Posted on 11/05/2015 6:13:58 PM PST by springwater13
Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon and Republican presidential candidate, suggested in an interview Thursday that the U.S. should have bathrooms specifically for people who are transgender.
Carson was responding to questions about a recent ordinance in Houston that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people. Voters rejected the ordinance after an 18-month battle in which opponents argued that allowing transgender men and women to use their preferred public bathrooms would open the door to sexual predators who wanted to enter women's restrooms.
Carson's response: "How about we have a transgender bathroom?"
"It is not fair for them to make everybody else uncomfortable," he said. "It's one of the things that I don't particularly like about the [LGBT] movement. I think everybody has equal rights, but I'm not sure that anybody should have extra rights--extra rights when it comes to redefining everything for everybody else and imposing your view on everybody else."
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Where’s the beef?
Whoever decides they need to cater to homosexuals. It’s on them.
Ben has gone liberal!!! that is what this is all about...he has been liberal all the time, trying to knock Trump out...all planned by the GOPe....
We have been wondering what is going on, well here it is!!!
He’s behind Hillary and the GOPe....
Will they pay the thousands of dollars I'll have to pay workmen to do the work and buy materials? What about lost business due to construction?
Just a dumb-ass idea. Too many see the role of society is to regulate every minuscule aspect of behavior, and don't stop to think for a few seconds that the government can only force and compel. Resist and die, comply and obey and go out of business.
*Current: Male/Female; Future: Male/T-Male/Female/T-Female
Why in Gods name did you hire someone so F’s up you couldn’t tell what they were in the first place?
He’s like that feather in Forrest Gump just flitting all over the place whichever way the wind blows.
I’m starting to wonder if he has multiple personality disorder.
That would explain the closed eyes-switching over to another personality.
That’s all well and good, but what I want to know is: why did you hire so many revolting people?
How bout we go to “Church” on Saturday too.
Carson the cultist is a JOKE.
This years black pizza guy Herman Cain.
http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2015/11/04/ben-carson-stumbles-on-cuba-questions/
A declining number of Southerners can attest to the cost and inconvenience of building and maintaining two sets of restrooms, as required by law.
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Carson is an idiot. So now we have to have special bathrooms for faggots who like to dress as girls?
My question to Dr. Carson is: “Will these bathrooms have attendants?” /s
Surely our Government would create a NEW Dept of attendants.
No, best this come out now rather than in office. Let him fry himself. The only people still on board are moderates anyway. At best.
This would be a big deal for businesses,costing billions to accommodate a relatively rare psychiatric condition.
Carson, that’s plain crazy talk. It means architectural mandates worth $100 billion.
Saw a public bathroom the other day simply labeled “Bathroom”. One person room with a lock on the door. Handicap compliant, had a changing tray for dealing with baby’s diapers and plenty of room so mom could go in with kids. Don’t know why that wouldn’t work everywhere or is that too simple?
Obviously wouldn’t work in sports venue areas or schools but should be fine for retail establishments.
Carson really says some off the wall stuff some times.
It’s not really a dumb idea...what he was trying to do was wiggle out of a question where if he answered truthfully, it would erupt a firestorm on him.
I would prefer the answer; that they should “use the can that is assigned to their sex”. He should have said the idea of “gender” is absurd. Nobody has a gender, they have a sex....male or female.
This was a take-down question, and Carson tried “not so artfully” to dodge it.
Love that sign!
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