“Who would have thought the government would have so much power over us that they could change our bathroom habits and endanger women and children in the process.”
I don’t think there has been any federal legislation nor executive orders that dictates who must be allowed to enter a restroom within a retail store.
Instead, for what ever reason, and likely to their own detriment, retail stores such as Target, Whole Foods, Starbucks, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue and Barnes & Noble have all announced that customers are welcome to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with.
These are private businesses making business decisions without directives from the federal government.
Yes, the federal government exerts too much power, but for now, who can use a restroom is not a power that they have exercised.
Today the Obama Justice Department warned North Carolina state officials that their state stands to lose millions of dollars in federal funds unless they change a measure limiting access to bathrooms for transgender people. In a letter to Gov. Pat McCrory, DOJ contends that they and North Carolina would be in violation of federal civil rights law if the bill passes. According to the Justice Department, the state law violates federal law under Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex. The Obama administration says that with the passage of House Bill...