Quote:Dude... I don't even really wanna get involved in this because I have a very unpopular opinion for someone as socially liberal as I am....

 

But here's where I stand with it...

if you have a penis, use the mens

if you don't use the ladies...

and if you're not sure, use the handicap bathroom.

 

why does government NEED to get involved in everything?

Transgenders are really the smallest of minorities... we need to change and create special rules for them?

 

What's next... I mean really.... 

They don't but people, and I mean in general not just transgenders, who feel oppressed for any reason have found that all they have to do is complain on social media and demand their "rights" be validated by the government stepping in and making a law. Politicians are going to do whatever will get them the vote whether they actually agree with it or not, so they'll introduce a bill and the process goes from there and next thing we know we are practically lawless because we're letting everyone do whatever they want and not a damn thing can be done about it because some court somewhere said so. 

 

As for the issue of civil liberties the OP stated, there is no basis as this is not a civil liberties issue. A civil liberty is defined as: basic rights and freedoms that are guaranteed -- either explicitly identified in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, or interpreted through the years by courts and lawmakers.

 

Civil liberties include:

-Freedom of speech
-The right to privacy
-The right to be free from unreasonable searches of your home
-The right to a fair court trial
-The right to marry
-The right to vote
 
In this case transgenders do not have the legal right (in a broad sense) to use a restroom per the gender they identify as, they are required to use the one according to what their DNA says they are. 

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