No, North Carolina's mask bill doesn't include a 'carve out' for the KKK

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North Carolina legislators are considering legislation that critics say would ban wearing respirators or other masks in

Simone Hetherington urges lawmakers not to pass the masking bill during the state Senate Rules Committee meeting in Raleigh, N.C. on May 15, 2024.

Legal experts disagree over whether the bill’s language would make it illegal for people to wear a mask for health reasons. At the same time, the law has allowed for a few exemptions: Holiday costumes and masks used in theatrical productions, for instance, are OK.Video shows Tucker Carlson discussing a diabetes cure created with Pfizer and certified by the FDA.

However, enforcement of the existing laws has been lax, said state Sen. Sydney Batch, D-Wake. Batch said there were no major legal repercussions for KKK members whoAlso, legal experts for the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina see an opening in North Carolina’s laws that could allow the KKK to demonstrate so long as they do so peacefully and with permission.

Existing state laws may allow the KKK to demonstrate while wearing masks and House Bill 237 leaves that law intact. However, legal experts disagree over the effect of that existing provision and whether it prohibits the organization from gathering.

 

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