Posted on 05/12/2016 5:47:58 AM PDT by Kaslin
Standing on principle, not to mention common sense, is so rare these days that when someone does it they make headlines. That's because you can quickly be labeled a "bigot" if you oppose a lot of the sludge dumped on us by the secular left, and few can withstand the onslaught.
North Carolina's Republican governor, Pat McCrory, is unafraid.
On Friday, the Department of Justice sent him a letter warning that North Carolina's House Bill 2, also known as the bathroom bill, violated the Civil Rights Act. The bill, which requires that transgender people use public bathrooms that match their birth certificates, was swiftly labeled anti-LGBT, which was all DOJ needed to hear. The government gave McCrory until Monday to confirm that North Carolina would not comply with or implement HB2. McCrory pushed back. On Monday, he filed a lawsuit against the DOJ, targeting Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta. The suit, according to ABC News, "accused the DOJ of a 'radical reinterpretation' of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and wrote that the federal government's position was 'a baseless and blatant overreach.'"
The government's letter, according to North Carolina Public Radio-WUNC's Jeff Tiberii, who obtained a copy, warned that "The State is engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination against transgender state employees and both you, in your official capacity, and the state are engaging in a pattern or practice of resistance."
In a statement following the announcement of the lawsuit, Gov. McCrory said, "The Obama administration is bypassing Congress by attempting to rewrite the law and set restroom policies for public and private employers across the country, not just North Carolina. This is now a national issue that applies to every state and it needs to be resolved at the federal level," meaning Congress and the courts.
McCrory added that Washington is "telling every government agency and every company that employs more than 15 people that men should be allowed to use a women's locker room, restroom or shower facility."
The push and pull continues.
If you are a woman reading this, how would you feel about showering with a naked man? If you are a man who has daughters, would you be OK with allowing them to use a women's restroom knowing that a man could be in there? Target is fine with it, apparently. In a blog last week, the company stated that it welcomes "transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender identity." Target stores are now the target of a boycott.
What about school gyms? Are you fine with having your daughter changing and showering with a boy who believes he's a girl? What happened to the right to privacy, so revered by the progressive left?
Does the fact that we are even having this debate say something about the state of our culture and the attempts by secularists to undermine what remains of its creaking foundations, traditions and what used to be known as common sense? Who gets to decide? And on what is that decision based?
Are morals and ethics now up for grabs, depending on which group makes the most noise and promises the most votes? Perhaps Loretta Lynch and her deputy should lead by example and shower with a transgender male. Even better, how about first lady Michelle Obama? Media coverage could be discreet. I'm betting that neither Lynch nor the first lady would go that far. In fact, I suspect that very few on the left would want to live under many of the laws and dictates they like to impose on the rest of us.
Have we gone mad? The question all but answers itself.
Gov. McCrory has already directed state agencies to make reasonable accommodations to transgender people by installing single-occupancy restrooms. North Carolina also allows private companies to set their own bathroom policies, but that is not what the Obama administration wants. It wants to "fundamentally transform the United States of America." It's one of the few promises the president has managed to keep.h
They don’t mention the local “gay rights” leader with his child-molestation conviction, either.
A relative from Swain County just had his magistrate case about not marrying same-sex couples heard in court yesterday. Pray that he and a fellow magistrate are victorious.
Is that a long way of saying, "resistance is futile"? How do you like that word used by the Just Us department for not going along with their new idea of privacy?
There is no doubt that Charlotte started it. The only response I’ve seen when that gets mentioned is “I thought Republicans believed in local control.” IOW, they’re saying that every city/town, like sanctuary cities, should be able to endanger their citizens.
Exhibit A: ObaMaoCare
“IOW, they’re saying that every city/town, like sanctuary cities, should be able to endanger their citizens.”
Yup, somehow it’s cool businesses get their choice taken away if local government deigns to make insane decisions I guess. The publicly owned restroom thing might be a little different.
I wonder if we would be seeing a different reaction if Trump wasn’t seemingly cool with a man using the bathrooms in his property.
Freegards
Exactly.
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North Carolina is unlikely to issue a fatwa calling for the deaths of the executives of PayPal.
Notice these boycotts and such are only done against people who might be intimidated by them.
“With this SCOTUS, God only knows how this will end.”
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And that is why it is of paramount importance that Trump wins this election. And why his VP choice has everything to do with winning this election.
If Hillary wins, this issue is lost. As will many, many others.
So I urge any Republicans out there, if you think you hate Trump, imagine what it will be like with Hillary.
“North Carolina—
protecting the privacy rights of women and children
since 1712.”
You are correct. As the NC divorce chasing law firms advertise on TV, “Divorce is different here”.
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