Washington Blade reports. The vote came along party lines, with 49 Republicans voting for him and 47 Democrats against him.Schwartz had defended the North Carolina law, passed in 2016, that barred cities and counties in the state from enacting or enforcing nondiscrimination laws covering LGBTQ+ people or any group not covered by the state’s law.
It also prohibited trans people from using the restrooms and other facilities matching their gender identity when in government buildings, including public schools and state colleges and universities.
Roy Cooper, who was then North Carolina’s attorney general, had refused to defend the law in court, and after he became governor, most of its provisions were repealed.Additionally, Schwartz served as.