Posted on 03/15/2005 8:00:30 PM PST by The Great Yazoo
by Scott Ott
(2005-03-15) -- A San Francisco County judge, who yesterday struck down California's ban on homosexual marriage, today ruled on the same basis that separate restrooms for men and women are unconstitutional.
Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer likened the division of washrooms to laws requiring racial segregation in schools, and said there appears to be "no rational purpose for denying women access to men's facilities and vice versa."
"The state's protracted denial of equal protection cannot be justified simply because such constitutional violation has become traditional," Judge Kramer wrote. "The court finds that the legal principle of lavatorio proportio [potty parity] offers inadequate protections. In practice, it leaves women stranded in line while men swiftly accomplish their objectives. Beyond practicality, the idea that you can bar access to some citizens from restrooms which are open to others smacks of a concept long rejected by the courts -- separate but equal."
The decision was hailed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Organization for Women (NOW).
"This ruling offers recognition that men and women are not only equal, but identical," said a spokesman at a joint ACLU-NOW news conference. "The bigoted era of sex descrimination is over. From now on, the United States is one gender, under God, indivisible."
That ain't no penumbra that's emanating from that stall...
I'd gladly lower a womens seat for her if she is waiting. It's kinda kin to opening a door for a lady.
PLEASE tell me this is a joke!
PLEASE!!!!!
Ya gotta make this idiot peeing sitting down in order for him to learn the difference between men and women. SIGH...
It's not just hugh, it's series! And, it's from Scrapppleface!!
Guess what they're up to? Just guess where this is coming from......
From another article about gender-neutral bathrooms...
>>>>>>start insanity<<<<<<<
On a quest for a restroom less gender specific
Political epiphanies can occur in unexpected places. For Riki Dennis, a 35-year-old humanities student who is transsexual, it was the women's room at a rest stop on Highway 101 north of Santa Barbara.
"The boyfriend hit me, even in mellow California," said Dennis, who was in the early stages of becoming female when she was assaulted by a stranger after using the women's room. "I said, 'Sir, I have no designs on your girlfriend,'" she explained. "I just want to use the bathroom."
Dennis, whose lowish voice is now the lone betrayal of her birth gender, is a foot soldier on a new political frontier: the campaign to establish gender-neutral bathrooms in public places.
>>>>>>>>>>>snip<<<<<<<<<<<
In the Bay Area, advocates of gender-neutral bathrooms are beginning to make themselves heard. Last month, they pressed the board of supervisors of Alameda County to adopt a resolution forbidding discrimination in public facilities, including restrooms, based on gender identity. Alameda County was the home of Eddie "Gwen" Araujo, a 17-year-old transgender high school student who was murdered in 2002.
"You can be sure that stalkers and peeping toms will take full advantage of this change," said Catherine Norman, 54, a substitute teacher from Fremont. She added, "Bathrooms are about biology, not perceived gender."
http://www.insidebayarea.com/bayarealiving/ci_2606873
Eeeeew. I want some warning. When I'm in a stall, I want all the feet pointing the same direction as mine. Ok, except for the very young boys brought in by their moms/grandmas.
Devil Dogs!
Ditto that. Me, too.
I really don't believe that the vast majority of women find it acceptable to share the intimacy of a public toilet with strange men.
yeah,...can you just imagine Fenway , Yankee Stadium or any other sports venue,...halfway thru the event the ladies would have that judge by the shorthairs
Strange men? How about any men!
Most men don't know that women.... fart.... or so we think....
OH my this is hilarious. Unfortunately, this humor piece could one day come true (or fortunately if you are a pervert).
The piece is satire
I have learned from my mistakes. Always check where the article is posted...:) This one is in humor.
My policy is to head in at full gallop and worry about details after the fact. ;O)
Read my post #26..... go to the link.....
This is not pure sarcasm....
There are groups trying to pass laws for Gender Neutral Restrooms.
A couple weeks ago, I walked into the bathroom and there were girls changing in there....in the guy's bathroom in plain view! That was an interesting experience, needless to say, not one you see on a Christian college much since, well, girls do NOT use wing bathrooms in the male dorm and vice versa. You are supposed to use the guest bathroom in the lobby.
Gender-neutral bathrooms are just a bad idea.
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