Chicago, IL – PayPal Holdings Inc on Tuesday canceled plans to open a global operations center in Charlotte, North Carolina and invest $3.6 million in the area after the state passed a controversial law targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) citizens.
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The digital payment company’s protest is the first by a major business after North Carolina became the first state last month to enact a measure requiring people to use bathrooms or locker rooms in schools and other public facilities that match the gender on their birth certificate rather than their gender identity.
The law, which overturned a Charlotte city ordinance, was widely interpreted as an attack on LGBT rights. State lawmakers also voted to prohibit local governments from enacting anti-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
“The new law perpetuates discrimination and it violates the values and principles that are at the core of PayPal’s mission and culture,” Chief Executive Officer Dan Schulman said in a statement.
In a letter on March 29, founders and chief executives of more than a hundred companies, including Apple Inc
Earlier in March, the payment processor announced plans to open the operations center in Charlotte and employ 400 skilled workers there. It was set to invest more than $3.6 million in the Charlotte area by the end of 2017, according to a news release on the governor’s website.
After PayPal’s decision, North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, who like McCrory is a Republican, defended the law.
“If our action in keeping men out of women’s bathrooms and showers protected the life of just one child or one woman from being molested or assaulted, then it was worth it,” he said in a statement.
PayPal said it is now looking for another site for the center and has not yet made a decision on location.
Such stupidity. First of all, the law doesn’t affect LGB, only T. Second of all it protects children from predators. I would be much more worried about protecting our daughters from creepy men that dress like women so they can sneak peaks at little girls undressing than worry about the precious delicate feelings of mentally ill men with gender dysphoria. Apparently the leftists don’t care about your wives daughters.
Businesses , beware. LGBT People are very financially successful. They usually have no kids so they focus on their careers . They can punish anybody who dares to disagree with them.
kol hakovod to the state to not giving in to the public view that is distorted and will prob sway back in a few years!
…”It’s sick out there and getting sicker”!