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NC legislature overrides Governor's veto of "Opt-Out" legislation
From a press release
2015-06-12
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WASHINGTON — Today, by a vote of 69-41, the North Carolina House of Representatives voted to override Governor Pat McCrory's veto of SB 2 - a needless and mean-spirited law allowing "magistrates, assistant registers of deeds, and deputy registers of deeds to recuse themselves from performing duties related to marriage ceremonies due to sincerely held religious objections."
Marty Rouse, National Field Director for the Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) civil rights organization, issued the following statement:
"It is tremendously disappointing that the legislature chose to override Governor McCrory's veto of this misguided and mean-spirited legislation. Allowing public officials the ability to opt-out of the job they are paid by the public to do is completely contrary to the purpose of public service and should have no place in North Carolina law."
The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. HRC envisions a world where LGBT people are embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community.
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