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this is To the Point. Gay rights, religion, and public bathrooms.

Hello again, I'm Orin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Last week, North Carolina legalized discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Today, the governor of Georgia

vetoed a similar bill after the NFL threatened not to stage Super Bowls there and Hollywood

studios said they'd pull out. The struggles not limited to North Carolina and Georgia, discrimination

against LGBT people is legal in 19 American states.

It's often framed as religious liberty versus extension of civil rights, and it even comes

down to who can use which public bathroom.

Today's talking point, coal, gives way to marijuana in Colorado.

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Hello again, Mormon Al-Nalny, back with To the Poet.

Around the country, expanding legal protections for lesbians,

gays, bisexuals, and transgender people are being challenged, often in the name of religious

liberty. But much of the sports world and corporate America are lining up with LGBT people. Today's

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