Posted on 05/14/2016 7:08:31 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The Obama administration’s directive on the use of school bathrooms by transgender students has provoked a torrent of criticism. It also marks a new front in America’s long-running culture wars.
The latest battle over transgender rights and sexual identity comes in response to a joint letter Friday from the Departments of Education and Justice directing public schools to ensure that “transgender students enjoy a supportive and nondiscriminatory school environment.” […]
The Obama administration directive goes beyond the bathroom issue to touch on privacy rights, education records and sex-segregated athletics. And that has unleashed a fierce backlash from ministers, parents and politicians who say the federal government has gone too far.
The joint letter, of course, does not carry the force of law. The threat of a cut in federal funding, however, is abundantly clear. …
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Well, it was part of the plan
I like how Josh Earnest advanced the premise that this was NOT the regime forcing this down everyone’s throat.
No, they were just issuing guidance in response to the many serious inquiries they have received on this issue.
I’d like to see an SNL skit on who was asking about this and why.
“Which bathroom should I use? I’d better contact the White House...”
Or how many should I build into this school? Again, I guess I should contact the White House...
Simple questions: what studies were done, what panel of experts was consulted, did Obama meet with parents? Did he even meet with transgenders? Before the president sent out an absolutely nuts nationwide order affecting little kids in bathrooms and showers??
SKA-REW...the “federal funds”.
They’re bribing you with your own money.
The fed funding threat will cease to exist in a few short months...
Hmmm. So guidance now carries the weight of law? Don’t think so. What’s d.c. gonna do with the federal funding they threaten to withhold for non compliance?
And while we’re at it....SKA-REW the union-thug educRATs. They’re only stealing your money and not educating the kids.
If anything they’re indoctrinating them to be good little socialist morons.
Good timing....
Trump can use this as an excellent reason to close the Federal Dept of Education and send school control BACK to the individual states...
Someone needs to get Obama out of our bathrooms.
It would also help to control spending if we could eliminate the Teachers Unions....
I can only think of two off the top of my head; one in Jakarta and another in Chicago.
Did he even meet with transgenders? …
All of this crap for .3% of the population. And most of them don’t care one way or the other.
This is just crazy.
We have no intelligent discussion in this country. I hear nothing from republicans.
There is a simple answer to this. Transgenders frequently say even though they “change” their gender ID they don’t change who they are attracted to. Bruce Jenner is just the latest to say this. He still wants women. I’ve seen this in countless documentaries about transgenders.
So your daughter is NOT safe in a shower with a transgender. They still have male genitals and they still want the girls.
But of course Obama didn’t need to worry about little details like that.
I don’t want to go into the boy’s bathroom and find Michelle O in there.
I don’t want to go anywhere and find her there.
Obama will not push Texans around. FUBHO.
Worst president in the history of the US. And with Jimmy that is saying something. The crazy people are definitely in charge of this nation.
“Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.”The GOP wing of the Uniparty will be happy to suppress everything resembling intelligent discussion, never mind common sense.
— Communist goal No. 15
OK Freepers, does anyone think this eventually will just get enforced? Like we now have 50 state undisputed ‘gay marriage’ around 15-20 years after I recall starting to first hear about the concept of ‘gay marriage.’ This insanity is no more insane than ‘gay marriage.’
Is this the cultural enormity that is beatable? Or will it just get imposed, like ‘gay marriage’ has? What do you think?
Freegards
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