Sometimes partisan rhetoric becomes so strong that any relationship between the actual content of a bill and how opponents categorize it is lost. Such is the case with HB 415 which became known, thanks to Republican Party chair John Sununu, as the "bathroom bill". Sununu, with the help of multiple interest groups, some clearly misled and manipulated, convinced many New Hampshirites that if transgender individuals were given the same rights as other individuals, bathrooms would no longer be safe and perverts would overrun the state. This was a mean and nasty attack for purely political gain.
To read about the battle, click here.
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