It's okay for a 45 year old man to walk around a women's locker room naked in front of college-aged, and pre-teen girls, right? No? Well, if you feel that way, you obviously have a heart full of hate, and no compassion. Why do you hate transsexual people so much, you racist homophobe?
Here's what is going on in Washinton these days:
Colleen Francis made himself right at home in the locker room at Evergreen College in Olympia, Washington. The forty-five year-old student showered, used the sauna and walked around naked in front of the other people using those facilities.
Now if you’re having trouble squaring the name “Colleen” with the male pronoun “himself,” you’re not the only one. Those present in the locker room also had trouble with the combination that the locker room in question was the women’s room and “Colleen” is anatomically a male.
Thus when he showers, sits in the sauna, and walks around naked, Francis is exposing himself not only to his fellow students but students from local high schools and families who also use the college’s swimming pool and locker room. Thus, among the females he has exposed himself to are minors, some as young as six.
If you’re wondering, “Why doesn’t someone stop Francis,” well, they tried to, and that’s when the story became surreal. The swimming coach from the local high school and the mother of one of the team members called the police. When the police arrived Francis informed them that he was a transsexual and that, under Washington State law, he was entitled to use the women’s locker room.
If that sounds ridiculous to you, well, it worked. The coach apologized and the college informed parents that state law, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of “gender expression or identity,” tied their hands. The best they could do was to provide screens for those made “uncomfortable” by Francis’ presence.
The Alliance Defending Freedom is representing the parents of the children and has promised to take action if any of the girls is harmed, but absent a change in the law, it may not make a difference.
That’s because what’s happening in Olympia is the logical outcome of two very potent and destructive trends in American society.
As always, read the whole thing.
When I have commented in the past on certain social issues, and constantly remark of the "slippery slope", the outcome I've posted on above is what I am referring to.
You have a situation that at its very base argument makes logical sense. Then you have a faction within that group (or maybe not even in the group, but claiming to be) that escalates things, and goes to the next level. Then someone else takes it to another level. And then another. And another.
Then you wind up with a 45 year old guy walking around naked in front of little girls.
Why do Colleen's "rights" trump those of minor children? Isn't one of the responsibilities of our Community to protect kids from harm?
Where does it all end? What happens when some other guy merely claimsto be transsexual, and enters that locker room full of naked women? Will the State of Washington just take his word for it, or will they do a background check to verify he is indeed transsexual? Will it become against the law to even ask if someone is a tranny?
At some point, will this Country learn that as you "give" classes/groups "rights" that weren't there before, you are simultaneosly taking away rights from others. Who takes precedence? Who is first in line to have their rights being protected?
I'd like to think that my fellow citizens would vote for kids first.
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