Fundies outraged and Obama hasn't even taken office: Policy opens door to "gender-confused"

[marmar]

:wtf:



from OneNewsNow, the American Family Association's PRAVDA:



Obama offers 'open door' to gender-confused
Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 11/11/2008 8:00:00 AM


A conservative activist is expressing alarm over president-elect Barack Obama's plan to expand a Clinton-era executive order that provides special protections for federal employees based on their sexual behavior.

The Obama-Biden transition team has included both "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" in its non-discrimination policy for applicants for employment in the incoming Obama administration. President Bush, much to the chagrin of many social conservatives, did not overturn Bill Clinton's executive order prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. However, the Clinton order does not address so-called gender identity.

Word of Obama's planned executive order has excited his allies on the left. Christopher Anders, senior legislative counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union, says "president-elect Obama and vice president-elect Biden, by explicitly rejecting the bigotry and intolerance of the past, are committing that gay, lesbian, and transgender professionals can serve in government without fear of discrimination."

Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, says Obama's new non-discrimination policy will be an "open door" for gender-confused and cross-dressing federal employees.

"What's the Obama administration going to do to protect women in federal restrooms?" the activist asks. "Since men dresses apparently are going to be protected under gender-identity provisions, what about the women in the restrooms in the White House and other federal buildings? What's going to be done to protect their rights?"

LaBarbera even wonders if there is going to have to be a new federal outlay for the building of new "gender-free, transgender restrooms."

The president-elect has been a supporter of a version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) that offers special protections for transgender employees.


http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=315244 (if Rick-rolled, the story's in the OneNewsNow area of www.afa.net )

[terrya]

1. Remember...if the likes of Peter LaBarbera is against something, it must be the right thing to do.

Rule of thumb.

[marmar]

3. Yeah, that dude is a real piece of .......

.... something.

[gollygee]

2. "Protect women in federal restrooms"?

What on earth do they think is going to happen? Stupid, stupid people.

[MercutioATC]

5. Isn't it obvious? Female transgenders are just pretending so they can sneak into ladies' rooms.

The ignorance is mind-numbing.

[gollygee]

8. I saw a transgendered woman in the restroom the other day

She looked a little nervous. I gave her a smile so she'd see at least one friendly face. Going to the bathroom shouldn't be an anxiety-provoking event.

[anigbrowl]

10. They're worried about Larry Craig coming back for a visit

Though strangely, they never got around to condemning the GOP for not kicking him out of office.

[marmar]

11. Yup, it's so ridiculous.....At Galleries Lafayette, a department store in Paris, there's a unisex...

....bathroom that raises nary an eyebrow, except from shocked American tourists. It's actually a smart space-saving idea.....Just close the stall door and handle your business.

[gollygee]

12. I have to admit that I like having a women's room

I guess I'm old fashioned in that way.

But for God's sake, let transgendered women go to the women's room. Let them pee in peace. People need to get over stupid non-issues like this. Do people stay awake at night worrying about transgendered women in the women's room?

[MercutioATC]

4. Well, I'm glad to see that we're discussing the all-important restroom issue.

:eyes:

[Chan790]

13. It's like the first thing they go to everytime...

"oh noes!!!11!!!11!1 They might see me pee!!".

Get over it, peeps. It's nothing that people haven't seen before and everybody does it.

[gollygee]

15. You don't even see anyone pee in the women's room

Everything is done in stalls. So it isn't about that. It seems like they're worried that transgendered women are going to attack other women?

[Arkana]

6. Obama should use that as a rule of thumb:

if you're pissing off the religious right, it's automatically the right thing to do.

[curse of greyface]

7. Hear Hear. nt

[gblady]

9. so much fun...

to watch their heads spin, isn't it?

[and-justice-for-all]

14. American FASCIST Association..

Those people are bigots and should be ignored and left to spit their venom on their ilk.