PepsiCo opposes law

RALEIGH: The CEO of PepsiCo, has joined the growing list of company heads and municipal officials voicing opposing to North Carolina’s new law that prevents specific anti-discrimination rules for LGBT people for public accommodations and restroom use. The Human Rights Campaign and Equality North Carolina released on Friday the names of another 10 company executives that have signed on to a letter criticising the law and seeking its repeal, bringing the number of names to more than 120. The law, approved by Republican legislature and GOP Gov Pat McCrory, responded to a Charlotte City Council ordinance approved in February that would have extended protections to gays and lesbians as well as bisexual and transgender people while at hotels, restaurants and stores.