President Obama / Amanda Simspon
Posted on 01/06/2010 5:55:56 AM PST by NYer
.- President Obama recently appointed a “transgendered” man as a Senior Technical Adviser to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Amanda Simpson, a former test pilot for Raytheon who now identifies himself as female, will serve in the Bureau of Industry and Security. Critics of the appointment argue that it is "political correctness run amok."
Simpson, a board member of Out & Equal and the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), said on Dec. 31 that he is “truly honored to have received this appointment” and expressed a desire “that this appointment opens future opportunities for many others.”
“What's unfortunate,” said Matt Barber, Director of Cultural Affairs for the Liberty Counsel, is that Simpson “has a history of radical transgender activism.” Barber explained to CNA that the issue is not simply having a transgendered person in a prestigious position of authority in the government, but the apparent agenda that this individual has.
“He may very well be qualified for this position but it appears that he was not picked (merely) for his qualifications, he was picked because of his wardrobe,” Barber commented to CNA. “That is not diversity or tolerance. It's political correctness run amok.”
Speaking to ABC News, Mara Keisling, the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, countered, "This is a real serious technical policy position and the job matches her resume. Her being transgender had nothing to do with getting that job."
However, Barber continued to express his concern regarding the future ramifications of Simpson's appointment, arguing that it is part of a larger movement within the current administration.“With hate crimes legislation and ENDA (Employment Non Discrimination Act) and other radical GLBT pieces of legislation that are being pushed by the Obama Administration,” Barber told CNA, those who disagree with the GLBT perspective “literally can and will face criminal or civil penalty.”
Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth voiced similar concern on the Focus on the Family Action website on Jan. 4. “Is there going to be a transgender quota now in the Obama Administration? How far does this politics of gay and transgender activism go? Clearly this is an administration that is pandering to the gay lobby,” he said.
Barber added that in his opinion “there is no doubt” that Simpson's appointment “is an effort to normalize” transgender issues and “desensitize” American society.
Ping!
..this administration is like the bar scene from “Star Wars”
Not just the administration, the whole disgusting Democrap Party!
This is how far the Democrats are willing to go in order to get somebody moderately attractive on their team.
This isn’t an ‘Administration’, it’s a Freak Show!
This just shows there are no “normal” people left in the DNC.
The sad part of this understanding is how did normal society allow this person and his party take the power and reigns of government.
If I dress like Napoleon and demand to be called Emperor, does that make me in fact Napoleon, or crazy?
And what does it say about the folks who would actually call me Emporer?
These people who commit substantial genital mutilation always bother the people who are forced to work around them. You just never know if they’re done with the cutting or have other targets in mind.
i think the best person to hold the Senior Technical Adviser to the U.S. Department of Commerce job is a person who primarily self identifies as a Senior Technical Adviser to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
that might sound funny, but 0bama is putting too many people in job X whose primary self identity has something to do with sex or some left agenda.
what’s the primary identity of the ‘safe school czar’? that of someone concerned about safe schools? what’s the primary identity of the Homeland Security person? Homeland Security?
Now that’s funny!
Most Obama appointees come standard issue without funtioning brains. As proof I offer this apponitee, how could anyone with a fully functioning brain become ...
If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?
Four - doesn’t matter what you call it, a tail is not a leg.
WWLD?
What would Lazamataz do?
This is a great opportunity for a political poster.
Find a before picture.
Put it to the right of the after picture with his male name under it.
Caption:
Q: Which person did Obama appooint? A: Both, they are the same person. He now dresses as a woman.
I love the intentional use of “he”.
Cutting off your male genitals does not make you a woman.
Actually, it strikes me that someone who is so mentally and emotionally confused that he cannot even decide his gender is a perfect fit for this administration.
SnakeDoc
What, Chaz Bono wasn’t available? Oh, yuck!
What is that called? An "ambiguous pronoun"? Which "he" are you referring to? :)
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