It should be up to the states to decide this stuff.
Honestly, I hope the Presidential candidates just leave this alone.
Republicans are being painted by this type of stuff. It is bad for the party, and we continually walk right into these traps.
Its a stupid strawman. I wish we republicans would call it what it is.
Agree. Anyone running for President should just say ‘it is one of a multitude of issues that should be decided by each state’. Period. No more dividing people by ridiculous social issues.
And that is why it is thrown out there
Unfortunately in some places country slow really is stupid
“It should be up to the states to decide this stuff.
Honestly, I hope the Presidential candidates just leave this alone.
Republicans are being painted by this type of stuff. It is bad for the party, and we continually walk right into these traps.
Its a stupid strawman. I wish we republicans would call it what it is.”
It should be up to the states to determine the parameters of marriage, and whether one must buy insurance, and if certain drugs should be legal, and so on and so on....but increasingly it isn’t left to states.
Sine the left is unwilling to allow states to determine these issues, we fight with one hand tied behind our back when we restrain ourselves with a respect for Federalism.
Corporations (and even other state governments like California) that want to “wage war” on social conservatives need to have it handed back in spades. Tax them, cut them off from markets in certain states while giving their competitors special tax benefits. @#$ dammit, get mad! But definitely do not just “leave this issue alone.”
Its a stupid strawman. I wish we republicans would call it what it is.
Exactly...
Transgender population is under 1% between .3 and .5 percent of the population...
The chance of meeting a transgender person is remote at best and even more remote in a public bathroom...
It seems like the main concern are child molesters and pedophiles using the law to ply their sickness is overstated...
Sure it's possible, by these people tend to prey on family members and people they know, not in a public bathroom...
Which in most cases would be a quick trip to jail...
It shouldn't even be a state issue, much less a Federal one. Establishments should operate their bathrooms as they see fit for their operation.
Why do Republicans always get suckered into these sorts of no-win issues at election time?
Exactly.
Right where it belongs, at the state level.
Way beneath the president, and it just lends to more federal oversight.
A distraction for the presidential campaign.
“Honestly, I hope the Presidential candidates just leave this alone.”
Trump played this the smart way (I hope). Just say “I really don’t care” to shut them up. We have bigger fish to fry. I kind of hope Cruz does the same. I’m not saying to forget about social issues (keep pushing against the pro-abortion psychopaths ... we are winning that battle in public opinion though we still have a hell of a political fight there). If we win the big issues, we’ll win the social issues.
“Its a stupid strawman. I wish we republicans would call it what it is.”
Agreed. They use these issues to raise cash their selves though, too ... the problem is that the Dems can make these idiotic “problems” national issues. Only a few conservatives will benefit.
I already see the Dems dragging out one of Obama’s interns that decided he was a she (Libs on Facebook all seem to post identical stuff on cue ... it’s both hilarious and scary). Of course, he’s all made up to look like a woman. I’m sure if you saw him in real life, he’d look like a walking mental case.
At any rate, this will probably be Hillary’s Winneford Skinner this campaign season since they have nothing of substance to run on. They gotta go and start “War on Women II : That’s Not Your Real Privates, But We Couldn’t Care Less Cause We Got Power To Seize And Almost Half This Country Eats This Garbage Up!”. I guess you could call it “War on Women I : Rise of the Fake Women”.
Yes, it should be up to the states.
Federalism would solve a lot of problems this nation faces.