**rth Carolina votes to replace one anti-trans law with a**ther and everyone is obvio
 

**rth Carolina votes to replace one anti-trans law with a**ther and everyone is obviously outraged
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When Democrat Roy Cooper ran for gover**r in 2016, he made one promise to his constituents: that he would work to repeal HB2, **rth Carolina's **torious anti-trans bathroom law.

Cooper has struggled to make good on his promise as Republicans in the state legislature opposed repealing the law. On Thursday, Republicans and Democrats came together to vote for HB142, just before the deadline it had been given by the NCAA, which is boycotting the state. LGBTQ groups are calling the replacement law a "scam."

It appears the bill was pushed through in an effort to lure back the basketball association, which said it would **t allow **rth Carolina to host upcoming college championship games unless there were changes to the law made by Thursday. Read more...

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