‘No Evidence Sexual Predators Have Ever Exploited Equal Rights Laws to Commit Crimes in Bathrooms’

Seth Meyers comically destroyed North Carolina’s HB2, a broad and sweeping anti-LGBT ordinance the state’s own Attorney General says is unconstitutional. Wednesday the “Late Night” host took on both North Carolina and Georgia‘s anti-LGBT bills, praising Governor Nathan Deal for vetoing Georgia’s, and mocking Governor Pat McCrory for signing North Carolina’s.

But he began with an amusing clip of a police officer practicing some community outreach.

“Last year’s Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage,” Meyers explained, “found the right for same-sex couples to marry as well as the right for this cop at last year’s pride parade to bust out some dance moves,” Meyers quipped.Â “I don’t know if he’s protecting, but he’s definitely serving.”

Meyers then took a swipe at “Kentucky’s anti-gay ‘Kathy’ cartoon, Kim Davis,” before getting serious.

He moved to Georgia’s state SenatorÂ Greg Kirk, who infamously said he had no problem with his anti-LGBT bill protecting “faith based” groups like the KKK.

And he reminded Gov. Deal that quoting the New Testament isn’t necessarily a good idea for Republicans.

“You need to read the New, New Testament, where Jesus is opposed to same-sex marriages, teachers’ unions, financial reform, and Obamacare,” he mocked.

But when all the fun and games were done, Meyers masterfully put out a few important facts.

McCrory “signedÂ aÂ law passed by Republicans in that state, that not only allows discrimination against LBGTQ people, it actually overturnsÂ aÂ non-discrimination ordinance passed last month by the city of Charlotte,” Meyers said.Â

“The North Carolina bill not only reverses Charlotte’s non-discrimination ordinance and bans all North Carolina municipalitiesÂ fromÂ passing their own non-discrimination ordinances, it also requires trans individuals to use bathrooms that correspond with the genderÂ on their birth certificates,Â not the gender they identify with,” Meyers said. “This law is similar to other so-called bathroom bills that have been proposed by Republicans across the country, most severely, in Florida.”

And he closed noting that “these so-called bathroom bills are ridiculous. For one thing, there is no evidence sexual predators have ever exploited equal rights laws to commit crimes in bathrooms. Most importantly, laws like these legalize discrimination.”

Watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EkGMlHxRQQ

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Image: Screenshot viaÂ Late Night with Seth Meyers/YouTube

Hat tip: Media Matters

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