Announcing the U.S. Justice Department would sue North Carolina over its anti-transgender "bathroom bill," Attorney General Loretta Lynch noted there's historically been backlash to equality gains. What's been happening in Southern legislatures since the Supreme Court struck down marriage discrimination last year bears that out.
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This week Attorney General Loretta Lynch (at right) and Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, announced the department would sue North Carolina over HB2. Lynch placed the current backlash against LGBT equality gains in state legislatures in the historical context of discriminatory responses to progress on human rights. (Image is a still from this Justice Department video.)
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<p>This week Attorney General Loretta Lynch (at right) and Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, announced the department would sue North Carolina over HB2. Lynch placed the current backlash against LGBT equality gains in state legislatures in the historical context of discriminatory responses to progress on human rights. (Image is a still from <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/video/justice-department-files-complaint-against-state-north-carolina-stop-discrimination">this Justice Department video</a>.)</p>