by John Paul Brammer
The cesspool of ignorance known as the Texas state government has produced another foul piece of legislation in the form of State Rep. Debbie Riddle’s bills that would criminalize transgender people in bathrooms.
Not
only that, but the bills would punish any “operator, manager,
superintendent, or other person with authority over a building” that
allowed a trans person to enter a bathroom that matches their gender
identity.
Such an act would be a jail felony in
the state of Texas, which carries the punishment of a minimum of 180
days in prison up to two years and a fine of $10,000.
Isn’t this what conservatives are always
flipping out about when it comes to LGBT acceptance? Jail time for
refusing to cooperate? How many horror stories have we heard warning us
that we were going to start locking people up for speaking out against
the “gay agenda?”
The bills, H.B. 1747 and H.B. 1748, were no doubt copied from Florida’s and Kentucky’s bills which would allow people to sue just for seeing trans people in the bathroom.
Texas, by the way, is home to the
headquarters of many large companies because of the low cost. These
companies often have flexible policies in order to attract the best
talent possible, but now Texas wants to restrict them.
I don’t get it, conservatives. I thought corporations were people, but here you are telling them what to do?
I guess their hatred for the LGBT community ultimately outweighs their love of money, which is, in a morbid way, impressive.
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