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Texas Judge Temporarily Blocks Obama's Transgender Bathroom Rules

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-ju...s-obamas-transgender-directive-133042969.html

A federal judge in Texas is blocking for now the Obama administration's directive to U.S. public schools that transgender students must be allowed to use the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity.

On Monday — the first day of class for most public schools in Texas — hundreds of school districts awoke to news of the order by U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor.

His decision dated Sunday comes after Texas and 12 other states challenged the Obama directive as unconstitutional. O'Connor ruled that the federal education law, Title IX, "is not ambiguous" about sex being defined as "the biological and anatomical differences between male and female students as determined at their birth."

Temporarily... great. I guess that means we get to look forward to the most ridiculous wedge issue in the the history of politics capturing headlines all the way through this election cycle.

Oh-my-God!! This is going to have a deep and lasting impact on, like, tens of kids nationwide!:roll:
 
How many students does this affect, really?
 
How many students does this affect, really?
I live in Minnesota and I remember about a year ago listening to a discussion about this on a local radio program. According to this discussion there were six in the state. SIX. I don't know where they got this figure from or what criteria they were using to apply transgender status. I just remember giving it the ol' disgusted head shake and face palm.

BUT... this is the defining issue of our time and number one on the minds of voters.:roll:
 
I live in Minnesota and I remember about a year ago listening to a discussion about this on a local radio program. According to this discussion there were six in the state. SIX. I don't know where they got this figure from or what criteria they were using to apply transgender status. I just remember giving it the ol' disgusted head shake and face palm.

BUT... this is the defining issue of our time and number one on the minds of voters.:roll:

If this is the defining issue of our time and number one on the minds of voters - then voters need to get real. There is so very much more to be concerned with. We've got to realize that the rights of one do not also supersede the rights of many. If Transgender children/adults do not want to use the bathroom of their birth gender then come up with a fair plan like a all encompassing smaller facility for them. Just because they are uncomfortable using a certain bathroom does not trump that their use of their chosen bathroom may make a lot of other people uncomfortable. The few do not win out over the many - this is a very specific issue that needs a specific answer - not a one shoe fits all answer.
 
If this is the defining issue of our time and number one on the minds of voters - then voters need to get real. There is so very much more to be concerned with. We've got to realize that the rights of one do not also supersede the rights of many. If Transgender children/adults do not want to use the bathroom of their birth gender then come up with a fair plan like a all encompassing smaller facility for them. Just because they are uncomfortable using a certain bathroom does not trump that their use of their chosen bathroom may make a lot of other people uncomfortable. The few do not win out over the many - this is a very specific issue that needs a specific answer - not a one shoe fits all answer.
I've got an even better idea.

Let's do nothing at all and leave things the way they've been all up until just a couple of years ago. Do we really need a government one-size-fits-all solution to this one?
 
The president doesn't have the authority to force rules on state schools.
 
I've said all along Obama's bathroom policy wouldn't fly. Title IX is about sex not gender.
 
How many students does this affect, really?

Probably 1 or 2.

But in the World Of Obama, there are millions of these mentally confused young individuals, and letting them have access to the bathroom that fits their "issue" is a major priority.
 
Sounds like a big win for the rule of law.
 
Got to agree with Texas on this one. Legally, minors are not considered adults, and therefore have certain restrictions on their decisions. They cannot smoke, drink, go into the military, or vote. Why? Because they are too young to make these decisions. And, deciding to go transgender has to be one of the most critical life decisions of a person. Kids, in general, are not legally able to make these kinds of decisions until they reach adulthood. Let's keep it that way. Or should we allow kids to smoke, drink, vote, get married, and die for our country too? If we are going to allow them to make decisions on which gender they are, then screw it. Let them do all the other things adults do too..... NOT!! Let's not even start down that road.

I do support transgenders using their choice of bathrooms in colleges. That's because college students are adults..... However, I am very much against them when it comes to kids, and for the reason I just gave.

Oh yea, something else:
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Got to agree with Texas on this one. Legally, minors are not considered adults, and therefore have certain restrictions on their decisions. They cannot smoke, drink, go into the military, or vote. Why? Because they are too young to make these decisions. And, deciding to go transgender has to be one of the most critical life decisions of a person. Kids, in general, are not legally able to make these kinds of decisions until they reach adulthood. Let's keep it that way. Or should we allow kids to smoke, drink, vote, get married, and die for our country too? If we are going to allow them to make decisions on which gender they are, then screw it. Let them do all the other things adults do too..... NOT!! Let's not even start down that road.

I do support transgenders using their choice of bathrooms in colleges. That's because college students are adults..... However, I am very much against them when it comes to kids, and for the reason I just gave.

Except the research all indicates that the minor themselves are best capable of figuring out their own gender identity, and that they can accurately do so from a very young age indeed, certainly long before college. Very little in life is more simple than figuring out gender identity
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-ju...s-obamas-transgender-directive-133042969.html



Temporarily... great. I guess that means we get to look forward to the most ridiculous wedge issue in the the history of politics capturing headlines all the way through this election cycle.

Oh-my-God!! This is going to have a deep and lasting impact on, like, tens of kids nationwide!:roll:

One of my son's friends said they added a third bathroom for transgender students at his high school. However, I was unable to find info on it online.
 
One of my son's friends said they added a third bathroom for transgender students at his high school. However, I was unable to find info on it online.
Sounds like a good place to store toxic waste as no one would ever be at risk of exposure.
 
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