This whole debate is ridiculous. I pretty much completely agree with the sentiments shared above: it seems to me like the "bathroom bills" are just more ammunition for Democrats in future elections, given how HB2 handed Cooper the governorship in North Carolina.
I suppose I just don't understand the need to always have a group whose rights need to be suppressed until laws protecting them are enacted, and then the need to move on to a new one. It just seems pointless.
Was the bathroom bill really responsible for Cooper's victory? I kind of doubt it. If a transgender non-discrimination measure failed in liberal Houston, I can't imagine HB2 losing a popular vote in North Carolina.
