New York governor Andrew Cuomo did some grandstanding this week when he ordered that no state employee could travel to North Carolina on state business except for a few exceptions. This move was in response to the passage in North Carolina of a law that bars localities from adopting rules allowing those who identify as another sex from using the bathrooms called for by the identification. The legislature made clear that biological men have to use the men's room rather than the ladies'. One has to wonder just how many people in North Carolina have been affected by this new law; nevertheless, the left has gone to war. Cuomo's edict is just another skirmish in this battle.
It got me to thinking. What would happen if the North Carolina governor were to issue a similar edict that barred North Carolinian state employees from going on business to New York? Most likely there are far more people coming from NC to NY than vice versa. New York City is frequently a destination for out of state business. Not too many NY employees are running off to Raleigh or Charlotte on business. What would happen?
I think it is safe to say that the media would go ballistic. North Carolina would be accused of promoting discrimination. The move would get ten times more coverage than terrorist attacks. In other words, all hell would break loose.
It would be nice to have the NC governor take this step. The issue here is not who uses which bathroom in NC. The issue is whether or not some fool like governor Cuomo ought to be mixing into the local decisions made in NC. It's really none of his business.
It got me to thinking. What would happen if the North Carolina governor were to issue a similar edict that barred North Carolinian state employees from going on business to New York? Most likely there are far more people coming from NC to NY than vice versa. New York City is frequently a destination for out of state business. Not too many NY employees are running off to Raleigh or Charlotte on business. What would happen?
I think it is safe to say that the media would go ballistic. North Carolina would be accused of promoting discrimination. The move would get ten times more coverage than terrorist attacks. In other words, all hell would break loose.
It would be nice to have the NC governor take this step. The issue here is not who uses which bathroom in NC. The issue is whether or not some fool like governor Cuomo ought to be mixing into the local decisions made in NC. It's really none of his business.
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