Any of the following are exempted from the provisions of G.S. 14-12.7, 14-12.8,21 14-12.9, 14-12.10 and 14-12.14:
Any person or persons, as members or members elect of a society, order or organization, engaged in any parade, ritual, initiation, ceremony, celebration or requirement of such society, order or organization, and wearing or using any manner of costume, paraphernalia, disguise, facial makeup, hood, implement or device, whether the identity of such person or persons is concealed or not, on any public or private street, road, way or property, or in any public or private building, provided permission shall have been first obtained therefor by a representative of such society, order or organization from the governing body of the municipality in which the same takes place, or, if not in a municipality, from the board of county commissioners of the county in which the same takes place.
~~Any person wearing a mask for the purpose of ensuring the physical health or safety of the wearer or others.~~
ITT: How the right shifts goalposts and gaslights the left
The bill was created to crack down on the KKK originally. I'm not seeing any sources that it creates an exception for them. Come on, let's not be like the right and just make shit up.
Yeah, my first thought is what's the source. I wouldn't put it past any GOP legislature to do this, but I came to the comments explicitly looking for a source.
Post has just been updated. It doesn't explicitly exempt the KKK, but it does provide exemptions for organisations' parades, rituals, initiations, ceremonies, celebrations, or general requirements. It also explicitly permits hoods under this exemption.
after obtaining permission
On what legal basis would the KKK not be given permission?
I second this, but it's not obvious from the first glance
The KKK typically files the proper paperwork for their demonstrations and parades in advance. Under what circumstances do you envision them being denied permission to wear their hoods during a permitted demonstration without gifting a first amendment victory to the Klan?
I was under the wrong impression that it's actually banned in the US, but it is not, from wiki:
This is a huge stretch. This is a misleading post and you should delete it.
It still isn't a stretch. The KKK aren't routinely rejected for parade applications in regions they're active, they basically just need to add a line about wearing hoods to their application.
It's not their post.
Yeah I was drunk and read it as though it were OP.
Oh hey look, a source
https://amp.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article288475299.html