One week after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver clarified the league's willingness to move the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte if North Carolina legislators do not overturn a controversial new state law that reverses a Charlotte ordinance that had expanded rights and protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan said Tuesday that his franchise remains "opposed to discrimination in any form."
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From Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer:
“As my organization has stated previously, the Charlotte Hornets and Hornets Sports & Entertainment are opposed to discrimination in any form, and we have always sought to provide an inclusive environment,” Jordan said in a statement to the Observer in response to an interview request regarding HB2, the North Carolina law called by some as discriminatory toward the LGBT community.