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Title: Critic: Flush bathroom bill
Post by: Butterfly on April 08, 2009, 12:53:22 PM
Critic: Flush bathroom bill
Boston Herald
By Laurel J. Sweet
April 8, 2009


http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_04_08_Critic:_Flush_bathroom_bill:_Pol_urges_transgender_equality/srvc=home&position=also (http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_04_08_Critic:_Flush_bathroom_bill:_Pol_urges_transgender_equality/srvc=home&position=also)


Dude looks like a lady, but legislation allowing males and females to share public restrooms in deference to transgender persons' rights has some arguing equality in Massachusetts has gone too far.

Medford Democratic state Rep. Carl M. Sciortino Jr.'s proposed bathroom bill "is a line we should not cross," cautioned Kris Mineau, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute.