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I think the law passed at the state level in NC was the overreaction by a (relatively) small group of homophobes.

Why else craft a state law that reversed the city ordinance allowing transgendered people to use the bathroom that suited their gender AND also forbade all local jurisdictions in the state from passing any rules offering protection from harassment of or discrimination against people in the LGBTQ community?

Get people fired up about going pee pee next to someone with visible facial hair, but make the functional heart of the law an explicit endorsement of discrimination based on gender identity. Pure power grab by the chicken shit haters with power.