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Christie rips NBA 'grandstanding' in All-Star game move over anti-LGBT bill

TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie on Friday ripped the NBA's decision to move its 2017 All-Star Game from North Carolina to another location because of the state's controversial anti-LGBT law.

The governor, co-hosting WFAN's Boomer and Carton, accused the NBA of "grandstanding" when officials announced last month they wouldn't play in Charlotte.

The move was motivated by a state law that excludes sexual orientation and gender identity from anti-discrimination protections related to the workplace, hotels and restaurants. It also overrules local anti-discrimination ordinances in the state.

"Are they going to evaluate every law in every state or is it just a certain law?