Discussion: White House Says Transgender Protections Are A 'States Rights' Issue

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This is the “Camel’s nose under the tent” to solidify the idea of “States Rights” on ALL discrimination issues.

Once this is allowed, what’s to stop a state, say Mississippi, from passing “Jim Crow” laws under the “States Rights” concept? Nothing. That is the idea.

This is not ideological at all, it is a TACTICAL MOVE to suppress Democratic Voters to ensure One-Party Rule.
The Republicans are just using the bigots as “Useful Idiots” in their putsch for a Fourth-Reich.

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HaTe is a StatEs right. OtherwisE therE wouLd bE chaos!

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So there was a high stakes election on November 8th…

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If you believe this is a “states rights issue,” then you believe the same about the Civil War.

No, no, NO! Civil rights are not – or, at least should never be – left to states. That’s where Jim Crow and every other inhumane abomination in law before or since arose.

At least be honest, Spicer and Trump and Sessions and everyone else connected with this: You want to keep the christianists happy. That’s all. And you’re willing to go after vulnerable school kids to do that.

Shame on all your damned hides, now and forever.

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Great job Caitlyn. :expressionless:

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The federal courts disagree with you, Obnoxious Spice. Look at the 4th Circuit Decision regarding the NC case.

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So equal protection under the law is now at a state’s discretion?

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“The President has a big heart,…"

If we’re lucky, clinical cardiomegaly.

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So Obama only implemented this back in August - clearly he didn’t feel particularly strongly about it.

It does seem like the sort of thing that ought to be decided in each state. Only because federal mandate of these sorts of issues (cf abortion) seems to send people in your country batshit crazy.

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Students’ access to facilities that match their gender identity ought to be a “states’ rights” issue.

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If Spicer’s so down on transgender folks, why does a woman play him on TV?

(Spoiler alert: the SNL writers’ room, just wet its collective pants–if it wears collective pants, and I hope it does.)

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So are we now referring to discrimination as bullying? Oh where art thou Melania?

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Um… no, Nigel.

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White House Says Transgender Protections Are A ‘States Rights’ Issue

So was slavery . . .until it wasn’t.

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It’s not just that this is bad policy, it’s the animus and condescension behind it that’s so disturbing.

Same as with the ICE deportation raids. Lives are being destroyed and they’re gleeful about it.

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a big heart

The biggest ever, of any ruler in all human history. Sodden, heavy with fat, the fattest, ever.

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I’ll make a note of that for when Jeff Sessions decides to enforce federal marijuana laws here in Colorado in defiance of the democratically expressed will of the state’s electorate.

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oh8 - Say buh-bye to another sock. Didn’t get the hint when fbht61 was banned 10 minutes ago? Didn’t get the message when 20+ socks have been banned in the last 3 weeks?

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Its rather disturbing that the party who was responsible for the reconstruction amendments, is now the party that is now stating all three amendments are an unfortunate mistake.

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