Just one week after Oxford, Alabama, passed a measure that makes it a crime for transgender people to use the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity, the city council will consider reversing the ordinance.
The council will meet on Wednesday to “discuss potentially recalling” the measure, according to AL.com.
The city last week approved an ordinance directing residents to use the bathroom that corresponds to their birth sex, making it a misdemeanor crime to do otherwise. Those that break the law could have to pay a $500 fine or serve six months in prison.
The Oxford city council brought up the measure following complaints over Target’s announcement that customers and employees could use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity in Target stores.
So…they leaped into the fray without a freakin’ CLUE what it was all about or what the states were ACTUALLY trying to outlaw by adding the ‘bathroom law’ to legislation and now that they see how STUPID they were they are reconsidering it? Oh yeah. Tell me once again about how ‘sane’ local government is…
This is a small bore approach. It won’t reverse the fact they’re still Alabama.
Nobody wants to get into a pissing contest. (Boys–even late blooming boys–would win.)
Yeah, see, enforcement is kind of an issue, isn’t it? I mean, are there going to be trained and armed junk-checkers at every public bathroom door? Will the TSA become the Transgender See-down-yer-pants Authority? Will there be some kind of training for these TSA folks who inspect the geniitalia of every single person who uses a public restroom? Will this new TSA leave stickers or flyers inside yer pants when they’ve done their inspection, like the other TSA at the airport? Can rich people get RFID chips installed to beat the line? There’s just a lot of questions that need answering.
They finally figured out that if Granny took her 3 year old grandson into the ladies they would have to arrest the 3 year old?
Barney Fife on patrol.