So The Maine Human Rights Commissions has moved forward with a proposal that would ban male and female bathrooms in schools and make them all unisex, this includes locker rooms and showers too. They argue that by forcing kids to use a specific bathroom based on gender amounts to discrimination.

Another recent story, there was a topless women protest in the street in Portland, MA. It is already legal for a women to be topless in MA, but they were still protesting because of society's double standard that it is acceptable for a man to be without a shirt but it is inappropriate for a woman to do so. The most bizarre thing about the whole incident is that the women were actually surprised and shocked by all the male gawkers who stared at them and took pictures with their phones, and they all felt very offended.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/08/maine-commission-moves-ban-gender-specific-school-bathrooms-teams/


do a search for the other story if care enough about it, I forgot where I read it but it happened a few days ago in Portland, Maine.

Oh well it was my understanding that transgender students could already use the bathroom or locker room of the gender they identify with, ever since that incident happened last year. The proposal on that link could very well be the one already currently in place. A representative of the Maine Human Rights Commissions is going to be on Megyn Kelly's program "America Live" on Fox tomorrow sometime during the day to argue their case. I will set it to record tomorrow on my DVR so we can get this straightened out. If Fox tried to make it sound like they were doing away with girl/boy bathrooms in schools when it was not the case then what they wrote was a mistruth. Fox is very biased and opinionated but I doubt that they would blatantly lie about this.

In any case, isn't it a little creepy that places in this country are starting to consider a 12 year old boy mature enough to decide that they want to be a girl, and if that is the case, why don't we allow them to take estrogen pills and have sex changes also?

Klimbatize wrote:

phantasmzombie wrote: Fox is very biased and opinionated but I doubt that they would blatantly lie about this. Funniest thing I've read today. Thanks for the laugh.

They exaggerate all the time, but they are pretty good about not telling lies that are not debatable, they always leave room for argument. There so many watchdog groups out there who scrutinize and look at that network with a magnifying glass. They are aware of this and that is why it is hard to catch them in a bold face lie, however their competition always seems to be a fact checker's wet dream.

Klimbatize wrote:

The problem is the majority of their viewers don't go to other news outlets to see just how appalling FOX news really is. Unfortunately, ideals and personal feelings win out over facts for many FOX viewers.

I am very curious about what news outlets/channels/magazines/websites you recommend that people cross reference to come to the conclusion that Fox news is appalling. I'm sure they are 100% honest and have no bias whatsoever.

But seriously I don't think Fox News or any other cable news network should be a source of information that people should shape and form their opinions by, and its unfortunate that people make that mistake.

Like I said before, we will hear it in their own words tomorrow when someone from the Maine Human Rights Commissions appears on Fox tomorrow.

UsaSatsui wrote:

I mean, look at the title of the article. "Maine Commission Moves to Ban Gender Specific Bathrooms, Sports Teams in Schools". It's true only, only, only on the sense that the motion will prohibit a very small number of school children of one biological gender from being excluded from the restrooms and sports teams of the gender they present themselves as. I mean, it's like titling an article "Man shot by police officer and dies", when the man was shot by a police officer...who was his friend...with a BB gun...by mistake...five years ago...and died in a car crash yesterday. Sure, it's true. Technically. But it's not what happened.

You sound very confident that the evil Fox News network is misleading us to believe that the Maine Humans Rights Commissions is trying to abolish gender bathrooms in schools. We will find out when they speak for themselves tomorrow, which is one of the things Fox does more than any other cable news channel, reasoned debate. I dare anyone to prove otherwise.

So let us make a bet, if MHRC is indeed suggesting that having male & female bathrooms is discrimination, I want your signature to be "phantasmzombie is always right and should never be questioned", for a week. If I am wrong, it just wouldn't be fair for me to have a sig of your choosing because I don't post nearly as much as you do. So, if Fox is lying through their teeth on this story then I will send you 50$ American.