We cats aren't going to join in on the SOTU shenanigans tonight — although we're hoping to catch Stacey Abrams giving the Democratic response live, if possible. Otherwise, we're going to treat it like the Oscars: Why sit through it in real time when you can catch the highlights (or in Trump's case, lowlights) in just three minutes afterward?
Ah, the Interwebs. Such a wonderful buffer.
So instead today, we're turning our attention to LGBT rights. Did you know that the Human Rights Campaign has released its latest State Equality Index? It ranks individual US states and their accomplishments vis-a-vis LGBT issues in their parenting, hate crimes, criminal justice, non-discrimination and other laws. We're proud to say that New York is doing pretty well. North Carolina, not so much.
Why are we picking on North Carolina? Only because it's home to so many big corporations: Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Lowe's, Harris Teeter and Martin Marietta come to mind. Plus American Airlines, which has a huge hub in Charlotte. And the state is famous for its passel of top-flight universities. Surely all of them want to lure high-performing employees to build their careers and raise their families there.
But what ambitious, go-get-'em millennial is going to want to move to North Carolina if he/she is LGBT or has friends and loved ones who are?
Do better, North Carolina. For that matter, do better, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia (!), West Virginia and Wyoming. We cats HISS.
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