God, where is the White Horse Rider, we need him NOW (link)

[_Mormonicious]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-sue ... li=BBnb7Kz

A potentially epic clash over transgender rights took shape Monday when North Carolina and the federal government sued each other over the state's new bathroom law.

"This is not a North Carolina issue. It is now a national issue," North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican who is up for re-election in November, declared at a news conference.

Billions of dollars in state aid for North Carolina — and a potentially landmark decision regarding the reach of the nation's civil rights laws — are at stake in the dispute.

At issue is a fiercely disputed North Carolina law that says transgender people must use public restrooms corresponding to the gender on their birth certificate. The law, which took effect in March, also excludes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from state anti-discrimination protection and bars local governments from adopting their own anti-bias measures.

Last week, the U.S. Justice Department said the law amounts to illegal sex discrimination against transgender people and gave McCrory until Monday to say he would refuse to enforce it.

McCrory instead doubled down by filing a federal lawsuit arguing that the North Carolina law is a "commonsense privacy policy" and that the Justice Department's position is "baseless and blatant overreach."

The governor accused the Obama administration of unilaterally rewriting federal civil rights law to protect transgender people's access to bathrooms, locker rooms and showers across the country.

Later in the day, the Justice Department responded by suing North Carolina, seeking a court order declaring the law discriminatory.

"Gender identity is innate and external efforts to change a person's gender identity can be harmful to a person's health and well-being," the department said.

The North Carolina law has set off protests by gay rights groups and triggered cancellations and boycotts, with stars such as Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam calling off shows. PayPal abandoned a planned 400-employee operation center in Charlotte, and Deutsche Bank froze expansion plans near Raleigh.

Nearly 200 corporate leaders from across the country, including Charlotte-based Bank of America, have urged the law's repeal, arguing it is bad for business because it makes recruiting talented employees more difficult.

Several other states have proposed similar laws in recent months limiting protections for gay, bisexual and transgender people. On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi sued that state over a law that will allow workers to cite their religious objections to gay marriage to deny services to people.

Defenders of the North Carolina law have argued that it necessary to protect the safety and privacy of people in bathrooms. But opponents have argued that the danger of a transgender person molesting someone in a restroom is all but imaginary.

[_MeDotOrg]

The weird thing about this issue is, I'm sure it happens all the time. What do you think trans-gender people do in the first place? I would bet that a goodly percentage of us has been in a bathroom with a trans-gender person and not been aware of it. I DO think it appropriate decorum for trannys not to pee standing up. ;-)

[_Dr. Shades]

I DO think it appropriate decorum for trannys not to pee standing up. ;-)

Do you want female-to-male trannys to not pee standing up, too?

[_subgenius]

It seems that if we are to allow any person to use any "restroom" according to whatever gender decision they make or do not make at any given moment in time, then the same would apply to prison, sports teams, dormitories, political organizations, benefit packages, medical circumstances, gym showers, etc...
I mean, who are you to contradict what a person says their own gender is at any given time?

So, to those who are just appalled, insulted, and bewildered over the NC law....what restroom do you use in public and why?

[_The CCC]

Ever been on an airplane?

[_Doctor Steuss]

Gun Laws - Won't Keep Guns From Criminals
Bathroom Laws - Will Keep Criminals Out of Bathrooms

[_MeDotOrg]

I DO think it appropriate decorum for trannys not to pee standing up. ;-)

Do you want female-to-male trannys to not pee standing up, too?

Unless they are incredibly talented...

[_ludwigm]

I DO think it appropriate decorum for trannys not to pee standing up. ;-)

Do you want female-to-male trannys to not pee standing up, too?

Unless they are incredibly talented...

... or use the highest technology of XXIth century. (Get it as NSFW if You want!)