More than 50 people were arrested at the North Carolina state House Monday night, protesting the state’s new anti-transgender law. The law bars transgender people from using the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity, and nullifies local ordinances aimed at protecting LGBT people. Opponents delivered 187,000 signatures demanding a repeal. Reverend William Barber denounced the law, known as House Bill 2.

Rev. William Barber: “Hate Bill 2 is not a bathroom bill. It is not a bill to protect women and children from predators. It is a cynical attempt to pit supposedly Christian values against our families’ best interests and our faith’s highest morality.”