Zombie Convention Walks Out On North Carolina Dates

Even the undead don't want to spend time in the Tarheel State thanks to its new anti-LGBT bill.

"Walker Stalker Convention," a meet up for fans of the popular AMC television series "The Walking Dead," is walking out of its planned dates this June in Charlotte, North Carolina due to the state's recent adoption of anti-LGBT legislation. Organizers have tentatively postponed the fan event for December 2016 in the hopes that the discriminatory law gets repealed.

"Walker Stalker Convention has always been a place for ALL fans, regardless of who they are, or who they love," reads an announcement on the traveling convention's website. "As such, we must add our voice to those opposing the injustice of North Carolina House Bill 2, and�postpone our June 25-26 2016 Charlotte event."

The traveling zombie, horror and sci-fi fan convention, that has planned dates in Chicago, New Jersey, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta and London joins several other performers and companies, including Bruce Springsteen, Blue Man Group, Pearl Jam and PayPal, who have cancelled plans to perform or do business in North Carolina in recent weeks.

"We have faith in the people of North Carolina, and have moved our event to December 17-18, 2016, in the hope that by that time this unfair law will have been repealed," Organizers wrote. "We will continue to evaluate the situation in the coming months."

The move to pull the convention from North Carolina didn't sit well with hate group leader Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council.

"Apparently, zombies are too busy eating brains to use theirs!" Wrote anti-LGBT mouthpiece Perkins. "Of course, most dead people don't need bathrooms -- but in some parts of the country, they do vote with regularity. Organizers say they're postponing the gore from June to December in hopes that Governor Pat McCrory (R-N.C.) will be so persuaded by the zombies' decision that he'll force businesses to adopt the Left's unpopular policy."