tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post6698706951217949281..comments2024-02-20T15:17:48.594+11:00Comments on A.E.Brain: America's Next Great Civil Rights StruggleZoe Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13712045376060102538noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-67502821427561334552011-08-10T03:08:43.627+10:002011-08-10T03:08:43.627+10:00Hi Caroline - and thanks. The majority of my reade...Hi Caroline - and thanks. The majority of my readership isn't trans, but yes, passing it around to a wider audience still would be a great idea.<br /><br />Especially in view of the recent <a href="http://radicalhub.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/communication_csw_un_brennanhungerford_08012011_.pdf" rel="nofollow">RadFem submission to the UN</a> calling for all legal rights for Trans and Intersex people to be withdrawn as they constitute a threat to all females.<br /><br />Naturally I passed it on (without comment) to the ACT Law Reform Council that is currently reviewing laws about TS and IS people. It's my duty as an advisor to make sure *all* voices are heard, not just ones I agree with.<br /><br />I think I may have to blog about that.Zoe Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712045376060102538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-81757202518598140472011-08-10T02:29:34.752+10:002011-08-10T02:29:34.752+10:00Glad that some found the article worth reading... ...Glad that some found the article worth reading... Now pass it along to your non-transgender friends if you want to really have an impact. Either way, thanks for reading it - Caroline T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-39030290967416919442011-07-31T17:15:34.295+10:002011-07-31T17:15:34.295+10:00Shayna said.....
The 14th Amendment has an "...Shayna said.....<br /><br />The 14th Amendment has an "equal protection clause" which, in essence, requires states to provide equal protection to all individuals within its jurisdiction. For example, no state law may condone sexual discrimination. In the US, Minnesota statute 363 was enacted in recognition of the fact that employers in the state were terminating transgender employees and to provide relief. [Ten other states and Wash. D.C. have done the same while Congress has repeatedly refused to pass ENDA.]<br /><br />Thus, when "anonymous" rants about a "special class" wanting "special unconstitutional laws", he inadvertently disclosed his lack of knowledge. The 14th amendment is part of the constitution.<br /><br />Finally, the amendment also contains the "due process clause" prohibiting any level of government from denying any individual of life, liberty, and property.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-91312714092898839032011-07-06T06:33:47.260+10:002011-07-06T06:33:47.260+10:00The New Republic (now) requires a subscription to ...The New Republic (now) requires a subscription to view that article.<br /><br />I dispute that those on the "Right" are supposed to be swayed by "facts". The "Right" is all about fictions, not facts. While both the left and the right try to insist upon their version of the "truth", you should know that "facts" have very little to do with American conservative thinking. Indeed, contemporary right wing thinking avoids facts altogether, preferring to package whimsy and emotional alarm as "fact". Personally, I'd argue that the last Republican President who was swayed by facts was Eisenhower, in the 1950's; I'd also give a slight nod to George Bush the First. <br /><br />I don't understand your reference between "unconstitutional" and the 14th Amendment. Could you elaborate on that?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00333372966116029977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-50755640732205309912011-07-06T00:33:32.084+10:002011-07-06T00:33:32.084+10:00Hi Zoe...Thank you! Your the best! It looks as tho...Hi Zoe...Thank you! Your the best! It looks as though anonymous, like most people on the right of these issues, has not even done any homework, and is only coming from an ideological viewpoint. This Ideological position is not Goddesses! It's man made illusions, and lies! When I try to counter this kind of bullshit, I get too flustered. Thank you, thank you!TransAlien-Menace....Cynthia M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-59206604065236459442011-07-04T04:08:16.389+10:002011-07-04T04:08:16.389+10:00Given that a number of those children have two mom...Given that a number of those children have two mommies or two daddies, I think they should know about as much about homosexuality as most kids should about heterosexuality.<br /><br />Kids ask questions - and should receive age-appropriate answers, not silence or worse, outright lies.<br /><br />As for "unconstitutional" - look up the 14th amendment.<br /><br />Then decide if these stats show equal treatment: <a href="http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2011/02/nss-department-injustice-at-every-turn.html" rel="nofollow">Injustice at every turn</a>.<br /><br />Special rights are only appropriate when special wrongs are being done. Hence the Civil Rights Act 1964.<br /><br />Those on the Right, like me, are supposed to be swayed by facts, not political correctness or political incorrectness.<br /><br />In view of those facts, what say you?Zoe Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712045376060102538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-79199236218131977502011-07-04T01:04:24.192+10:002011-07-04T01:04:24.192+10:00Ohhh another "special class" wanting spe...Ohhh another "special class" wanting special unconstitutional laws and rules for them while crying about how discriminated they are. And dont forget the school leasons about homosexuality to 8 year olds that dont even know what sexuality is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-70878050913204771782011-06-30T01:34:13.631+10:002011-06-30T01:34:13.631+10:00It has been described as "left of center&quo...It has been described as "left of center", not right-wing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com