Last Friday's Distant Tumult

[Rightguide]

People in Idaho reported hearing a distant howl from the West last Friday. The great lament lasted for about an hour. I found out this morning what it was:


California appellate court rules Trans pronouns law violates freedom of speech
Law protects LGBTQ seniors in long-term care facilities from discrimination & mistreatment based on sexual orientation & gender identity

Published 1 day ago on July 20, 2021By Staff reports

SACRAMENTO – The State of California Third District Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that a state statute requiring nursing home staff to use the correct pronouns for trans and nonbinary patients is a freedom of speech violation.

The Court, in a unanimous 3-0 decision, struck down this key provision of the LGBTQ Long-Term Care Facility Residents’ Bill of Rights, created by SB 219 in 2017, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and sponsored by Equality California. The Court upheld the provision in the law that requires nursing homes to place transgender patients in rooms that match their gender identity.

“The Court’s decision is disconnected from the reality facing transgender people. Deliberately misgendering a transgender person isn’t just a matter of opinion, and it’s not simply ‘disrespectful, discourteous, or insulting.’ Rather, it’s straight up harassment. And, it erases an individual’s fundamental humanity, particularly one as vulnerable as a trans senior in a nursing home. This misguided decision cannot be allowed to stand,” Senator Wiener said in a statement.

More whining here:
https://www.washingtonblade.com/202...rans-pronouns-law-violates-freedom-of-speech/

 

[rae121452]

so far, you're the only one who's brought it up.

 

[Rightguide]

so far, you're the only one who's brought it up.

I'm more informed than many others. I even found and posted a gay news source. That's why the left hasn't rushed in to call it fake news or disparage the source. The truth is they are probably so crushed and emotionally disturbed by the news they haven't composed themselves enough to see the keys on their keyboards yet. They have to decide on a strategy, I mean after all this decision came from a State Appellate Court in the middle Commieville USA.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

I'm more informed than many others.

Nope.

 

[rae121452]

I'm more informed than many others. I even found and posted a gay news source. That's why the left hasn't rushed in to call it fake news or disparage the source. The truth is they are probably so crushed and emotionally disturbed by the news they haven't composed themselves enough to see the keys on their keyboards yet. They have to decide on a strategy, I mean after all this decision came from a State Appellate Court in the middle Commieville USA.

you're not by any chance transgender and confined to a california nursing home? this seems a lot more important to you than to anyone else.

 

[zipman]

I'm more informed than many others. I even found and posted a gay news source. That's why the left hasn't rushed in to call it fake news or disparage the source. The truth is they are probably so crushed and emotionally disturbed by the news they haven't composed themselves enough to see the keys on their keyboards yet. They have to decide on a strategy, I mean after all this decision came from a State Appellate Court in the middle Commieville USA.

Lol, yeah you just "found" the article.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[pecksniff]

They have to decide on a strategy

None is needed.

 

[RoryN]

Deplorables: "Yay! We're winning culture wars!"

Rest of America: "And, because that's your focus, you're losing elections. We'll take that deal."

#truth