I think this is unfortunate because in spite of her father’s horrible stranglehold on Illinois politics and thus progress, Lisa Magigan has been a pretty decent attorney general. Trying to be fair...
But I skimmed over the brief and it seems the main argument is that transgeneder people are suffering from discrimination, and there is no reason not to accommodate their needs this way. The fear that sexual assaults or other traumatic injury will occur is deemed “speculative” and they claim there’s no cost impact such as Texas is claiming (i.e. building new bathrooms).
This “speculative” argument may be true but it’s specious. Suppose I say that it’s speculative that putting a stop sign up at a busy intersection will save lives, and block it’s installation. A child gets killed and then it’s no longer speculative. Does a smart woman like Madigan really want us to wait until children suffer trauma and are damaged for life before she will accept that boys in girls bathrooms is a bad idea?
I am in total agreement with your analysis.
The legislature should move to eliminate private restrooms in all government buildings and order them opened for public use. No doubt Lisa has a private restroom proximate to her office as a perk of her position. That is patently unfair and discriminatory.
[I think this is unfortunate because in spite of her father’s horrible stranglehold on Illinois politics and thus progress, Lisa Magigan has been a pretty decent attorney general. Trying to be fair...]
The General Assembly already adopted SR1752, a non-binding Senate Resolution condemning the General Assemblies of North Carolina and Mississippi in regard to upholding the usage of men and women’s multi-use bathrooms according to biological sex.
Madigan, the Democrat core, (approximately 5 legislators who craft evil legislation), and LGBT insiders are probably crafting Illinois Transgender Bathroom Laws right now.
In your skimming of the brief could you determine if she was recommending that all boys and girls be allowed to use the other bathroom or shower, or only those identifying as transgender. In which case it might be one child in a whole school who would also be pre-identified and granted permission.