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Lynch: States Can't 'Insist' a Man is a Man and a Woman is a Woman, If Person Feels Otherwise
CNS ^ | May 10, 2016 | Susan Jones

Posted on 05/10/2016 4:22:44 PM PDT by xzins

The U.S. Justice Department is putting the feelings of transgenders -- men who think they are women and women who think they are men -- above the privacy rights of the vast majority of people who don't contest the biological facts of who they actually are.

"And what we must not do, what we must never do, is turn on our neighbors, our family members, our fellow Americans for something that they cannot control and deny what makes them human," Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Monday.

"[N]one of us can stand by when a state enters the business of legislating identity and insists that a person pretend to be something or someone that they are not."

But Lynch was referring to people who, in fact, are pretending to be something that -- biologically -- they are not. A man "identifying" as a woman is not a biological woman. And likewise, a woman "identifying" as a man is not a biological man. Until now, that is, when the federal government has determined that biological facts matter less than wishes and feelings.

Lynch announced a federal civil rights lawsuit against North Carolina because of the state's new law (HB-2), which requires transgender people in public facilities to use the restrooms consistent with their sex "as noted at birth," rather than the restrooms that fit their "gender identity."

"We are seeking a court order declaring HB-2's restroom restriction impermissibly discriminatory, as well as a statewide bar on its enforcement," Lynch announced. She said the Justice Department also retains the option of "curtailing federal funding to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety and the University of North Carolina as this case proceeds."

This came hours after North Carolina sued the Justice Department "for their radical reinterpretation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which would prevent plaintiffs from protecting the bodily privacy rights of state employees while accommodating the needs of transgendered state employees."

Lynch accused North Carolina and its leaders of creating "state-sponsored discrimination against transgender individuals, who simply seek to engage in the most private of functions in a place of safety and security, a right taken for granted by most of us."

(Much of the outcry over this issue comes from people who are not confused about their gender "as noted at birth," and who also "simply seek to engage in the most private of functions in a place of safety and security." Many women, in particular, object to sharing restrooms with men who supposedly "identify" as women.)

Lynch said the federal civil rights lawsuit "is about a great deal more than bathrooms."

She even invoked the nation's "founding ideals," although it's unlikely that the nation's Founders ever envisioned the concept of "gender identity" as being open to interpretation.

In fact, the law invoked by Lynch -- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- does not explicitly include gender identity in its list of protected bases. It bars discrimination on the basis of "sex," a term that has been stretched over the years to include gender identity.

"This is about the dignity and the respect that we accord our fellow citizens and the laws that we as a people and as a country have enacted to protect them, indeed, to protect all of us," Lynch said on Monday.

"And it's about the founding ideals that have led to this country haltingly, but inexorably, in the direction of fairness, inclusion, and equality for all Americans."

Lynch said North Carolina's "discriminatory" response to transgenders is no different than discrimination against blacks and homosexuals.

"Now, some of these responses reflect a recognizably human fear of the unknown and a discomfort with the uncertainty of change. But this is not a time to act out of fear. This is a time to summon our national virtues of inclusivity, of diversity, of compassion and open- mindedness.

"And what we must not do, what we must never do is turn on our neighbors, our family members, our fellow Americans for something that they cannot control and deny what makes them human.

"And this is why none of us can stand by when a state enters the business of legislating identity and insists that a person pretend to be something or someone that they are not or invents a problem that does not exist as a pretext for discrimination and harassment."

Addressing her fellow North Carolinians, Lynch refuted those who say the bathroom law protects vulnerable populations (children and women) from harm (sexual predators posing as transgenders to get into the ladies' room).

"That is just not the case," she insisted. "Instead, what this law does is inflict further indignity on a population that has already suffered far more than its fair share.

"This law provides no benefit to society, and all it does is harm innocent Americans. And instead of turning away from our neighbors, our friends, and our colleagues, let us instead learn from our history and avoid repeating the mistakes of our past."


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2016election; absurdity; bhodoj; bhohomosexualagenda; election2016; hillaryclinton; hitlery; homosexualagenda; liberalfascism; lie; lorettalynch; lynch; northcarolina; truth; unisex
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To: xzins

A pox on ‘em.

Which is probably what will happen in the long run.


101 posted on 05/10/2016 7:14:15 PM PDT by luvie ( "Where the vision is lost, the people perish"-Proverbs 29:18)
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To: Mashood
Hey Loretta...if I feel like an olive...do I still have to pay my taxes?

That is a very good point. I suspect that someone who feels that they are not obligated for some reason to pay taxes often has logically about the same basis for their belief as someone who "feels" like they are another sex.

And what about people who feel they are really animals, or mythical creatures? The last time I looked unicorns and lions didn't need to pay taxes.

102 posted on 05/10/2016 7:14:52 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: Lizavetta

Yep. The party of science says life begins magically when you are delivered and only if you are wanted. The party of science says you can choose your sex. How scientific!


103 posted on 05/10/2016 7:27:13 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: xzins

Hey, Loretta. I feel that Texas is now an independent sovereign republic.


104 posted on 05/10/2016 7:27:17 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: xzins

We need an Article V convention just to give Ms. Lynch an education in just what the States can do.


105 posted on 05/10/2016 7:28:42 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: xzins

What if everyone ELSE identifies Hillary as a man? There goes the “woman card.”


106 posted on 05/10/2016 7:40:23 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: exDemMom
But now I can insist that I am a tall, shapely blond, I have a beautiful singing voice, and I’m a very talented gymnast.

Careful with that. Someone's liable to start pestering you for your phone number...

107 posted on 05/10/2016 7:43:53 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: xzins

Bttt!


108 posted on 05/10/2016 7:44:40 PM PDT by Pagey (HELL is The 2nd Term of a POTUS who is a MALICIOUS DIVIDER of humans)
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To: stockpirate
NC needs to self identify as Texas

My God! That's *it*!

Evidently Cruz "self-identifies" as President.

109 posted on 05/10/2016 7:45:01 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: xzins

We have fallen through the Looking Glass, and the Red Queens are declaring the law.


110 posted on 05/10/2016 7:50:47 PM PDT by csn vinnie
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To: Psalm 144

I am getting up in the morning as the female Attorney General of the United States of America. I have to be respected.


111 posted on 05/10/2016 7:55:15 PM PDT by taterjay
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To: xzins
Some people think they're cats... and tattoo themselves appropriately.

The Lynch woman's such a lightweight that if asked she'll demand kitty litter be put in all bathrooms - covered by Civil Rights laws....

What an embarrassment...

112 posted on 05/10/2016 8:15:05 PM PDT by GOPJ ("What the hell is "conservative" about uncontrolled immigration and corporate trade pacts?")
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To: VanDeKoik

As a young boy I wanted to feel a girl, not feel like a girl!


113 posted on 05/10/2016 8:33:09 PM PDT by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: xzins

An “innie” = woman. An “outtie” = man.

It really isn’t that difficult, leftists.


114 posted on 05/10/2016 8:52:36 PM PDT by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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To: xzins

It’s gonna be a real wake up call when people start “feeling” like God and insist that everyone prostrate themselves before them....


115 posted on 05/11/2016 2:30:35 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: xzins

Orrrr- when old perverts start “feeling” like 9 year-olds who just want to play doctor with other kids....


116 posted on 05/11/2016 2:34:30 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: xzins

117 posted on 05/11/2016 4:36:13 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: xzins
It results in our leaders in Washington "saying" that Iran mullahs are really moderates, so they are moderates. Now it's okay to deal with them.

-PJ

118 posted on 05/11/2016 4:40:59 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: HarleyLady27

Sorry when you accept the cash you have to obey,if you don’t accept the cash from the almighty federal government then you can do what your people want


119 posted on 05/11/2016 5:04:16 AM PDT by ballplayer (hvexx NKK c bmytit II iyijjhihhiyyiyiyi it iyiiy II i hi jiihi ty yhiiyihiijhijjyjiyjiiijyuiiijihyii)
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To: clearcarbon; P-Marlowe

Gender-deniers


120 posted on 05/11/2016 5:10:36 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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