Monday, May 9, 2016

Defending Civil rights Against Christian, Conservative Rebellion

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, aka the Obama Justice Dept., versus the great former confederate state of North Carolina. New sate law says all, including the transgender among us, must use restroom corresponding to the gender on one's birth certificate, feds say civil rights law protects transgender sex and restroom change. My money's on the feds. The real question is: are transgender people really transgender, or have they changed gender in in name only? Who should decide? Lawyers, judges, and legislators, or scientists, biologists, or zoologists? My money's on the the scientific experts, not the conservative politicians. My best guess is that pretty much all the scientists, except perhaps those at faith based institutions of "learning" would vote Caitlyn Jenner a real woman, and would have solid scientific, biological arguments to back it up. And yes, the law should reflect scientific reality. If the good conservative Christian people of North Carolina would stop, take a deep breath, and think about it for a minute or two , which at this point seems highly unlikely, they would realize that they really don't want Caitlyn and her ilk using the men's room, because Caitlyn is attracted to men, not to women, she considers herself a woman, and, last but not least, looks like a woman nowadays. Birth certificates notwithstanding, people change, and, as we all like to say, it is what it is. Alas, instead of taking a deep breath and doing a bit of thinking, our good North Carolina Christian conservatives appear primed to dig in, double down, and take on Obama and the sinful, liberal hordes, and defy the justice department, and, if all else fails, perhaps even leave the union...again. Those among us who are reasonable, and who believe in civil rights, can just sit back, smile, and listen to the right wingers go off like the rockets red glare on the tyrannical, overreaching federal government, until at long last their voices quieten and drown in an overwhelming tide of humiliation, liberalism, and federal civil rights law, properly enforced in court, and in public restrooms.

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