevie-van-zandt-**rth-carolina-springsteen/)
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