Inquisitive One Wrote:
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> Reading Is Fundamental Wrote:
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> > questionablechange Wrote:
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> > > The consultant was already hired. In
> addition,
> > > there is a boy at a middle school who has
> been
> > > given permission to use the regular girls
> > > bathroom. This is not the way the school
> board
> > > promised it would be back in May when they
> > voted.
> > > They guaranteed nothing would change and NO
> > > student would be made to feel uncomfortable
> > with
> > > bathroom usage.
> > >
> > > His bio:
> > >
http://www.air.org/person/jeffrey-m-poirier
> > >
> > > Article from the Washington Times:
> > >
> >
>
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/31/va
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> > >
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> -schools-implementing-gender-identity-policy-cha/?
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> > > 94
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> > First, this is an article from the Washington
> > Times quoting Andrea Lafferty, president of the
> > Traditional Values Coalition. Not exactly
> unbiased
> > and reliable sources. This article is based
> almost
> > exclusively on rumor and innuendo.
> >
> > Second, the consultant in question apparently
> has
> > extensive experience in this area and has
> > consulted for Bill and Melinda Gates, among
> many
> > others. The article quotes a former school
> board
> > member complaining that the LBGT consultant is
> > biased towards the LGBT community. Ya think?
> What
> > The hell do you expect - a right wing preacher?
> >
> > Third, the alleged middle school where the
> alleged
> > transgendered student exists is not even
> > identified in the article, nor is any proof
> given
> > that this situation exists. Someone heard from
> > someone else who heard... The consultant hasn't
> > even released his report yet. I doubt that a
> > school would go out on a limb and implement
> > anything before some school-wide direction has
> > been given. If you can prove otherwise, then do
> > it.
> >
> > This is really irresponsible journalism. But I
> > guess as long as there are stupid people out
> there
> > who eat this crap up then they'll continue.
>
>
> You obviously have not followed this issue
> closely. Montgomery County is already
> implementing a transgender policy in which Johnny
> will use the girls restroom if he identifies as a
> girl. Doesn't matter that his pee-pee will be
> bouncing around the girls locker room. That is
> the way that the activists insist it must be!
If that's what the people want, Johnny's pee-pee in the girls bathroom and locker room, that's fine, but if it is not, and, instead, is what some misguided activist or school board member thought was a good idea, then there's a problem.
If nothing else, this will accelerate the process of people taking their kids out of FCPS. What parent wants their daughter exposed to Johnny's pee-pee?