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Breaking: Watch Pres. Obama Call for Repeal of Anti-LGBTQ Laws

April 22, 2016

President Obama called for the repeal of Anti-LGBTQ bills in North Carolina and Mississippi at a joint press conference with British Prime Minister, David Cameron. The British Government recently issued a travel warning to LGBTQ tourists visiting those states.

Obama on Miss. & N. Carolina anti-LGBT laws:The "laws that have been passed there are wrong" https://t.co/wpXr2SNDa9 https://t.co/zbeZyND63o

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) April 22, 2016

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