Michigan House passes bill that could make using wrong pronouns a felony, fineable up to $10,000

Fox News ^ | 6/30/2023 | Timothy H.J. Nerozzi

[antidemoncrat]

A recently passed bill in Michigan could make it a felony to intimidate someone by intentionally using the wrong gender pronouns, according to some legal experts.

Under the new bill, offenders are "guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or by a fine of not more than $10,000."

[antidemoncrat]

If someone presses me about using the "proper" pronouns I just say: I only use 3 pronouns which are "I", "you" and "me" as in: "What makes you think I want to talk to you" If they persist, I say: "I guess you didn't hear me did you?"

[chopperk]

Michigan just trounces all over the First Amendment.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Have these liberals gone off the deep end?

I know in their world, “misgendering” someone, is a crime against humanity. For the rest of the world, it is just something which we “ignorant unenlightend” people will do, because we don’t know all of the 50+ gender identities discovered so far.

Five years in prison, for calling “trans” influencer Dylan Mulvaney a man???? Really???

Sounds like cruel and unusual punishment to me, for something which most of the world doesn’t see as a criminal offense in the first place.

[I want the USA back]

George Orwell never imagined that the iron clamp of fascism would put its jaws around the necks of Americans using the excuse of “wrong pronouns.”

[butlerweave]

Insanity Bill

[GingisK]

It is a Brave New World out there.

[Dr. Sivana]

When I was a teenager, my pal Chip and I were making a bike ride from Wallingford to the shopping mall in Meriden. We were thirsty, so I suggested stopping at my Uncle Ralph's for a drink of water. I saw him infrequently, and he was old, and had some combination of mild dementia and alcoholism.

Anyway, Chip had longish '70s hair, so Uncle Ralph kept on thinking he was a girl, despite numerous corrections. He even told my parents about "her" after the event. Chip was non-plussed. I was amused. Today, Uncle Ralph might have been a felon.

[rickomatic]

Any government official trying to enforce such an unconstitutional law deserve whatever they get.

[madison10]

Michigan Democrats taking full advantage of their all encompassing power. A$$es.

[SuperLuminal]

Nothing unusual about this...
Just the natural progression of the tyranny that continues ot envelope us...

Nothing can, or will, be done about it...
That time was many decades ago...

There are no limits to tyranny...
Serfdom is, now, the permanent political reality in the disUnited States...

[Tom Tetroxide]

My new pronouns are fed/up and f/u.

[gibsonguy]

The AG is radical lesbo she probably pushed this. The rats stole the MI SC in 18 so this might even stand until a SC smackdown

[oldasrocks]

When will we just start calling everyone Comrade?

[TexasFreeper2009]

unconstitutional, you can’t regulate someones speech

[lastchance]

As if the Supreme Court never has enough on its docket.

[revivaljoe]

Unconstitutional

[TexasGator]

There are 5 conditions before it becomes a felony:

Bodily harm
Victim is minor and suspect is adult
Committed in concert with another
Second conviction
Committed while in possession of a gun

[StAnDeliver]

Michigan is 6th Circuit. One of the most conservative circuits in the US, the 6th has already ruled on this.

"In a victory for free speech, the rule of law, and common sense, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit recently ruled that a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, could not be forced to use a transgender student’s “preferred pronouns,” and that his suit against the university for violation of his First and 14th Amendment rights could proceed."

Any attempt by the state to prosecute such a case -- even a cherry-picked one -- would be removed to Federal District Court immediately, in this instance the Western District or Eastern District for Michigan.

Let's say worst-case scenario Eastern and some homo down there rules for the state, the state is still going to lose on instant appeal to the 6th. I don't just mean lose, but get punched down and embarass Gov Whitler. The 6th will not only remand and reverse, but also block the legislation.

[clearcarbon]

"Michigan House passes bill that could make using wrong pronouns a felony, fineable up to $10,000"

Apply it liberally.

[armourenthusiast]

Maybe you all should give them an earful. List of Michigan House members