One day after Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed Georgia’s “religious liberty” bill, Atlanta city council members took a shot at a buzzer-beater that would bring next year’s NBA All-Star Game to Atlanta.
The 2017 NBA All-Star weekend is scheduled for Feb. 17-19 in Charlotte, N.C., which made headlines last week when North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bill voiding Charlotte’s anti-discrimination law protecting gay and transgender people.
Actually, the North Carolina law establishes statewide protections against discrimination based on race, religion, color, national origin and biological sex — but not sexual orientation or gender identity. And the state law supersedes any local ordinance, meaning no city in the state can pass such a law.