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If Dr. Dobson Were King, We'd All Be Wearing Depends

by: Autumn Sandeen

Sun Jun 01, 2008 at 01:00:00 AM EDT



Last Thursday, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter signed Senate Bill 200 -- the Colorado public accommodation law.

The bill bans discrimination based on a person's religious belief or sexual orientation - including transgender people - in places of public accommodation, housing practices, family planning services and 20 other public spheres. Such prohibitions are already in place with regard to race.

"I think it's a step in the right direction for Coloradans and civil rights," said Sen. Jennifer Veiga, a Denver Democrat who sponsored the bill.

Ritter signed Senate Bill 200 [Thursday] afternoon in his office, without any of the public ceremonies and news releases that came with six other bills he signed today. His spokesman, Evan Dreyer, said the governor was not deliberately trying to keep the signing quiet. In all, Ritter signed 20 bills today, Dreyer said.

Should I be worried about conservative Christian's expectation of a barrage of cross-dressed, male predators stalking girls and women within the gym lockers and public restrooms in Colorado? I know from archiving news there just aren't that many stories about cross dressed predators, let alone one's that use women's public restrooms and women's gym locker rooms to do so  -- but if you're James Dobson, you worry a lot about predators, bisexuals, pervy crossdressers and homosexual or heterosexual males that might walk in and relieve himself in women's and girls' presences:

"Who would have believed that the Colorado state Legislature and its governor would have made it fully legal for men to enter and use women's restrooms and locker-room facilities without notice or explanation?

"Henceforth, every woman and little girl will have to fear that a predator, bisexual, cross-dresser or even a homosexual or heterosexual male might walk in and relieve himself in their presence. The legislation lists every conceivable type of organization to which this law applies, including restaurants, bathhouses, massage parlors, mortuaries, theaters and 'public facilities of any kind.' Those who would attempt to protect females from this intrusion are subject to a fine of up to $5,000 and up to one year behind bars.

"This is your government in action. It represents a payback to Tim Gill and two other billionaires who have essentially 'bought' the state Legislature with enormous campaign contributions. Coloradans deserve better!

"And by the way, because of the way this bill is written, it is not subject to the initiative process. There is no recourse."

Be afraid. Be very afraid:



Of course, the secondary effect forcing people to segregate their bathroom usage strictly by chromosomes, genitalia, or whether there's an F or an M on your original birth certificate {to keep male-to-female (MTF) trans people out of women's restrooms} is that female-to-male (FTM) trans people would then be using women's restrooms.

Meet my FTM friend Ethan St. Pierre...

Ethan St. Pierre

Would Dr. Dobson & Company prefer him to use the women's restroom now? I'm sure most conservative Christian women would feel very comfortable sharing a public restroom with Ethan...

I believe Dr. Dobson & Company would rather gay, lesbian, and bisexual people -- as well as people of transsexual history or transgender experience -- would just never-ever-ever pee in a public restrooms at any time whatsoever. The assumption appears to be we're all just predators waiting to assault women and girls in restrooms and gym locker rooms.

Depend DiapersSo if Dr. Dobson were king, LGBT people in Colorado Dobsonland would likely all be required to start wearing Depend Diapers. Y'know, so when we left our apartments and homes so we never set foot in a public restroom. Oh -- that's assuming that any Dobsonland businesses would sell LGBT people goods or services (which would include adult diapers) -- Or heck! Even rent apartments to us, or sell us property!

* sigh *

~~~~~
Related:
* According To CitizenLink/Focus On The Family, There's "A New Type Of Predator" -- Men In Dresses

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this is excellent news!
not only do all members of our belove acronym now have legal protection against discrimination in colorado, but we get to watch jimmy d blow yet another sanity gasket too.  life is good! :D

and this is some major loss for deedee, being in his own yard and all.  and coming on the heels of equality breaking out all over the highly populated and world-class economy, california.  heh.  i'm likin it.

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yes, its two for the price of one
Quoting Dobson:
"And by the way, because of the way this bill is written, it is not subject to the initiative process. There is no recourse."

Hurray!

If you want allies, you have to be an ally.


[ Parent ]
You Gotta Smile ...

Here is some super-Christian Dobson-ette Mother teaching her 12 year old daughter to clearly enunciate "transgender" for the commercial and having to explain what transgender means.  You just have to love it!

The fight for full LGBT Equality is NOT over.  Be strong and be ready to really fight!  And read my blog in your spare time! http://ravenhurst-ravenhurst.b...

Autumn ...

Tell your friend Ethan that I think he's real cute!  He can come in my bathroom anytime!

The fight for full LGBT Equality is NOT over.  Be strong and be ready to really fight!  And read my blog in your spare time! http://ravenhurst-ravenhurst.b...

Re: cute
Seconded! I keep waiting for Charlie to go grey (which i really like) and at 49, he is just starting. Feel like I'm married to a KID.  

"It goes on one at a time, it starts when you care to act, it starts when you do it again after they said no, it starts when you say We and know who you mean, and each day you mean one more."

[ Parent ]
I told him. :) He's flattered. :P


-----
~~Autumn~~

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.
--Henry David Thoreau


[ Parent ]
Great news, great post,
..and an awesome title. I needed some Depends after reading it. ;-)

Just how much time is Dobson spending in bathhouses and massage parlors? Enough for this to be a concern, apparently.

I can just hear it:
Sigh, remember the good old days when we had pure upstanding Christian massage parlors? When they handed out prayer cards and rapture instructions for your car with every happy ending? And you could always be assured the hand was attached to a vagina? *cue tear streaming down cheek

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great news
Dobson, Sheldon et. al. need a reality check. As trans issues are discussed out in the open, and the irrational fears and transphobia are able to be counterbalanced with facts and basic common sense, the public tide will turn, and the professional "Christian" set knows this. They already see the handwriting on the wall with gays - as we come out, and the issues are aired, the fear diminishes. That means the fundie coffers start to empty. They are clinging to the trans straw man/woman for their lives, and they are going to lose that battle too. Too bad, so sad.

That reminds me.
Aren't Dobson's fears just exactly the same as those put up by the Michigan Womyn's music camp to justify trans-woman exclusion ?

Who was schooling whom ?


hey autumn
our friend "peter" is now talking about you - http://americansfortruth.com/n...

OMG!
I have gotten emails from a CELEBRITY!!! :)

Thanks for still talking and remembering us little people, Autumn... now I so need your autograph!

(sing song) I wanna be a groupie...

"It goes on one at a time, it starts when you care to act, it starts when you do it again after they said no, it starts when you say We and know who you mean, and each day you mean one more."


[ Parent ]
For some reason
this punch line from the Peter's story brought out an unintentional laugh:

"From here all eyes will turn to Montgomery County, [Maryland], where a November ballot initiative will determine the fate of its bathroom bill."


[ Parent ]
If Dobson were king...
...LGBT people would be wearing shackles, not Depends.

I was making a joke, but...

...in all seriousness, you're probably closer to right. Dr. Dobson's/Focus On The Family/CitizenLink's consistant take on LGBT people. Their take on Lawrence V. Texas has been a reframing the ruling in terms of the destruction of traditional marriage, vice the reality of what the ruling encapsulated about privacy in the bedroom (Dobson and FOTF/CitizenLink ideas on Lawrence V. Texas here and here, for example).

LGBT people in jail is probably closer to the actual truth than LGBT people in Depends.

-----
~~Autumn~~

As if there were safety in stupidity alone.
--Henry David Thoreau


[ Parent ]
Of course
Of course I knew you were joking Autumn, unfortunately I was not. I live in Texas and I have lived in San Diego. Neither place is particulary LGBTQ friendly. I have yet to understand why equal rights for all is even debateable in this country but then I've been horrified that we are discussing the pros and cons of torturing people. Oddly, it's the xtians who wish to torture and to not extend the same rights they enjoy to us. NOT very Christ like I can't help but think.

[ Parent ]
Are sidewalks and airport metal detectors still safe?
Or what about other locations where it's also possible to breathe air?

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Or the international space station...
Or the toilets on other planets...

Kim Trobee, re SB 200:

BREAKING NEWS: Gay activists want to stop aliens from going to the bathroom.



[ Parent ]
bowing
and chanting: "I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy..."

Although I've half-expected some fundie was gonna demand that Houston stop sending teh womin up in space, as their dirty evul tampons are plugging up the works and costing NASA and American taxpayers billions.

"It goes on one at a time, it starts when you care to act, it starts when you do it again after they said no, it starts when you say We and know who you mean, and each day you mean one more."


[ Parent ]
You just gave me an image of someone telling Daddy D
  To put a plug in mouth.  Depends on one end and a tampon in the other.

If I make sense? it was quite by accident.

[ Parent ]
Dobson's at the age where he will NEED Depends....


I'm with Dagon and Louise
 Ethan is very attractive!
Alrighty then...I'm thinking that James Dobs isn't too courageous even about learning something important.

  That gender and gender identity are not what makes a person a 'threat' at all.

  And this law won't matter to people who actually ARE a threat.
And the gender designation on the door doesn't either.
Recently here in Los Angeles, three adolescent girls were found sick in a women's bathroom. One girl was unconscious with her lower body naked.
  Turns out several boys ranging in age from 14-16 had drugged these girls and assaulted them.
Now, if a person is living as the opposite gender, we won't necessarily be able to TELL if they are. Any more than we could tell if they are a threat at face value.

 The point isn't the gender who which one that person is living as.
The point is that identifying a THREAT is very serious business and cannot be thrown around lightly or with prejudice.
It doesn't help us in law enforcement at all. And it might create MORE crimes against the innocent who are simply living as the opposite gender as they transition.

  My cherubic friend Masen Davis who is also FTM is so sweet faced and amiable, I can't imagine ANYONE seeing a threat anywhere in his persona.
And that is also the point. Folks like Dobson seem more frustrated that gay and trans folks don't have horns. And he's trying to make the public see or look for horns where none exist.
  Far be it that trans folks are attractive people who have friends and family who love them and are as committed to public safety as much as those who are not trans.
Yeah, he REALLY hates that.
More fool him.


Dobson is an *sshat!
He, as the self-crowned king of the American patriarchy goes into saliva-slinging mode at the mere thought of MTFs,  who represent the antithesis of everything he holds dear - male privilege.

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