Posted on 08/20/2021 11:26:15 AM PDT by Maudeen
An Illinois Appellate Court just ruled that Hobby Lobby violated the Illinois Human Rights Act by refusing to allow a male employee who masquerades as a woman and goes by the name of “Meggan Renee” Sommerville to use the women’s restroom. If this decision is not appealed and overturned, it will mean the end of sex-separated private spaces in all companies in Illinois, including stores and restaurants.
Mark Thomas Sommerville was hired as the man he is and always will be by Hobby Lobby in 1998. In 2009, he began cross-sex hormone-doping to conceal his biological sex, and in 2010, he began cross-dressing. That same year, he legally changed his name and obtained a falsified driver’s license and Social Security card that wrongly identify his sex as female. He also “formally informed Hobby Lobby of her [sic] transition and her [sic] intent to begin using the women’s bathroom at the store.”
Hobby Lobby, justifiably and wisely, told him he could not use the women’s bathroom that was available to both female employees and female customers. Hobby Lobby, however, foolishly changed Sommerville’s personnel records and benefits information to reflect his “gender identity” rather than his sex.
Despite Hobby Lobby’s restroom directive, the self-absorbed Sommerville continued to use the women’s restrooms which resulted in Sommerville being written up. After “breaking down in tears,” he sashayed over to Illinois’ leftist Human Rights Commission to file a complaint. The Chicago Tribune reported,
The commission found Hobby Lobby violated the Illinois Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity in both workplaces and places of public accommodation, such as public restrooms. The commission determined that the company owed Sommerville $220,000 in damages, at the time the highest amount ever awarded by the commission for emotional distress.
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Never ever leave your children unattended.
Human Rights Act.
Baloney.
Misnomer if I ever heard one.
Perv wants into the girls bathroom
Good, hope all the girls get mad as hell and go ballistic on the politicos for that
First time he grabs one that’ll be the big explosion
“...a male employee who masquerades as a woman...”
How did a company like Hobby Lobby end up with this goofball in the first place? A ‘plant’ from Southern Poverty Law or some similar organization?
Or was Hobby Lobby threatened with a different lawsuit if they didn’t hire him/her in the first place?
Also - no pictures, Please! *SNORT*
Justice Gorsuch agrees with the perversity celebrating crowd.
It’s looking like the hand basket has made the last curve in its descent into Hell.
Yes, Hell is a real place. It is not a fictitious grave called “hades.”
And, yes. I HAD to look:
Another west coast plague headed east. They have mandated these for years here in Washington. The leading proponent was the YMCA,I kid you not. Search Kitsap County YMCA and bathroom policy and read and weep for what’s coming to your state.
What could go wrong? (Extreme sarcasm)
WTF is wrong with the judge, may be a sexual predator??
The mentally ill imposing their derangement on you is not a “human right”.
Hobby Lobby should close all their stores in Illinois.
I bet the Afghan refugees will find him desirable
Best way to resolve the issue, close all the stores in the state, and put the burden on the state to help the now former employees.
i hope all the girls go ballistic and beat the eff out of such pervs to the point where they think twice before trying the same stunt again. I can tell you, if my daughter is in the bathroom somewhere and this happens, my wife will probably end such a person.
A private company has the right to remove anyone from their property.
Another way to resolve the issue is if a female employee or customer files charges for sexual assault against the freak, and then file a separate civil suit against each member of the commission.
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