NBA Commissioner Adam Silver turned up the heat on North Carolina in comments delivered Thursday, effectively saying the league will move its 2017 All Star Game from Charlotte if state legislators don’t overturn a controversial law critics say is among America’s harshest against LGBT people.
Silver did not provide a decision deadline, but Thursday’s comments represent his most forceful statement to date. Many voices are calling for the NBA to move next year’s All Star Game. Several musicians have already canceled performances in North Carolina in protest of the state law passed last month. Read more…
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