Posted on 10/07/2017 9:38:42 AM PDT by Enlightened1
California can now start jailing people that refuse to use the preferred gender pronouns of nursing home residents after Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill Thursday.
The law’s effect is limited to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, but mandates that those who “willfully and repeatedly” refuse “to use a transgender resident’s preferred name or pronouns” can be slapped with a $1,000 fine and up to one year in prison, according to the California Heath and Safety code.
Known as the “LGBT Senior Bill Of Rights,” the legislation also requires nursing homes and care facilities to allow residents to use the bathroom of their choice, regardless of biological sex. The bill’s author, state Sen. Scott Weiner, argues that religious views don’t hold weight in public areas.
“Everyone is entitled to their religious view,” Wiener said. “But when you enter the public space, when you are running an institution, you are in a workplace, you are in a civil setting, and you have to follow the law.”
Wiener also released a statement thanking Brown for signing the bill.
“Our LGBT seniors built the modern LGBT community and led the fight for so many of the rights our community takes for granted today. It is our duty to make sure they can age with the dignity and respect they deserve,” Wiener wrote. “I want to thank Governor Brown for joining our coalition in supporting this bill, which will make a real difference in people’s lives. The LGBT Senior Bill of Rights is an important step in our fight to ensure all people are treated equally regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.”
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All the more reason to avoid going to Calif.
“”refuse “to use a transgender resident’s preferred name or pronouns” can be slapped with a $1,000 fine and up to one year in prison, according to the California Heath and Safety code””
I’ve said it once and I’ll keep saying it - how many residents of nursing homes are confused about who/what they are? Well, maybe because of their health problems as they aged but certainly NOT because they decided they weren’t going to be GRANDPA or GRANDMA any longer but were going to switch that around!
“You’re “grandpa” - “NO, I’m grandma..”
Do we have to wait for this to get any nuttier?
Ironically, they’re even purchasing the book in increasing numbers and still can’t see themselves in Orwell’s mirror.
Liberals are quickly devolving into a minority party as more and more traditional Democrats desert their leadership.
Not all Democrats were stupid a few years ago. I’m not sure you can say that any longer. It’s getting to where only the stupid remain.
And no doubt calling someone stupid is now, or soon will be, a criminal offense in the great state of California.
“”And no doubt calling someone stupid is now, or soon will be, a criminal offense in the great state of California.””
Shhhh - don’t go spreading that around or the nuts in Sacramento will get ideas!
The jokes write themselves. . . What if grandma forgets what gender she assigned herself yesterday? Can we jail her today?
And I guess that also means a court-appointed administrator--an employee of the state--can assign sexes when the gender-ee is not legally competent.
As you know, this is just a camel's-nose move by the gender-assignment-Gestapo to establish a legal precedent in a land where no one is compos mentis enough to object. Pivoting on that, they hope to claim the power of gender-assignment crime and punishment over the other 300 million of us. Maybe the whole world. Isn't Progressiveness fun?
It’s not free speech when you’re in a contractual situation, which it is in this case, since you are in a licensed institution as an employee. As stupid as the law is it will probably hold up under judicial review.
The only way issues like this and baking cakes and serving people etc... will get resolved in the favor of people’s personal beliefs and opinions is if there is some type of sweeping ruling that incorporates freedom of association and speech within business licensing code OR if the argument derives from the common municiple code wording that “nothing within this code shall be construed as to deny anyone their constitutional rights” and the individual uses that as a basis to refuse to enter into the licensing contract in the first place.
That old saw about the inmates being in charge of the asylum is coming true in many liberal bastions.
And they’re quickly learning that most people prefer not to live in an asylum, by the way.
If you’re white, male, or Christian, you’re not allowed to be offended, so the law only applies to you as long as YOu are using the “wrong words”.I
Libs, fags, and wackos can call you anything they want to, and they’ll be protected.
No such thing as a “transgender”. Just people who can’t figure out their plumbing. We need to quit surrendering to the liberals control over the words. How many people now call bruce jenner caitlyn? Or bradley manning chelsea. Both have XY chromosomes, which makes them male; not men, but male.
The only option is to not communicate with "they"
Avoid "they" because your life does depend on it.
Laws that create segregation. Typical.
Just think of all the music that’s now illegal in California...anything with “Hey Baby” can get you hard time.
“”Supercalifragilicousexpialidocious””
I think you spelled that wrong - HA!!! After “fragil” is “istic”. The rest looks good to me! A+! And now I will have to have this in my head the rest of the day - thanks a lot...
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
>>It’s not free speech when you’re in a contractual situation, which it is in this case, since you are in a licensed institution as an employee. As stupid as the law is it will probably hold up under judicial review.<<
I disagree, though I’m no lawyer. You’re talking about holding one’s job, and I agree with that. But criminalizing the act is an entirely different matter.
The Ninth Circuit might uphold it because they’re as loony as the CA legislature, but I doubt this will come down to a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling. More like 8-1 or 9-zip.
I simply cannot take anymore of this outrageous stupidity!
It definitely appears to be so. Well meaning people could barricade off the Capitol building in Sacramento and keep those loons from escaping and causing any more harm to the citizens.. CA was my home for 55+ years, Sacramento for 18 of those years. I miss it but not the politics which drove us out! My husband always said they weren’t going to drive him out of the state he was born in until it got to the point we had no choice.
Nope. The “e” after the “c” in istic would make it represent the /s/ sound. This is why we turn picnic into picnicking instead of simply picnicing. Also panic, panicky, etc., consistently.
So, we have supercalifragilistickexpialidocious. Which my spell check still hates, by the way.
I should add that everyone agrees with you. But everyone is wrong...*s*
how sweeping is that other then workplace? Does that include common internet communications? Or maybe social media's on the internet?
Wouldn't this law as written segregate people at work? if you miss spook at work you could go to jail. Logical course of action is to not talk too that person. If must talk to that person make sure everything is in writing.
Then again, the Brits ignore the rule of c, so that’s an out too. And Mary Poppins was a Brit, so I guess everyone is right after all.
Since many residents speak Spanish, I wonder how that is going to work?
The language is built around genders.
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