January 17, 2008
Here we go again.
All hell is breaking loose, this time in Montgomery County, MD. The problem is Bill 23-07.
First some background. Montgomery County laws already prohibit discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodations, cable television service, and taxicab service on the basis of age, race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, handicap, national origin, or marital status, except for discounts for the elderly and handicapped. Bill 23-07 would add gender identity to that list, Enter the hysterical RRRW bigots.
(Italics and bolding theirs)
No longer will women and girls be able to feel completely safe in the most private and personal bathroom and locker facilities of schools, public pools, malls, stores, health clubs, restaurants and other such public places throughout the county. County Executive Ike Leggett signed Bill 23-07, the outrageous legislation that may result in forcing even religious schools to hire transgender teachers; and then also allow cross-dressing but biological males in your daughter’s school locker room.
OMG!!! The world is going to come to an end!!!
Anyway, to help defeat this nefarious bill you’re entreated to join Team 777. I’m sure you know that 777 is the number associated with God. So of course Team 777 is just chock full of holy righteousness.
Of course there’s this banner at the top of the page that knows all the right buttons to push:
Bill 23-07, CIVIL RIGHTS?
A resident, Lisa G., wrote to the Council: “From what I’m reading, the person with gender identity confusion is being protected by what she or he FEELS he or she is. So, if I’m in a bathroom all by myself late at night, and a man walks in, I am supposed to be okay with this? This is truly unbelievable, and I’m embarrassed that Montgomery County is even spending its time on this piece of nonsense.”
OR SPECIAL RIGHTS?
Now let’s turn this around.
Christians have full freedom of religion under the US Constitution. This gives them a multitude of privileges in school, the workplace and pretty much everywhere.
Christians have federal and state protections from hate-crimes perpetrated against them because of their religion.
Christians can give up to half of their adjusted gross annual income to a church or religious institution and deduct it from their income taxes.They can do this and more all because they claim they are Christians (and no proof of their Christianity is ever demanded). What exactly is this love they say they feel for God and/or Jesus but a feeling? We give them rights and privileges based on feelings?
Are these, then, Civil Rights or….
Special Rights?
Civil Rights are not “special rights” except in the narrow, bigoted minds of people who have all of their civil rights and want to keep others from having them. If more people would start living by The Golden Rule (Christians should know that considering Jesus said it), the world would be a much better place.
Posted by: Buffy
Filed under: Maryland, Radical Religious Right, Transgender
