Colorado Gov. Eliminates Gender-Specific Bathrooms

[golfmom]

My daughter says she has "times" she can't go in the bathroom because there are students either
1. Before school - having sex.
2. At lunch - smoking pot

So you have to do a two second pee dash in between classes to avoid boys in the girls' room as it is in her high school.

At my kids school, same-sex prom dates are no biggie. It's pretty fashionable among the teens to be bi ... So, I'm wondering about the locker room and bathrooms in high schools.

 

[angelmom]

First Home (My definition)
A place you kick your feet up ON the couch, toss a ball up and down while you call your Mom and inform her that the refrigerator door is open, you're air conditioning the whole outdoors and that later, you'll run with scissors.

Your house, your rules, right?

Or if your mom is a smart ass she'll be like mine. She sent us a card that read:

"Congratulations on your new home.

[Inside]

"Now you have a whole new bunch of rooms to have sex in."

 

[Jeana (DP)]

Gloria Allred has a message for the Bev Hills Hotel -- urine trouble now!

Allred claims her client -- a lady who looks just like a dude -- was "humiliated" when she was thrown out of the women's restroom at the hotel. Allred says her client dresses like a man but proved to security she had right equipment for entry. Nonetheless, Allred smells blood, because the lady was tossed from the hotel.

And here's a shocker -- Gloria's holding a news conference at noon PT with the lady who will be wearing the same getup she wore on the fateful day.

Yes, we'll be live streaming it. Wouldn't miss that for the world.

www.tmz.com

 

[philamena]

Hope someone pees on the Gov's shoes.

 

[RainbowsAndGumdrops]

Has someone read this bill. I am having a hard time believing the story the way the article has presented it. I can't believe anyone would be foolish enough to sign a bill letting anyone go into any bathroom or locker room and that noone is allowed to question it. There must be more to this. Does anyone know the indepth details of this bill?

 

[golfmom]

Has someone read this bill. I am having a hard time believing the story the way the article has presented it. I can't believe anyone would be foolish enough to sign a bill letting anyone go into any bathroom or locker room and that noone is allowed to question it. There must be more to this. Does anyone know the indepth details of this bill?

Just google: SB200, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter

there's tons of information out there on this bill.

 

[bakerprune64]

The pen is mightier than the sword.
Way to put children at risk, Gov. Ritter!

He just (on 05/29/2008) signed Colorado Senate Bill 200 into law.
It probably should be called the Predator Invitation Law!

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65690

I can see it now ... 10-year-old girl walks into the bathroom ... and there are six adult males standing at urinals ... or maybe there's just one.

The inmates are running the asylum!

Is it possible that they are including gender neutral restrooms in addition to the gender specific ones? I know that when my parents are traveling (mom mom is in a wheel chair) they have issues of my dad being able to take her into the bathrooms, since she cannot move between the chair andteh potty without assistance. There are some cities that have "family" or gender neutral restrooms, which is simply one stall/sink/etc with a locking door as you would ahve at home.

 

[calidreamin]

I'm moving tomorrow into my first home. STRESSED OUT!

Besides, we won't know for sure what will occur as a result of this law.

All women need to do is just go into the mens bathrooms, because all of the perverts and pedophiles will be lurking in the women's.

edit: I apologize if I seem snarky or cranky. Going through a life transition that will be finished this weekend and I haven't eaten anything so I'm particularly cantankerous. I should avoid these forums when I don't eat!

I am sorry you are so stressed out Paladin. Congratulatations on your first home, I remember the feelings well. P.s. Eat something...you will feel better.

 

[bakerprune64]

Beg to differ. I've got a husband and two sons and they smell WAY worse than myself or my daughter!!!!

I agree Jeana, when mine farts the dog even leaves the room

 

[Paladin]

I agree Jeana, when mine farts the dog even leaves the room

It could very well be what you're feeding him and not because he's a man.

 

[bakerprune64]

"Gov. Bill Ritter on Thursday signed a bill that makes it illegal in Colorado to discriminate against gays, bisexuals and transgendered people when buying a home, renting an apartment or using public accommodations.

"The governor felt that this bill, SB200, was about fairness and treating people equally," said Evan Dreyer, spokesman for the governor's office. "It essentially updates anti-discrimination laws that in some cases have not been updated for 50 years."

Bruce DeBoskey, regional director of Denver's Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights organization, said the law is a step forward for Coloradans.

"No one should be denied housing or public accommodations solely because of his or her sexual preference," DeBoskey said.

One aspect of the law enables transgenders - those who were born one gender but identify with the other - to use public restrooms in which they feel most comfortable."

and, from the bill itself:

Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in the following areas:

- Housing practices;

- Places of public accommodation;

- Publication of discriminative matter;

- Consumer credit transactions;

- Membership in labor organizations;

- Inclusion in public works projects;

- Issuance of license to practice law;

- Sales of cemetery plots

- Determination of whether expenses paid at or to a club that has a policy to restrict membership are tax deductible;

- The provision of funeral services;

- Enrollment or classification of students at private occupational schools;

- Eligibility for jury service;

- Enrollment in a charter school, institute charter school, public school, or pilot school for expelled students;

- Written local school boards of education policies regarding employment, promotion, and dismissal;

- The assignment or transfer of a public school teacher;

- Leasing portions of the grounds of or improvements on the grounds of the Colorado state university - Pueblo and the Colorado school of mines;

- Employment in state personnel system;

- The provision of adequate hospital facilities;

- Availability of family planning services;

- Employment practices of county departments of social services involving selection, retention, and promotion of employees;

- Participation in the managed care program under the children’s basic health plan;

- Making or committing to make a housing facility loan by the Colorado housing and finance authority; and

- Imposition of a discriminatory occupancy requirement on charitable property for which the owner is claiming an exemption from property taxes based on the charitable use of the property.

Adds prohibitions against discriminating on the basis of sex,
marital status, disability, age, national origin, ancestry, and religion, as
necessary, for consistency in antidiscrimination laws.

Why not just have a seperate private restroom called HeShe

 

[bakerprune64]

It could very well be what you're feeding him and not because he's a man.

the dog eats the same thing and her a$$ doesn't smell like that

 

[RainbowsAndGumdrops]

Reading the excerpts from the bill above, it seems like a good bill to me. I didn't see anything in the bill that said anyone can go into any bathroom and that if you ask why a strange man has been standing in the womens room that you can be arrested. I simply don't see that in the bill. I think that is an extreme intrepretation of the bill.

 

[GlitchWizard]

Why not just have a seperate private restroom called HeShe

That discriminates against people who worry about what other people think! ha ha

 

[bracken123]

Aside from the obvious uncomfortable and potentially dangerous environments this will create - why are our government officals wasting time creating bullcrap laws?
We are at war for Gods sake!
Our economy is failing.
THis dumba$$ is wasting time and $$!
I hope the voters in CO will remember this when it's time to vote.

 

[BarnGoddess]

Has someone read this bill. I am having a hard time believing the story the way the article has presented it. I can't believe anyone would be foolish enough to sign a bill letting anyone go into any bathroom or locker room and that noone is allowed to question it. There must be more to this. Does anyone know the indepth details of this bill?

Earlier, I posted my e-mail to my Colorado Representative:

Here's my e-mail to my rep, Cory Gardner, Republican. Colorado State House of Representatives, Minority Whip:

Cory, I just had to chuckle at this on a light note. So, dress up like a woman (don't forget to shave really well) and we'll meet in the ladies room to dis the Democrats.

Seriously, would this allow a pedophile to dress as a woman and prey on little girls, or even attack a woman. Wierdos are out there and I think Gov. Ritter has lost his last brain cell. The next to last was to endorse Obama, but that's another story.

Hope to see you at the Kit Carson Fair then at the Farm Bureau Meeting.

Love to you,

I recieved this response from him last night:

Thanks for the email, Peggy. I look forward to seeing everyone as well!

SB 200 is probably the worst bill I have ever seen at the legislature. Your example is dead on, unfortunately. The only thing is they don’t have to dress up as a woman…they could simply “feel” like a woman. They could use whatever bathroom they “identify” with – and of course, that could change daily. It also means that people will be unable to decide not to associate with a certain lifestyle if they don’t want to.

SB08-200 makes massive changes to Colorado law. It impacts religious freedoms, private business matters and allows government intervention in people’s basic beliefs and values. I voted no on the legislation and helped lead the fight against the bill when it was debated on the floor of the House of Representatives.

One of the most frightening examples of the bill’s far reaching implications comes to us from the state of New Mexico. Similar legislation passed in that state several years ago. Recently, a professional photographer in New Mexico was found in violation of that state’s law because the photographer refused to take pictures of a civil commitment ceremony. The photographer refused because gay marriage was against their religious beliefs. The court held this was discrimination.

To me, the New Mexico court trampled on the most basic and fundamental tenet of our constitution – religious freedom. It is indeed tragic that this is now the law of the land in Colorado as well.

Thanks for writing.

Cory

Rep. Cory Gardner
Minority Whip
House District 63
P.O. Box 86
Yuma, Colorado 80759
(970) 848-2232


Cory's example of the New Mexico case is accurate and the photographer is charged with discrimination and in trouble with the Human Rights Commission:

http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_8893673

 

[Taximom]

Thanks for that info, BG.

 

[RainbowsAndGumdrops]

Thanks for the info BG. I appreciate the comments back from your Rep. If that is truly what the bill means, it is one SCARY bill.

 

[SuziQ]

I think the problem with the bill is how vague it is. Passing a bill and legally implementing it are too different things. It was poorly written IMO and actually does a diservice to the people it was intended to help. It does not address how to solve the problem. Too many laws are passed these days that can't meet the legal and financial test.