Posted on 04/22/2016 5:00:26 PM PDT by markomalley
President Obama said Friday that laws affecting LGBT rights in North Carolina and Mississippi are “wrong” and should be reversed in court.
The president, speaking at a news conference in London, also urged British people not to be afraid of visiting the two southern states, saying they would find “hospitable people” there. The British foreign office has issued a travel advisory warning its citizens about potential problems for gay or transgender people visiting those states.
“The laws that have been passed there are wrong and should be overturned,” Mr. Obama said. “They’re in response to politics in part, in part strong emotions that are generated by people … although I respect their different viewpoints, I think it’s very important for us not to send signals that anybody’s treated differently.”
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The demon speaks again...
Come on Obama,you’ve got a pen and a phone-I dare you.
Nobody asked you, Mr. President. Other than maybe your own reflection in the mirror.
Were the bath huts of his homeland allsexual?
Well, now it IS a Federal issue.
This issue is a no-brainer and it would have been laughable even just 2 years ago. I'm disappointed that Trump didn't hit this slider out of the park. If he would have just said men belonged in men's restrooms and women belonged in women's, his poll numbers would have skyrocketed to the point where Cruz would have been begging to be Trump's running mate.
"Today a federal judge voided NC's discriminatory law that punishes transgendered from using the restroom of their choice....." < /AP >
FUBO!
What do you say now FTD? Is this just a States Rights issue? Now we need a President who will be willing to stand against this nonsense, and Trump ain't that guy.
But Trump is going to be the nominee. God help us all.
Trump's handlers are very smart on this issue.
He is going to need to pivot, hard, to the left in preparation for winning the general. Giving away all the social issues reduces his target size.
He doesn't need the conservative base anymore, after all, what are they going to do, allow the Hildabeast to win?
And I'm being really serious here...looking at this situation with Realpolitik, he has to do what he has to do. I don't particularly like it, but I do understand it. Virtually all presidential candidates go through the same transformation.
Highly appropriate comment.
Punishes? OMG!
Our “republicans” are so fuching afraid of liberals they can no longer say we are opposed to perverts of both sexes in each others bathrooms.
I haven’t talked to one blue collar dem (the ones I have spoken to are all from NJ) that isn’t aghast at the party leadership on this issue. They are tolerating the gay crap up to a point, but this is a bridge too far, at least for this election cycle. It’s inexplicable.
What is the difference between saying what he did about muslim immigration and not wanting men who are attracted to women to use women’s bathrooms and other private areas? I mean come on, it’s not that hard. It would infuriate all the right people, which in turn would make everyone not completely whacked out at this point to laugh and point.
Freegards
So you are saying it’s a timing thing? I’m not sure I give him that much credit. Seems to me anyone down for men attracted to women in the women’s bathroom isn’t going to be voting pub anyhow.
Freegards
The danger with these kinds of laws us that when taken to court they often result in decisions that have unintended consequences
Pretty much.
I think most people, if you put it to them in the right way, would off-the-cuff support it (sad situation our country is in, isn't it?). Our society has gone WAAAAAY downhill in the past few decades.
Honestly, I'm shocked at the number of FReepers who think this is no big deal. And if the reaction of FReepers confounds me for being libertine, what about low-info people who get their information from The View?
Besides, who GAF about 3% of the population anyway? It's the other 97% we need to accommodate.
“Honestly, I’m shocked at the number of FReepers who think this is no big deal. And if the reaction of FReepers confounds me for being libertine, what about low-info people who get their information from The View?”
Man I guess you are more likely to be right than me. It’s not like I haven’t seen this myself the last two days here. This election cycle sucks. Two stiffs. I can’t believe the enthusiasm for these complete weirdos.
Freegards
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