Post 212--Result of Ignoring Gender

This is my no. 2 today.  The pressure of my main retirement job, namely building an ONLINE CHRISTIAN ACADEMIC LIBRARY, is off for a couple of weeks. That gives me more time for doing this and another blog (Christian-MuslimWorld).  

Some time ago, I complained about Canadian authors resorting too much to American sources. I meant that sincerely, but recently am finding myself doing the same thing. I apologize. It's not hypocrisy so much as being busy and not having enough time to do the Canadian research. America is huge and it's all over the place. Americans are activistic, much more so, I believe, than we Canadians. They've got ten times as many people and, probably, ten times as many researchers and writers.  Given their activistic nature, probably more than ten times. I will try to restrain myself and do more Canadian stuff. Of course, most of the issues I write about are similar in both countries.  

Another but related issue is that American Christians are much more activistic than us Canadian Christians.  They are also more in number and thus have more people to speak up against the awful things that the secular or post-modern crown tries to impose on us. One has to look longer and harder to find Canadian Christian writings objecting to the raw secular Canadian culture. I promise: The next post will zero in on a Canadian writer, a woman even!:  Christie Blatchford. 

Now I want it understood that I do not identify with many issues that American or Canadian Christians promote.  I am strongly in favour of giving my gay neighbours their rights of marriage, for example, but I do not favour or champion the gay agenda which is to accept homosexuality as normal and even desirable.  

Today's issue is the Transgender Bathroom law. This contribution is about Alaska, but we face the same issue here in Canada with the same problems. I am quite sure most Canadian women will object just as much about having men intrude into their public bathrooms, not to speak of perverts. I doubt that anyone consciously chooses to be trans, but some people somehow or another are that. We need to accept them and give them the space they need, but I do not go along with the extremists described below. 

So, here goes:   

Help Overturn Anchorage's Dangerous Transgender Bathroom Law

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Brian Brown <info@nationformarriage.org>

 

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THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 All across America, communities are pushing back against LGBT extremists and their political allies who insist on imposing a dangerous gender ideology of allowing biological men into the most intimate, private areas reserved for females – including showers, bathrooms, locker rooms and changing areas. NOM has helped champion this push back at the federal level, successfully urging President Trump to repeal Obama's transgender directive to the public schools and in our military, and in communities like Houston where we successfully urged voters to overturn the transgender bathroom law imposed on their community. Just like the Houston City Council did, local politicians in Anchorage, Alaska ignored the wishes of citizens and enacted an ordinance that allows men to force their way into intimate areas reserved for women and girls simply by claiming a female "gender identity." And just like in Houston, citizens have risen up to say "enough" and put the issue on the ballot. It will be decided at the April 3rd municipal election. I'm asking you to step up to make a generous financial contribution to the Yes on 1, Protect Our Privacy campaign in Anchorage. Polls show that voters oppose the transgender bathroom law and are ready to overturn it. But LGBT activists are flooding Anchorage with outside money in an attempt to confuse the issue and mislead the electorate. LGBT activists can't come up with convincing arguments to persuade voters to endorse their position, so instead they resort to ugly attacks on opponents, labeling them bigots. We say, "baloney." Preventing men from having access to women in intimate areas like showers and bathrooms isn't about bigotry, it's about biology. It's also about common sense and respecting the wishes of women, including victims of sexual assault and abuse. Many women simply are uncomfortable being in a vulnerable situation, including being in a state of undress, in the presence of a biological male. Forcing them to do so disrespects their rights, violates their privacy and risks their safety. The LGBT activists say there's no problem with men who claim a female "identity" showering with women, or sharing the same intimate areas like changing rooms and restrooms. But it sure didn't take long for Anchorage residents to see that there is a problem. Just a few weeks ago a man claiming to be a woman demanded access to an Anchorage women's shelter that serves homeless women and female victims of sexual assault and is run by local Christian churches. According to media reports, the man has a criminal record and had been kicked out of another shelter for fighting. After the Christian-run shelter refused him access, the man filed a complaint with the local Equal Rights Commission and is trying to get them to order the shelter to give him access to the women because of Anchorage's transgender bathroom law. The Commission is actively considering doing just that. There are plenty of better ways to accommodate those who believe they are transgender without sacrificing the privacy and safety of young girls and women.  The results of this municipal election will reverberate far beyond the city limits of Anchorage. A victory there, just like what happened in Houston, will send a powerful message to officials across the country that it's time to stop pandering to LGBT extremists and start standing up for common sense.