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Friday, March 13, 2009

Redefining Gender

Vote pending on 'gender identity' in Gainesville

Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow.com

The citizens of Gainesville, Florida, are set to do battle over a gender-identity ordinance passed by the city council.

The ordinance passed by the civic leaders defines gender as follows: "An inner sense of being a specific gender, or the expression of a gender identity by verbal statement, appearance, or mannerisms, or other gender-related characteristics of an individual with or without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth."

Passage of the ordinance caused an uproar because, in essence, it permits people to use public facilities -- restrooms, locker rooms, changing rooms -- based on their inner feeling about their gender. As Jim Gilbert with Citizens for Good Public Policy explains, that means men could use women's restrooms and women could use men's rooms. And outside of the obvious, that poses a real problem, he says.

Read the full story here.

4 comments:

  1. That is outrageous that you could have a male walking into a female toilet just because they are confused about sexuality and then have these actions supported by the law.

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  2. Hmmm. So, can I change the way I feel about my gender depending on the day and the mood? Aye, there's the rub. How does anyone determine gender affiliation and prove it?

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  3. This fight has been going on since January 2008 and mirrors language from Maryland. It falls under "gender mainstreaming" as ponted out and warned by Lifesite news just last November. http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008_docs/GenderMainstreaming.pdf

    If the best arguement we can come up with is worrying about who can go into witch bathroom, perhaps we are alredy too far gone. (no offense intended Euripides)

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  4. ugh. of course that's "argument" and "which". I should not try to type in the dark...

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