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California Proposes Jail Time for Using the Wrong Pronoun for Transgenders
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Posted on 08/17/2017 9:27:38 AM PDT by TigerClaws

California is on its way to passing a new law that makes it illegal to call transgender senior citizens a pronoun they don't like. For example, if an elderly person who was born male and lives in a long-term care facility wishes to be called "her" or "she," the workers there had better do it or face the consequences. The proposed law would even apply to Christian facilities.

SB 219, titled the "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Long-Term Care Facility Resident's Bill of Rights," states, "It shall be unlawful for a long-term care facility or facility staff to.... willfully and repeatedly fail to use a resident's preferred name or pronouns after being clearly informed of the preferred name or pronouns." It imposes fines and jail time on any long-term care employee who refuses to use transgender pronouns. Fines for repeat offenders could be as high as $1,000 and a jail term of up to a year.

The bill will also mandate bathrooms and rooming situations be designated by gender identity and not biological sex. There are no exemptions for long term care facilities run by religious institutions who integrate their beliefs about gender into their policies and practices.

Critics of the law fought against it. California Family Council's Greg Burt testified before the California Assembly Judiciary Committee saying, "How can you believe in free speech, but think the government can compel people to use certain pronouns when talking to others?" He added, "Compelled speech is not free speech. Can the government compel a newspaper to use certain pronouns that aren't even in the dictionary? Of course not, or is that coming next?"

"Those proposing this bill are saying, 'If you disagree with me about my view of gender, you are discriminating against me,'" Burt continued. "This is not tolerance. This is not love. This is not mutual respect. True tolerance tolerates people with different views. We need to treat each other with respect, but respect is a two-way street. It is not respectful to threaten people with punishment for having sincerely held beliefs that differ from your own."

Despite Burt's objections, the measure, which is sponsored by the group Equality California and authored by San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener, sailed through committee without even one vote against it.

If this bill sounds familiar, perhaps it's because Canada's Senate overwhelmingly passed similar legislation last month. The Canadian transgender rights bill adds "gender expression" and "gender identity" to Canada's Human Rights Code and to the Criminal Code's hate crime section.

Critics argued the law is a threat to freedom of expression and legalizes false ideas about gender. They also worried that people who denied this gender theory could be charged with hate crimes, fined, jailed, and compelled to undergo anti-bias training.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; it; its; language; liberalfascism; thing
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To: TigerClaws

Calling them fruits and weirdos is always appropriate.


21 posted on 08/17/2017 9:38:30 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

No. That is one of Alinsky’s rules. “Never let up. Never rest. Not for a moment.”


22 posted on 08/17/2017 9:39:04 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: simpson96

you do this the rest homes will become sewers because most of those willing to work there will be predators. there because they are unhireable in other areas. for most low end users of old folks homes the quality of care will go down.


23 posted on 08/17/2017 9:39:12 AM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: TigerClaws

I refuse to visit that piece of crap place. I feel for some who live there and can’t escape.


24 posted on 08/17/2017 9:39:30 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: TigerClaws

The Left has got to go.

Free people cannot coexist with this vermin.


25 posted on 08/17/2017 9:40:06 AM PDT by chris37 (Donald J. Trump, Tom Brady, The Patriots... American Destiny!)
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To: TigerClaws

“You want me to call you what? No. But I will call you either ‘freak’, ‘pervert’, ‘idiot’ or ‘nutcase’ ... which do you least prefer?”


26 posted on 08/17/2017 9:40:38 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: TigerClaws

Commiefornia.


27 posted on 08/17/2017 9:41:54 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: TigerClaws

But remember folks, “white supremacists” are the real problem.


28 posted on 08/17/2017 9:42:58 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (Bring back lords and kings)
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To: TigerClaws

Fine.  Let's forget the pronouns and identify everyone by their Sex chromasomes:  XX, XY, Other.  Easily verified with a simple a blood test.

29 posted on 08/17/2017 9:43:58 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: JBW1949

‘Freak’?
‘Wierdo’?
‘Broken monkey’?


30 posted on 08/17/2017 9:45:14 AM PDT by glasseye
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To: TigerClaws

Will that be $1000 or up to one year in jail for EACH count? Will each utterance be a separate offense?

“It, It, It, It, It, It...” a 30-year offense (theoretically, of course)?


31 posted on 08/17/2017 9:46:26 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: TigerClaws

Great 20 more years of monthly Obamacare checks to insurers and what.. 10 stimulus packages for union bailouts. Big spenders.


32 posted on 08/17/2017 9:47:43 AM PDT by momincombatboots (White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
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To: LIConFem; TigerClaws
"Is there any way we can light a fire under the CalExit movement?"

Yes. Support the State of Jefferson.

One bonus is +2 (R) Senators.

33 posted on 08/17/2017 9:48:50 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: TigerClaws

You don’t see this type of crap happening to the Spanish language. The Mexicans would not tolerate that.


34 posted on 08/17/2017 9:49:33 AM PDT by forgotten man
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To: TigerClaws

No matter if one whacks off its pecker and grow some tits his DNA and His pelvis will still prove it to be a male


35 posted on 08/17/2017 9:50:49 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: TigerClaws

No matter if one whacks off its pecker and grow some tits his DNA and His pelvis will still prove it to be a male


36 posted on 08/17/2017 9:51:18 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: forgotten man

Ever watch a soccer game involving the Mexican National Team.

Whenever there’s a goal kick the crowd yells in unison “PUTO!” which is considered a homophobic slur.

They keep trying to tell them to stop doing it, but to no avail.


37 posted on 08/17/2017 9:52:43 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: TigerClaws

Federal courts....


38 posted on 08/17/2017 9:54:38 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: TigerClaws

Is “freak” considered a wrong pronoun?


39 posted on 08/17/2017 9:54:43 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: TigerClaws

Vale, miser malus vir. Semper latinam dico.


40 posted on 08/17/2017 9:57:01 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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