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Oh Arkansas, you've gone too far
February 15, 2015 at 4:17 pm
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So the state of Arkansas has leveled up. They took it to the roof, like, right away.
A couple of months ago, the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, passed an ordinance that would prevent any business, housing, or public entity from discriminating on the basis of sexuality, gender identity, marital status, or veteran status. An amendment was even made to exclude churches and non-profits. Everyone knows churches need to be able to discriminate.
Nice, right? Who could have a problem with not firing people for being gay or being subject to an investigation and penalties if you decide not to rent your apartment to someone because they are transgender?
Well, Michelle Duggar did. The Cornucopia Cooch herself, of 19 Kids and Counting, spent a buttload of money, robo-called residents in the Fayetteville area warning of "males with past child predator convictions that claim they are female to have a legal right to enter private areas that are reserved for women and girls" (that oh-so common threat---even though there has never been a recorded incidence of this happening in all the states where anti-discrimination laws exist) and dumping $10,000 into the pockets of the three most outspoken opponents of the Anti-Discrimination ordinance. A city vote of 52-48 repealed the ordinance.
In a proactive measure to prevent this from ever happening again, the Arkansas state legislature passed this turd: SB202.
Arkansas State Bill 202 Wrote:(a) A county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state shall not adopt or enforce an ordinance, resolution, rule, or policy that creates a protected classification or prohibits discrimination on a basis not contained in state law.
(b) This section does not apply to a rule or policy that pertains only to the employees of a county, municipality, or other political subdivision.
This is just gross, to me. They have literally legislated discrimination. Is it 1962?
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RE: Oh Arkansas, you've gone too far
February 15, 2015 at 4:40 pm
Citations ery much need for any threat from people having gender reassignment surgery just to get closer to children. This is as bad as saying they're go into a bathroom before the surgery actually takes place just to "flaunt their privates". Oh please. I've been using public restrooms and locker rooms for years. It's not hard to keep myself from seeing dicks, and no one has ever tried to bring attention to their members.
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RE: Oh Arkansas, you've gone too far
February 15, 2015 at 4:42 pm
This just makes me really, really sad.
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RE: Oh Arkansas, you've gone too far
February 15, 2015 at 4:51 pm
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(February 15, 2015 at 4:40 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Citations ery much need for any threat from people having gender reassignment surgery just to get closer to children. This is as bad as saying they're go into a bathroom before the surgery actually takes place just to "flaunt their privates". Oh please. I've been using public restrooms and locker rooms for years. It's not hard to keep myself from seeing dicks, and no one has ever tried to bring attention to their members.
It's not only this---the entire premise is just stupid. There are tons of men out there who have been convicted of crimes against male children who go into public restrooms every day. What this sort of fearmongering is really saying is that LGBT people are more likely to engage in sexual assault than other citizens, even cisgender people who actually have been proven to be predators.
Either way, if a cisgender person was intent on victimizing a child using some sort of loophole created by these bills, the idea would be anonymity, right? Their goal is obviously to get away with it. You just put on a dress and walk into the women's bathroom, you are obviously going to be noteworthy.
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RE: Oh Arkansas, you've gone too far
February 15, 2015 at 5:02 pm
Yes, it's not as if we don't have enough stories about men molesting/raping boys without someone spending money to get surgery in the hopes of making it easier. Even most pedophiles won't go that far just to get at children. Way too much time and money just for some short term benefit.
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RE: Oh Arkansas, you've gone too far
February 15, 2015 at 5:02 pm
I just find it ridiculous that one would assume all transwomen have a history of sex offenses. Trans people are already a vanishingly small minority in society as is, and it's probably again a vanishingly small minority of trans people who are guilty of sex offenses. So we're talking probably one in thousands of people.
And again this ironic argument again that LGBT people are child predators... You want to find the nearest child predator, go to your local church and find the priest, who has probably preached anti-gay rhetoric at some point.
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RE: Oh Arkansas, you've gone too far
February 15, 2015 at 5:09 pm
Yeah, priest may as well be synonymous with pedophile. Nice guy. Good life lessons. Just don't let him be alone with the kids.
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RE: Oh Arkansas, you've gone too far
February 15, 2015 at 5:16 pm
I absolutely despise the Duggars. They are the very embodiment of all that is wrong with this country.
I do get the feeling that these hardcore conservatives, especially the ones in consevative governments, are competing to see who can take their ideology to the furthest extreme. The tide of society is turning against them, so they are becoming increasingly reactionary.
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RE: Oh Arkansas, you've gone too far
February 15, 2015 at 5:24 pm
The Duggars follow a extremist view of Christianity called Gothardism named after the founder, Bill Gothard. Beliefs include no birth control(hence the Duggars 20 biological children), a dress code for women, adult children remain at home until marriage and father approved coutship. You can go on youtube and find a rather cringe worthy video of Jessa Duggar being allowed by her dad to side hug her future husband. The most scary fact is that a robo call from Michelle Duggar could influence voting habits of anyone outside the Gothard movememnt
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RE: Oh Arkansas, you've gone too far
February 15, 2015 at 5:43 pm
Well, when she instills the very real fear of pedophiles acting like transgenders to get a hold of your children in you, you'd be a bad parent not to ACT NOW!!!!!
I relish the fact that the Duggar's tax money will be part of the money that gets spent on the futile defense of this bill as it gets overturned by a federal court. I feel sorry for the rest of Arkansas' tax payers who will have to foot the bill.
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