[Princip. Conservative]

Sad, really. This kind of pandering is so sickening to the soul. Sad that Governor Douglas, a Republican, is planning to sign it. However, Douglas has stood for what's right on a few issues and does have some moral standing in this otherwise wack-job state.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

The "Peoples Republic of San Francisco" has now officially been equaled by the "Peoples Republic of Vermont"

[marvlus]

This from a state that has some of the most lenient child abuse laws in the country, if not the world.

[cripplecreek]

My dog seems to have a few gender identity confusions so I hope someone comes along and passes a law banning owners of pets with gender identity issues discrimination.

[hsalaw]

discrimination against people based on their gender identity or expression

What the hell is "gender identity or expression"?

[goldstategop]

Civil rights protections for cross-dressers and sexual perverts. That is indeed social progress. We've gone down, down, down a loooooooooooong waaaaay, baby!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[<1/1,000,000th%]

So in Vermont, men can use the women's bathrooms?

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Creating another specially privileged victim group that can whine and complain over nothing and get innocent people fired.

[headstamp]

"Man" "Woman" "Shim"

[NewHampshireDuo]

Wasn't this proposed for NYC and they found so many unintended consequences that it got nixed?

[w1andsodidwe]

Does this mean that when someone robs a bank, we will no longer be told of the gender of the person that did? Just a person with brown eyes and 6 foot tall. Go find it.

[Kenton]

"But... but officer, I'm a lesbian locked in a man's body!"

[kennyo]

I would have no problem with the endless list of endangered species,as long as the "anti-discrimination" legislation had as it's object the government entity which passed it.This was the intent of the original laws.To attempt to extend "anti-discrimination" laws to private persons or businesses is tyranny.

[the invisib1e hand]

"This bill has nothing — absolutely nothing — to do with morality...

out of the mouths of babes...

if you treat people with dignity, no matter how wierd they are, you should be OK.