How N.C.'s bathroom law sparked a business backlash

Name: How N.C.'s bathroom law sparked a business backlash
Uploaded: 2016-04-28T23:40:23Z
Duration: P447S
Description: North Carolina’s High Point Market is the largest furniture industry trade show in the world. But weeks before designers and retailers arrived, the state legislature passed a law on the use of bathrooms and discrimination targeted at LGBT people, sparking outrage and protests. Special correspondent Roben Farzad explores the economic fallout as the backlash and boycotts spread.

Clip: 04/28/2016 | 7m 27s

North Carolina’s High Point Market is the largest furniture industry trade show in the world. But weeks before designers and retailers arrived, the state legislature passed a law on the use of bathrooms and discrimination targeted at LGBT people, sparking outrage and protests. Special correspondent Roben Farzad explores the economic fallout as the backlash and boycotts spread.

Aired: 04/28/16

Rating: NR

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