NC Gov Says There is a 'Coordinated Campaign' Against New Anti-LGBT Law

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory says he believes there is a coordinated national campaign to discredit the state's new law.

Gay rights groups have called the law discriminatory and sued North Carolina and the governor on Monday. The law prevents cities and counties from extending protections to cover sexual orientation and gender identity at restaurants, hotels and stores.

The law also requires public schools and university students to use only those bathrooms that match the sex on their birth certificates.

In Georgia, Republican Gov. Nathan Deal on Monday vetoed a measure that gay rights groups also opposed. They said it would have protected business owners who discriminated against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

McCrory, who is also a Republican, said there was no connection between the two measures.