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Obama's Transgender Decree


How the gay movement lobbies your state legislators
 

What is the "Gay Agenda"?
 

What does education have to do with what bathroom you are allowed to use?
 
What is the "Gay Agenda"?

Ramming things initially not wanted by a majority of the country through by using media and political pressure to sway not only public opinion but also politicians and businesses. Putting men in the women's restroom over the objection of women would be a good example of it.

"What good is it to tell women to avoid rape by watching their surroundings while the system allows sex offenders to watch them shower." --some twitter tweeter.
 

Other than the transgenders being allowed in bathrooms I can't see any difference between the equality that gays want and the equality that blacks wanted back in the day... and got.
 
Other than the transgenders being allowed in bathrooms I can't see any difference between the equality that gays want and the equality that blacks wanted back in the day... and got.

Most gay rights initiatives were justified. Stopping police raids on gay bars, overturning sodomy laws, allowing gays in the military and, finally, same sex marriage. All those old policies were wrong. And, for all I know, the trans issues being fought over may someday be proven to be justified too. Maybe someday we will learn that a brain's "gender" truly is sometimes mismatched with someone's biological birth sex.

But, agree with them or not, the above are indeed all part of the gay agenda.
 

/Fair enough.
 

Making it a crime to address someone with unpreferred pronouns in the workplace is not justified.
 
Making it a crime to address someone with unpreferred pronouns in the workplace is not justified.

Especially if you always knew them as a "he."
 
Especially if you always knew them as a "he."

That's not even the whole thing though. You have to know the proper terms and if you get them wrong then you're open to being sued if you're a business and fired if you're an employee.
 
That's not even the whole thing though. You have to know the proper terms and if you get them wrong then you're open to being sued if you're a business and fired if you're an employee.

We have a few employees who I am unsure of. They look a bit off. But, I call them by what they identify as simply because I do not know their biological sex. So, I go with what I do have: their names and the way they dress. I call them "she" even though I would not bet that they are women.

Now, if a guy I worked with for 10 years suddenly showed up in a dress and said his name was Christie instead of Chris, I'd probably stick with calling him Chris and use the term "he."
 
The same? What was the vote count in Congress for the bill Obama signed?

Irrelevant. The department of education which is overseen by the executive branch already has discretion on how it hands out federal education funds.
 
Irrelevant. The department of education which is overseen by the executive branch already has discretion on how it hands out federal education funds.
Okay, so you don't know the difference between a law passed by Congress and a Presidential decree. Thanks.
 
I think if Obama wants his last act as President to be leading the fight for old creepy dudes to sneak peaks at little girls in public bathroom to be his legacy, just sit back and let this go. 20 years from now kids will be asking their parents when they read about Obama in history books:

"Why did he fight to have men in the little girls room?"
 
Okay, so you don't know the difference between a law passed by Congress and a Presidential decree.

No it's simply irrelevant in terms of it's constitutionality in this case. Congress already created the department of education and the executive branch overseas it. So Congress did give the President the authority to do this already, it does not take a new authorization for any reason. The purpose of the Department of Education is to have a body capable of making rapid decisions regarding education policy at the federal level without Congress needed to vote on each and every one. Essentially this gives the President pre-clearance to influence education policy.
 
That's not even the whole thing though. You have to know the proper terms and if you get them wrong then you're open to being sued if you're a business and fired if you're an employee.

Welcome to the world of Politically Correct bull****.
 

So, what you're saying is we should just accept the PC stupidity of whatever some ****-for-brains young person (or a group of them) comes up with?
With today's youth, that's a recipe for a social mess. Look what it's doing to colleges all over America.
 

If you think liberals endorse original thought then you have really no understanding of history at all. You also don't appear to realize that in order to enable original thought you have to be open to the idea people have the right to disagree with you, which liberals have proven they don't believe in.

Btw, you're 33 now, so you're no longer part of that young group. Just sayin'.
 

When a group, liberals, endorse things like campus speech codes and protest the presence of views counter their own, they cannot possibly be endorsing original thought. What they endorse is herd mentality and the circle jerk.
 
Already sourced it if you were bothering to pay attention. Why should I waste my time doing research for you that you won't listen to anyway?

Your rant is pretty inconsistent. First, you claim that a source has already been provided (A). Then, you state your unwillingness to waste time doing research for somebody who wont listen (B).

'A' states a source has already been given. 'B' strongly implies that one has not. Which is it?
 
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