Posted on 02/26/2021 9:17:50 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed something they call the "Equality Act," which would, in their lingo, "amend existing federal civil rights laws to extend protections for LGBTQ Americans." But some other Americans would have their "protections" removed.
On Thursday morning's New Day, co-host Alisyn Camerota interviewed one of the bill's chief sponsors, freshman Rep. Marie Newman (D-Illinois). When Camerota broached the issue of the Act forcing women to compete in sports against biological "trans" men, she couched it in terms of conservative Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her allies being "very concerned" about that possibility. In fact, it's far from just Greene who is concerned. Among many others, it's people who have actually been harmed by such policies, such as the high school girls in Connecticut who have brought a lawsuit.
Newman attempted to laugh off the concern [view video at 0:22]:
"That's called a gigantic red herring. That is introducing something that has nothing to do with anything."
Get the rest of the story and view the video here.
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Can someone explain why these self-described feminists want to destroy women’s sports?
Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.
I heard this morning that stores can be fined for separating and distinguishing the Men’s & Women’s clothing.
Although I am not a huge Ben Shapiro fan, he occasionally makes good points. One thing he points out is that most Jews are not Jews. What he means is that, while their ethnicity may be Jewish, most of them do not go to temple, do not believe in God, and do not support Israel.
In the same way, most Feminists do not support women. These women are not women. They are communists, and don’t care at all if women are totally screwed over. It’s all about the Revolution.
Totally agree
Because they are interested in “causes” not people.
If their favorite cause destroys some people, too bad.
Good point. It’s like the “feminists” who look the other way when a powerful liberal man, like Bill Clinton and many others, abuse women.
By the way, I don’t really follow Ben Shapiro, but just curious about what you don’t particularly like about him.
Yep.
Still waiting for the emperor has no clothes moment. Guess I will just have to satisfy myself by following this slow motion trainwreck in progress.
Well, if the “giant red herring” is just about “discrimination” that would apply to sports and bathrooms as well. Doncha think?
Not a red herring. Women’s sports will be shortly destroyed as a concept (which could be good or bad).
All it will take is one teen boy choosing to join the girls’ teams per sport per state. And there will never again be a high school female state champion in any sport.
Which then means there will never again be recruiting for college for female athletes (which again, could be good or bad, depending how one views the athletic “bonus” for college admission—one of my sons did play NCAA Division 1 for his sport at a college he’d normally not been admitted to, but he got great grades there anyway).
Shapiro is entitled to his own views (of course). I try not to criticize his stuff just because I differ in some small ways. I think Shapiro is a strong advocate for Judaism. Which is great. But I think I have heard him express some anti-Christian views (I don’t think he likes the Bible Belt). Also, he just isn’t a strong Trump supporter. He is a little weasely, in my opinion, about rudeness, or Twitter, or comments about Women, or whatever. Shapiro seems eager to announce “I, too, am offended ...” and I just think he should support what he supports which throwing in some fairly gratuitous comment to show how righteous he is.
Thanks for the info, much appreciated.
It’s personal. Newman has a transgendered daughter (whatever that means) man to woman or woman to man?
Or will the WNBA welcome transgenders with open arms?
You Wrote: “Can someone explain why these self-described feminists want to destroy women’s sports?”
My response: I was going to ask & I will ask:
Why do feminist hate women? Is it misogyny?
You have to keep in mind equality to Democrats simply means control.
He is not a Trump supporter.
He's a sharp guy with a quick mind but his lukewarm support of Trump reminds of the establishment GOP RINOs who say Trump is finished and they are the future of the Republican party. People like Romney, Flake, Sasse, Collins, Murkowski, Cheney, Haley, Toomey, Kristol, Lowry, et. al.
They are mistaken. Trump is the leader and future of the Republican Party.
They all have the right to dismiss Trump as a loser and dangerous to the country and the Republican Party and vote to impeach him because of their hatred for him for his instigation of the Capitol "insurrection" but I am not sure where they think they are going to get their voters from.
The 80 million+ Trump supporters sure aren't going to vote for them.
IN THE RACE FOR HOUSE SEATS EVERYONE RUNNING UNDER THE DEMON-O-CRAT LABEL VOTED FOR THESE TWO ISSUES
ABORTION FUNDING SUPPORT AND THIS. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE USED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES BUT WAS NOT
FORCE Schools To Let Male Athletes Compete In Girls’ Sports...Any Dem congressman who didn’t support this got kicked out by holding their primary in remapped districts.This effort by those in control of the demo party shpould have been used to demonstrate where that party is coming from. Why weren’t those votes an issue in this 2020 campaign by the Republicans ? Not just where this occurred but nationally?
.. Democratic candidate for America’s Vice President California and likely presidential replacement Sen. Kamala Harris sponsored a Senate bill that would that would force funding public schools to allow biologically male athletes who identify as transgender on girls’ sports teams.
In March 2019, Harris cosponsored the Equality Act, which would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . Among other things, the bill would force public schools to expand female athletic teams to include biological males who identify as transgender girls
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3873820/posts
.Also did this http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3877896/posts and this http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3880192/posts
.. HERE’S HOW THEY TREATED CONSERVATIVE CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS WHO DONT SUPPORT FUNDING STUFF LIKE THIS
.. And why there is no such thing as a Conservative Dem in Congress An example is Illinois 3rd district
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Todays Democrats weren’t happy with this father William O Lipinski then sucessor son Daniel also votes against abortion and then be the only congressional democrat to vote NO on allowing men to to call themselves a women and compete with women in college sports. To stop this the demoncrats decided to remap his district of areas which supported him for the 2020 primary.
The ward (the 23rd) and the congressional district formerly the 5th which they changed into being the 3rd Illinois congressional by taking ward areas which had areas dominated by hispanic fore names and placed them into the Louis Gutierez district.
In the reshaped 3rd Congressional district primary Daniel Lipinski lost because of this redistricting. Of a district which had previously included adjacent Chicago city wards to his 23rd. which was “re-mapped in 2012 after former alderman and ward committeeman now congressman William O Lipinski annouced his retirement and wanted his son for his congressional replacement .
The remap was replacing ward boundaries of the 14th known as the stockyards which had experienced extensive demographic changes. They chopped up and placed sections of streets and blocks that were not only in the 23rd but the of adjacent 12th and 15th wards and made them the 14th ward
Now because Chicago alderman oversee routing of such things as garbage collections and getting city services . Some have complained of seeing rodents since as well as complained of poor road maintenance on their block. Because with this remap if your residence was in one ward your neighbor across the street or a block down is might be in another ward
.. The 5th was a district in the 1950’s which was a part of the third largest school district in the country run by the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. Those city wards were primarily composed of dozens of traditional value family oriented Catholic/Christian communities centered around their churches and their schools. Hence opposed to funding such things as abortion and LGBT activities rather for issues that dealt exclusively with city issues such as a subway L service and the Stevenson Expressway.
These Wards once were reliable supporters of Dan’s father, William O Lipinski. But after the 2012 redistricting the number of precincts in the 23rd were cut back to 39 and even their ward headquarters location was stuck in another ward.
And where many wards had areas with Hispanic last names those areas were redistricted and assigned to the Louis Gutieriez’s district. In areas where buildings were abandoned affected by the no money down home mortgages or had changed because of this. The ward such as the 14th known as Back of The Yards because of the former stock yards which has since relocated was remapped to include portions of other wards mainly the 23rd which Those results actually tear up the concept of a neighborhood and pit people against each other by using division.
In some of those wards areas of city blocks which were zoned exclusively for single family dwellings residents suddenly found their neighborhood having houses torn down and being replaced with multiple apartments with the units not required to furnish parking facilities and many renters were illegals. Much of which fit the plans for the suburbs
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3881650/posts
http://www.theusmat.com/mdwbea.htm
It’s because they aren’t actual feminists like the suffragettes trying to get the vote and fair treatment for women. They are neo-Marxists who believe they can use women to help bring down Judeo-Christian Capitalist Western Civilization by working to make women feel aggrieved and inclined toward left-wing political activism. At the moment, however, neo-Marxists see trans people as a better tool to use to bring down Capitalism so actual women’s issues are getting shunted to the side. Once you realize that a huge chunk of the current feminists aren’t actually feminists, then it all makes sense.
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