Trump's War on Trans Rights

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Today at a restaurant.

'oh my daughters not feeling well in there, you may want to use the mens room' because the womans daughter was probably going to be a while. Just more proof that a lot of people don't care so much about who uses what bathroom...doesn't even occur to them that a woman using the mens room because the womens is busy would even be considered weird.

So yeah still don't get why people are so up in arms about the idea of trans people using the bathroom for the sex they identify as.

...A factual correction here - Blacks were in the U.S. military from the beginning IIRC, the main point was the end of official segregation
. Which happened by executive order under Harry Truman.
My father (I am white.) had some slight memories of how the seg system worked out on his WWII Navy ship.
Also, while I'm revising, I'll add that quite a few " respectable " Christian organizations quite explictly preached in favor of Jim Crow and seg in the pre- Civil Rights Movement years.
The story of Noah and his sons was pointed to as a justification, the narrative being that Noah's son Ham's sins meant that all of his descendants, at least all black persons, understood as descendants of Ham, were commanded by God to be under the command of other races. I do not get any sense of this as being stated, IIRC, in any Bible translation l've read. Kraich?
I might ask about the supposed Biblical disapproval of Jubal, father of all musicians, and his kin (All in Cain's descendants, which may be the supposed explanation .) for insufficient fervor, as well !


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If a Trans person can fight as well as a non-Trans, and is otherwise a good soldier, why should this person be denied the right to fight for our country? We need good men (and women).

If a black person is denied service at a hospital, then dies because of that denial, the hospital should be found liable for his/her death.

If a person doesn't conduct his/her self well in a business establishment, the establishment has a right not to serve that person. I find it ridiculous that any person who conducts his/her self well in a store should be denied service for any reason. Moreover, it would be detrimental to the "bottom line" of the business.

Trust me....I've known plenty of women who would be good soldiers. It takes smarts as well as brute strength---and some women do have the brute strength combined with the smarts.

Part of being a good soldier is the ability to "MacGyver" (fix things with minimal materials available at a moment's notice). I've known women who have a facility for that.

I would not have made a good soldier---but I don't care. I have other strengths.

But do you always want to be your team mate to be as aggressive as you are?

Diversity can be a good way of making your team more unpredictable, and less likely to fall prey to dirty tricks employed by the enemy. We can't expect our enemies to "play fair."