Are We Being Sold A Bill Of Goods*?

I have to wonder about the terms and conditions of the settlement down in North Carolina, the court case challenging the draconian law HB2 are kind of vague.

Settlement proposed in North Carolina transgender bathroom lawsuit
Reuters
By Colleen Jenkins
October 18, 2017


WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - Transgender people would be allowed to use public restrooms in North Carolina that match their gender identity under a settlement agreement filed on Wednesday that aims to resolve the federal lawsuit over the state’s widely criticized bathroom law.

The consent decree proposed by Governor Roy Cooper, the American Civil Liberties Union and transgender people who sued the state would remove some of the law’s harmful effects, civil rights groups said.

The judge in the case must sign off on the proposal before it takes effect.
[…]
The consent decree says that under current state law, transgender people are not prevented from using their preferred public facilities.

This is my thoughts also,

Activists were pleased by both actions but said they would continue to fight for full nondiscrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the state.

“Nothing can make up for the cruel and senseless attacks transgender people have faced in North Carolina, but I am hopeful that the court will agree to clarify the law so that we can live our lives in less fear,” said Joaquín Carcaño, a transgender man and the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit.

Of course the “family” organizations are jumping up and down crying foul.

I am leery of deals like this, will some other court overturn this agreement when a case of discrimination comes before them? I can see the law being used by businesses to discriminate against us, or some law enforcement officer who doesn’t know of or doesn’t care about the court case arresting us for using “the wrong bathroom.” It will be much better to get the law off the books.

*The Phrase Finder

"The phrase 'sell someone a bill of goods' means to intentionally misrepresent something, to make something worthless seem valuable. It dates from the 1920's. I'm not sure what the origin of the phrase is -- perhaps it means selling someone a description of the goods rather than the goods themselves. To 'sell someone a bill of goods' means to put one over on him. Make him believe a bunch of baloney.