Quote:I don't understand how states can be tasked to pick and choose civil rights issues. 

 

I could see how it could be a states right issue, not on the basis of legality, but on the basis of practicality.   The issue is so new, and there is so much confusion as to the effects of any proposed "solution," I think I'd not mind if the states take a crack at it first, so we can see the actual effects of various remedies.  

 

Really, the issue is, is a man with lady parts a man or a woman.   Is a woman with man parts a woman or a man.   Personally, I don't know the answer.   It doesn't bother me which bathroom anyone uses, but in the last election, we saw what happens when we ignore the "flyover country," middle America that the people on both coasts fly over.  I think a decent respect for the concerns of conservatives is called for in this case, until we have some consensus as to what to do.  

 

And my advice to liberals and democrats is, if you want to get Trump re-elected, keep picking dumb fights that inflame the people in middle America. 

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