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‘Transgender’ Files Complaint Against Hobby Lobby for Denying Use of Women’s Restroom
http://christiannews.net/ ^ | 07/15/2014 | Heather Clark

Posted on 07/15/2014 4:22:42 AM PDT by massmike

AURORA, Ill. – A Hobby Lobby store in Illinois is facing a discrimination complaint after a ‘transgender’ employee was told that he may not use the women’s restroom until he has reconstructive surgery to switch from male to female reproductive organs.

The employee, who goes by the name Meggan Sommerville, also professes to be a Christian. He has worked for Hobby Lobby since 1998, at which time he identified as male.However, in 2009, Sommerville began transitioning to look like a woman and changed his name. According to Sommerville, Hobby Lobby accommodated him by changing his gender in the company records and providing a name tag with his new name. He also states that company insurance covered part of his treatment, such as hormone therapy.

But Hobby Lobby drew the line when Sommerville began using the women’s restroom. Representatives at the Aurora location reportedly told Sommerville that he must use the men’s restroom until he has reconstructive surgery to obtain female genitalia.

“I was devastated,” Sommerville told the Huffington Post. “I just want to be treated like all the other women. To do anything else diminishes who I am in the eyes of customers and employees.”

Therefore, in 2011, he filed a complaint with the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR), alleging discrimination in employment and public accommodation. The case was thrown out in 2012 due to a lack of evidence, but was later overturned and the matter is currently pending before the IDHR.

Hobby Lobby is not commenting on the matter since it is pending, but others have expressed concern that homosexual and transgender groups may now seek to revoke the religious rights of companies like Hobby Lobby following its recent win in the Supreme Court.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: abortion; genderdysphoria; hobbylobby; homosexualagenda; illinois; infanticide; lgbt; medicareforall; moralabsolutes; obamacare; stevegreen
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To: massmike

Just change the signs on the restroom doors:

XX

XY

- Restroom allocation done by genetic makeup.

Also provide a single restroom in a central area - open use.


41 posted on 07/15/2014 8:19:14 AM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slaveryon)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

“The chromosomes which determine our gender cannot be altered.”

It makes you wonder about the ethics of the doctors who carve these people up to “change” their sex.


42 posted on 07/15/2014 10:01:01 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: massmike

I thought science deniers were to be attacked at every turn. It must make a difference when they are attacking the target of the day....


43 posted on 07/15/2014 10:22:15 AM PDT by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: Caipirabob

Yes, and the political climate of today wants us all to pretend that they’re perfectly normal when it’s obvious that they are emotionally unhinged and deeply troubled. They’re not getting the help they need with the false congratulations we’re supposed to give them. I’m not saying lock them up, but I’m also not saying put them on a pedestal.


44 posted on 07/15/2014 12:59:23 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: Telepathic Intruder
I’m not saying lock them up, but I’m also not saying put them on a pedestal.

I agree. A compassionate and caring society would commit them to seek help through counseling and rehabilitation back into society. It's the inhumanity of the left that empowers them to pursue their personal descent into madness and even worse, inflict it upon innocents.

45 posted on 07/15/2014 1:17:28 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: IronJack
me too... but a rusty one is good enough for this job
46 posted on 07/15/2014 2:40:08 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Boonie
it'll still do the job
47 posted on 07/15/2014 2:41:27 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Sherman Logan

Chemistry and cutlery....neither can change gender.


48 posted on 07/15/2014 2:43:32 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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To: massmike

Why can’t female employees sue the transgender for sexual intimidation and harassment? Or do we need to go to unisex bathrooms to please 0.5% of the population?


49 posted on 07/15/2014 2:53:51 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: wagglebee

and so it starts, the attack of all sorts on Hobby Lobby


50 posted on 07/15/2014 4:01:40 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: massmike

When you join a corporation, you agree to its rules.


51 posted on 07/15/2014 4:03:08 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: massmike

I was devastated, LOL.
The guy doesn’t want his penis because he wants to be a woman which he was not born as and thinks he should use the womens bathroom much to the annoyance of other women and due to him being inconsiderate .


52 posted on 07/15/2014 4:03:21 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: madprof98
To do anything else diminishes who I am in the eyes of customers and employees.

Oh Sweetie, that ship sailed a long time ago...
53 posted on 07/15/2014 4:04:53 PM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: manc

Yes, indeed.

It also demonstrates that Liberal activists have stores like Hobby Lobby and Chick fil A pretty well infiltrated. This guy’s clearly been pushing them, step by methodical step, to see where their tolerance limit is.


54 posted on 07/16/2014 6:28:43 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: Triple

That’s probably where companies are going to have to go: no more communal restrooms but rather a bank of individual gender-neutral ones. Think multiple “family restrooms,” which are increasingly popular.


55 posted on 07/16/2014 6:32:22 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: Mr Rogers

It’s more like 0.3% but the media would have us think that they make up 10% of the population.

What are the odds of meeting a transgender/transsexual? In my 38 years I’ve come across ONE and that was in the Bahamas. I went there on a cruise with my sister and our mother in 2006 and the three of us looked at each other with a “What the f**k?” expression on our faces when we saw this person in a restaurant.


56 posted on 07/17/2014 9:07:45 AM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Well......Bye.)
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To: Chode

Have you seen the 60s TV show “Combat!”?


57 posted on 07/17/2014 9:20:00 AM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Well......Bye.)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
it's been awhile... i watch an episode on youtube every now and again
58 posted on 07/17/2014 3:08:03 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Chode

It’s a great show,isn’t it? I LOVE Vic Morrow as Sgt. Saunders. He was a great actor.


59 posted on 07/17/2014 4:18:22 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Well......Bye.)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
Combat, Gallant Men, Rat Patrol and 12 O'clock High were my favorite tv shoes as a kid
60 posted on 07/17/2014 4:58:31 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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