Presidential race 2016

[HairOfTheDog]

I recently read a story about a school with a new transgender bathroom. A bunch of people turned up to protest it and the kids turned on them. I'm left with the impression that this is not a big deal to young people. They are way more accepting than their parents and many others who will never even have to deal with it.

I don't think I've ever read of an issue with transgenders molesting or raping people in public restrooms, but now somehow it's a national public safety and morality issue? Trans people are the victims of crimes way more than the perpetrators of them.

It reminds of the days when Anita Bryant and the 'moral majority' insisted that gays should not be able to teach because they'd pass on their perverted sinful ways to children, as if homosexuals' lives were all about sex and a commitment to turn everyone gay. The anti-gay crusade was successful for a lot of years, now it's on to the trans community, I guess.

Anyway, I saw that ESPN fired their baseball guy Curt Schilling because he tweeted out this meme and then went on to argue and defend his anti-trans position.



Ted Cruz and Glenn Beck are aghast at how Schilling was canned for speaking the truth (in their opinions) and consider it an example of discrimination by the PC police. Ref: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cr...lling-espn

That meme doesn't only represent an opinion about the bathroom usage, it clearly demonizes transgender people altogether. I don't care how Schilling personally feels about trans people though; he's entitled to his opinion. But, it's ESPN's right to fire an employee who violates his contract and/or whom they believe reflects poorly on their business. The network doesn't owe Schilling or anyone else a political or moral platform, in my opinion.