Posted on 06/01/2016 3:17:44 PM PDT by Morgana
An interim director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a major proponent of laws protecting gender identity, has resigned after her daughters were frightened by several transgendered men who came into the ladies room they were using at the time.
Although the mainstream media has utterly ignored this story, LifeSiteNews and a few other outlets are reporting on the resignation of Maya Dillard Smith, interim director of the Georgia chapter of the ACLU, over the organization’s involvement in the controversial transgender bathroom debate.
“I have shared my personal experience of having taken my elementary school age daughters into a women’s restroom when shortly after three transgender young adults, over six feet [tall] with deep voices, entered,” Dillard Smith said.
“My children were visibly frightened, concerned about their safety and left asking lots of questions for which I, like many parents, was ill-prepared to answer,” she continued.
In a statement, she said that the ACLU has become “a special interest organization that promotes not all, but certain progressive rights.”
The “hierarchy of rights” the ACLU chooses to defend or ignore, she wrote, is “based on who is funding the organization’s lobbying activities.” She did not elaborate further.
Dillard Smith, who describes herself as “progressive” and “unapologetically black” says she just can’t go along with the ACLU’s transgender legal agenda which includes suing North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory for signed a law requiring individuals to use the restroom that corresponds to their biological sex.
Dillard Smith says that the ACLU’s opposition to the bill, which essentially leaves restroom policy up to business owners, proves that her legal philosophy and that of the ACLU no longer align.
“I found myself principally and philosophically unaligned with the organization,” Dillard Smith said. “I believe there are solutions that can provide accommodations for transgender people and balance the need to ensure women and girls are safe from those who might have malicious intent,” she said.
In response, Dillard Smith started a new website, Finding Middle Ground, which is providing the public with a “safe space” to share their views of the transgender bathroom issue without fear of being called a bigot or hater.
Thus far, the ACLU has made no comment about Dillard Smith’s departure and has merely posted a job announcement to replace her.
oops...somebody’s own ox got gored.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha....gasp....hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha!!!! iT’S LIKE A LIBERAL THAT’S BEEN MUGGED that turns into a Conservative!!!!
I’ll take the job! New policy - transgenders take a dump in the garbage bin outside. Two planks will be placed on top for comfort.
Whenever a liberal gets mugged an angel gets his wings.
Don’t let me catch one of these insects in a bathroom.....bad things may happen.
Soros funds evil intent and evil actions. It’s illegal activity and he’s producing it and selling it, all the way to the bank.
This can not fly.
I can’t wipe the grin off my face. :^)
Amazing how reality seems to change minds.
If I understand this situation correctly, with all due respect to former ACLU Director Maya Dillard Smith, how can people not foresee these situations, especially when their own children may be put in jeopardy?
I cannot find a website...”finding middle ground”...hmmmm.
It’s amazing what a little dose of reality can do for your perspective on things.
‘An interim director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a major proponent of laws protecting gender identity, has resigned after her daughters were frightened by several transgendered men who came into the ladies room they were using at the time.’
Beautiful. Welcome to common sense. Some people don’t have to go the hard route to learn simple truths, but others have to get bit.
Miracle in a Restroom
Too bad, Dillard Smith.
Your daughters I sympathize with.
You, I do not. Go pound sand.
These are great stories aren’t they. Whew,...funny.
Looks like someone got mugged.
Yup. A black liberal woman who came up against a competing liberal cause. Life’s a bitch and then you die.
“Whenever a liberal gets mugged an angel gets his wings.”
I think it’s a bat rather than an angel.
This lady’s organization would like to hear from you. Be nice and be respectful!
http://www.findingmiddleground.org/
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