Comments on: Transgender ordinance to be introduced (again) at Fort Wayne City Council tonight

By: timzank

timzank — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:29:35 +0000

When it comes to sharing bathrooms, this is not a matter of civil rights at all, rather a matter of common sense, common decency and common courtesy.

By: Pez

Pez — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:20:48 +0000

By: Derek Balling

Derek Balling — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:09 +0000

I'm not talking about third-world countries, I'm talking about most of europe.

And, precisely, which "civil right" is violated when you have to share the bathroom with someone of the opposite sex, because I don't think I can quite fine that in the Bill of Rights.

By: timzank

timzank — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:03:41 +0000

I just assumed it would make you happy if we all gathered around in public restrooms, dropped trou and shat in unison. Men, women, children, maybe unicorns too. You seem like that kinda guy.

By: Derek Balling

Derek Balling — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:30 +0000

Seriously, you're a moron. How is THAT the "logical end" of eliminating gender-segregation of bathrooms?

Perhaps you should also get your money back for any classes that had to do with teaching you what "logic" actually meant.

By: timzank

timzank — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:54:58 +0000

You can over-interpret, and over-lawyer all you want, it's an asinine argument. Of course that (asinine arguments) appears to be all the rage lately.

How about if we simplify it to it's logical end, we all just sh%t in a pile in the center of the room? Sound fair?

By: Derek Balling

Derek Balling — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:44:27 +0000

Yeah, they "used to be" considered valid arguments for racial-separation of bathrooms. But they're not. Just as they're not valid arguments for gender-separation in bathrooms.

If you can't see that "separate but equal isn't", then perhaps you might want to go back and read Brown v. Board of Education again.

If you can't see that "separate bathrooms for each gender" is just a version of "separate but equal" that society seems to be OK with despite it being morally wrong, then perhaps you should revisit those good ol' boys who edumacated you and seek some sort of restitution because you did not get your money's worth.

By: timzank

timzank — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:39:58 +0000

Key words there being "used to be". That is such an old, stale, worn out argument. get something new will ya? If you want your 6 year old daughter in the stall next to Bubba while he's "breaking shrapnel", you are not only a lousy parent, you are a moron.

By: Derek Balling

Derek Balling — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:32:33 +0000

all of which were arguments the white folk used to make sure them dirty colored folk didn't use their bathrooms and drinking fountains.

By: timzank

timzank — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:30:27 +0000

Pez, I think the politically correct term is now "saved or created"! lol

By: Pez

Pez — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:53:48 +0000

But think of the jobs this will create!

By: timzank

timzank — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:48:19 +0000

You know boys and girls, I was downtown in your fair city just this afternoon ( an area I prefer to avoid like the plague) and I gotta tell ya, y'all got a shit load more things you need to worry about than spending money on re-doing your frickin' bathrooms so the occasional GLBT person feels better about themselves. ____You have a city swirling the economic toilet bowl and your elected officials are fu%king around with this? Who the hell is voting down there???

By: Greg McClain

Greg McClain — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:42:38 +0000

Karen Goldner once again proves that a vote for her has been a waste of a vote. If she wants to pick and choose her fights and set the laws that will best fit her lifestyle she has no place in Fort Wayne politics – or public service at all.

Let us put political correctness to the side, I know that is hard for many of you liberal donks, but these people all bent up in knots about the own sexual BS should not and do not deserve any special protection or specific laws giving them a free pass down the tulip tree turnpike.

To provide these loss souls anything special is a slap in the face to those that have suffered REAL hardships – no self imposed BS baseless hardships.

And that my friends tosses political correctness out the door and gives you my REAL thoughts on the issue.

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:57:40 +0000

This is no different than "white" vs. "colored's" only bathroom?! Are you insane??