Hundreds of supporters of a new North Carolina law that limits LGBT rights rallied downtown Monday to defend it against what pastors and Republican lawmakers said were lies churned into a smear campaign. Speakers on Halifax Mall, just north of the Legislative Building, focused on the section of the law that requires people to use bathrooms in public facilities that correspond to the gender on their birth certificate. The law overturns a Charlotte ordinance that would have allowed transgender people to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity. The law, commonly called House Bill 2 or HB2, has roiled the state since the legislature passed it in a one-day session March 23, triggering...
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