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Title: Pastors battling pro-transgender ordinance
Post by: Shana A on June 30, 2008, 01:31:28 PM
Post by: Shana A on June 30, 2008, 01:31:28 PM
Pastors battling pro-transgender ordinance
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 6/30/2008 10:00:00 AMBookmark and Share
In Gainesville, Florida, 30 pastors have joined together to fight city hall.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=157868 (http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=157868)
The pastors are showing their ire by launching a petition drive to overturn an action by the city commission. Cane Davis is with Citizens for Good Public Policy (CGPP). "On January 28, they passed an ordinance that basically gives women and men the right to utilize the restrooms of the opposite sex," Davis explains.
The ordinance accommodates the transgendered population – meaning a man who believes himself to be a woman could use the women's restroom. Critics argues that rapists and child molesters who are faking ->-bleeped-<- could take advantage of the ordinance. Yet there are only 12 known transgendered individuals in the area. And the population of Gainesville? "Roughly around...120,000," Davis says.
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 6/30/2008 10:00:00 AMBookmark and Share
In Gainesville, Florida, 30 pastors have joined together to fight city hall.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=157868 (http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=157868)
The pastors are showing their ire by launching a petition drive to overturn an action by the city commission. Cane Davis is with Citizens for Good Public Policy (CGPP). "On January 28, they passed an ordinance that basically gives women and men the right to utilize the restrooms of the opposite sex," Davis explains.
The ordinance accommodates the transgendered population – meaning a man who believes himself to be a woman could use the women's restroom. Critics argues that rapists and child molesters who are faking ->-bleeped-<- could take advantage of the ordinance. Yet there are only 12 known transgendered individuals in the area. And the population of Gainesville? "Roughly around...120,000," Davis says.
Title: Re: Pastors battling pro-transgender ordinance
Post by: Gabrielle on June 30, 2008, 06:12:38 PM
Post by: Gabrielle on June 30, 2008, 06:12:38 PM
I had to post my own comment to that article, since I live near Gainsville and visit there often.
Title: Re: Pastors battling pro-transgender ordinance
Post by: Hazumu on June 30, 2008, 10:30:01 PM
Post by: Hazumu on June 30, 2008, 10:30:01 PM
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onenewsnow.com%2Fimages%2Fonnlogosmall.gif&hash=00db6af1b0c71253740b78dde90302d0fd5f1fe1) has a search-and replace filter on their Associated Press feed that replaces instances of 'Gay" with "Homosexual'. The Olympic hopeful Tyson Gay became 'Tyson Homosexual'. 'Nuff said
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