At the Civitas Institute we conduct monthly polling of North Carolina voters. Civitas President Francis DeLuca often says that every poll is a snapshot in time and gives great insight into what voters are thinking and feeling in that moment of time.
Well, a March 8 poll found that 66% of North Carolinians oppose the recently passed Charlotte ordinance that allows men to enter women’s restrooms.
36% support an outright override of the ordinance. 30% said lawmakers should let voters in Charlotte decide by declaring a Mecklenburg County referendum on the issue.
Governor McCrory and the General Assembly should act now to support the clear will of the people and hold a special session to address the Charlotte ordinance, which is bad for women and children, bad for business owners, is in clear conflict with state law, and is decidedly unconstitutional.
It is clear that the majority of North Carolinians want common sense in NC. And this majority continues to be ignored by leaders in our state including Roy Cooper, who says that state lawmakers should not make it a priority to address the Charlotte ordinance. Of course it should be a priority!
Even before the ordinance was passed, a petition opposing it reached 22,000 signatures before the Charlotte City Council chose to ignore the will of the people… and pass it. The will of the people was clear then and it is even clearer today.
That March 8 poll found that Charlotte had the greatest support for an override of the recently passed ordinance- greater than Greensboro, Raleigh, or citizens in the southern region of the state. The LGBT and liberal groups love to say that Raleigh should not be butting in to Charlotte’s business but in reality, the message clear- citizens of Charlotte want action.
Thankfully, the General Assembly has decided to listen and will hold a special session tomorrow.
More polling data on this issue should be available from Civitas in the near future. Check back soon!
TiredofSpin says
According to the same survey, 60% of North Carolinians do not approve of the job McCrory is doing and 65% do not approve of the job Richard Burr is doing. 72% do not approve of the job the NC Legislature is doing.
Lonnie says
Francis
When did we began voting on the liberty, civil rights and freedom of the minority? Most Civitas Institute right wingers would still vote for segregation and many a return to slavey if they could make a little more profit. Freedom for conservatives is just a word on a bumper sticker.
How will this work? Who does the inspection? What’s the fine for a woman entering a mens room in an emergency or when the lines are excessive? Good to see the authoritarians telling us how and where to pee.
Lonnie says
Francis
Did your authoritarian group think this through? Who does the enforcing, inspection and what happens when women use a men’s room because the line is just too long at the women’s room? One other question, who’s life is improved by this discrimination?
http://usuncut.com/resistance/north-carolina-anti-lgbt-bathroom-law/
Lonnie says
Francis
Will the state of NC be hiring thousands of new employees as pecker checkers? Is that why the NC HP are ticketing anyone one MPH over the speed limit? Authoritarianism is expensive.
Lonnie says
Ignorance is going to hurt NC’s jobs growth.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article67970287.html
Lonnie says
NBA releases statement on repressive, theocratic and expensive new right wing legislation.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2627456-nba-releases-statement-regarding-north-carolinas-new-transgender-law?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-league
Pinto says
Lonnie,
Begone, you lying thieving parasitic child-rape-supporting gaystapo goose-stepper, and take your hypocritical anti-Christian hate propaganda with you, bigot!
Larry says
Hey Lonnie,
Maybe you can get a pecker-checker job.Then you could get your lazy butt off welfare.
Larry says
What would make a white person vote for a party that apologizes to “Black Lives Matter”for saying “White Lives Matter.”Do White lives not matter,Lonnie?I guess only if they are perverts.
Lonnie says
Larry
How did Black Lives Matter get into this discussion? For the record, black citizens are at greater risk when encountering police than you or I.
Lonnie says
Larry
It’s conservatives who are wanting proof of gender at the restroom door, which is very creepy. Consider how many Evangelical TV preachers and Conservative politicians have been involved in homosexual sex scandals while publicly calming family values and preaching discrimination and hate.
My wife and I have been married for over fifty years and feel no threat from the equal citizenship of gay couples to our marriage. Why do you feel threatened?
Larry says
Who said anything about their citizenship?I had no problems with queers until they wanted to get me and everyone else to say they are normal and they just have an alternative lifestyle.Then they started teaching kids that crap in schools.Then people like you got on their bandwagon.I’am just sick of queers pushing and pushing there sick lifestyle on everybody and telling us we have to accept it.It’s sick,it’s not normal and no matter how many times you tell me it is,it’s not.I don’t know why you Socialists hate Christians so much,but I feel sorry for you.
Larry says
Lonnie,
Can you read?I asked you how you vote for a party that apologizes for saying White lives matter.You come back as usual with a stupid answer about blacks being in more danger than you or I with Police.I can understand why you won’t answer my question.There is no way you can answer it and not look stupid.