Posted on 01/15/2014 8:24:34 PM PST by massmike
TThe late Chicago columnist Mike Royko nicknamed Jerry Brown “Governor Moonbeam” for his flaky politics. Brown’s 1980 campaign slogan was: “protect the earth, serve the people and explore the universe.” But perhaps even Royko didn’t foresee the eccentric politics of 2014 California under Jerry Brown, which could feature, among other oddities, a referendum on whether or not to keep transgender bathrooms in public schools.
Brown signed the transgender-bathroom legislation, authored by the San Francisco radical Tom Ammiano, last fall. The legislation stipulates that students, based on nothing more than their “gender” self-perception, may choose the bathroom, locker facility, and sports team of their choice. (Brown has also signed legislation allowing people to alter birth certificates based on their self-perception.)
Since then, conservative groups have been gathering signatures for a referendum challenge. Even the crippled California GOP, normally skittish about social issues, has signed off on the challenge. Assemblyman Tim Donnelly of San Bernardino County, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, has told the press that he removed his son from a public school over this issue.
Meanwhile, the California left, with the help of the teachers’ unions, is pooh-poohing parental concerns, arguing that only the truly transgendered will make use of the law, as if that should induce parental sighs of relief.
Were Royko alive today, he might find the causes around which the “moonbeam vote” rallied in the 1970s almost quaint in comparison to Brown’s today. As the state reels from economic crisis and the exodus of businesses and middle-class families, what is Brown’s California debating? The preservation of transgender bathrooms in failed public schools.
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Ever notice homosexuals are 24/7 on about sex and bathrooms? Do they think of anything else?
Have you ever wondered if Jerry Brown might have trouble deciding which one he should use?
They’ll likely get a judge to overturn it, but what the heck. This tranny law is going down if put to a referendum, and at least we’ll have taken a stand.
Ever notice homosexuals are 24/7 on about sex and bathrooms? Do they think of anything else?
Sure! How to make Catholic school comply~
Wait until the girls start losing college athletic scholarships to the guys.
Politicians like Gov. Brown argue pro-choice, yet they ignore majority voters concerning gay issues like marriage and transgender bathrooms.
Just wait until some HS cutie comes home and tells her father/brother/boyfriend that she was ogled [or worse] in the girls shower by a transgender ...
Then, one or more of the father/brother/boyfriend goes and beats the crap outta the transgender ...
Then, the transgender sues the father/brother/boyfriend [or combination thereof], the school, and the State of CA ...
Then, the libs in CA say, “Well, who coulda saw that comin’ ???”
So that court can overturn the initiative, and scold the public for its bigotry..
The middle one should have a question mark
One man I miss-Mike Royko. Chicago’s answer to Art Buchwald.
I dunno....er, uh, gerbils??
I lived in California since 1984. Are you talking about something simply being on the ballot, or something being actually voted on? I have seen several things passed and then overturned by the dirt bags in black robes.
In CA we have a Referendum, and the Initiative process. Two completely different tools that are supposed to give the voters the final say.
What are you talking about? They’ve done it time after time.
Prop 8
Prop 187....
Moonbeam sheds his light on both sides of the street, always has.
Referendum and Initiative/Ballot Measure are too distinct processes. Referendum is for the sole purpose of repealing laws passed by the legislature.
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