News Release: Lower Merion Votes to Give Special Protections
December 8, 2010 // afaofpa // Homosexual Agenda
News Release
For Immediate Release: December 8, 2010
Contact: Diane Gramley 1.814.271.9078 or 1.814.437.5355
Lower Merion Township Votes to Give Special Protections to Homosexuals
(Philadelphia) – Tonight by a vote of 11-0 Lower Merion Township turned a deaf ear to ignore the warnings and the concerns voiced by constituents and chose instead to give special protections to homosexuals, bisexuals and transgenders. Again, this afternoon the American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), a statewide family values group, contacted each commissioner and gave them additional information concerning the ramification of such passage.
“Those pushing this agenda say there are no adverse affects where these ordinances have passed. Yet, we can give them example after example which they chose to ignore. Others are also saying there will be a positive economic impact in the passage of this ordinance and we are asking, ‘Where is the proof?’ They can give us none, “noted Diane Gramley, president of the AFA of PA.
Apparently, the sole purpose of the ordinance is to give special protections to only homosexuals, bisexuals and transgenders. Commissioner Rosenzweig, one of the authors of the ordinance, noted during the meeting those were the only categories they intended to enforce. His declaration is an acknowledgment that even though they have changed the words of the now new ordinance, they simply plan on adhering to the language of the proposed September 10, 2010 ordinance which was to extend protection “based on sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression,” something they were warned against on October 7.
The ones who will be the most greatly impacted will be the women who no longer can safely enter the women’s restroom or the locker room at the local Y because the Lower Merion Commissioners just legalized the presence of men in those facilities. It will also impact day cares which will be forced to hire homosexuals, bisexuals and transgenders and religious organizations which receive government monies for their soup kitchens and schools. It will force department stores to allow men who think they are men to use the women’s fitting room. Do the Boy Scout troops in the Constellation District, which encompasses Lower Merion use any of the township facilities or parks? If so, they will be prohibited from doing so because they ban open homosexual leaders and members.
“The eleven Commissioners of Lower Merion Township voted tonight to fix a problem that does not exist. Instead, in their efforts to be politically correct, they have created numerous problems by giving special protections to a very vocal minority of people who want to force all residents in Lower Merion to celebrate their lifestyle. They want to use the force of law, and the commissioners have blatantly given them that ability, to redefine normal in Lower Merion and if someone holds deeply religious beliefs that homosexuality, bisexuality and transgenderism are sinful, those views will change or else,” Gramley further commented.
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Topics: gender identity, Lower Merion Township, ordinance, sexual orienation, special rights
ALERT! for Diane Gramley:
You may have already read the Main Line Media News regarding this ordinance passing. READ IT AGAIN. It has been updated and two videos have been added by the author who is distinctly pro-LGBT and is playing this up for all it is worth.
The first video is of Jason Landau Goodman, the young homosexual Equality PA activist who initiated this ordinance.
In this interview, you will hear him accuse you and your organization of sending “horrible” e-mails to the Commissioners.
He also explains away the substantial opposition that was voiced at the meeting by accusing your organization of organizing the opponents as well as naming your organization, stating that you have been identified as a “hate group” and that you are based in “Franklin PA, over 300 miles away”.
Just thought you might be interested in that.
http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2010/12/09/main_line_times/news/doc4d00545f6d8d7148429857.txt?viewmode=default
It’s interesting that he responded to the reporter’s question about the concerns raised during the meeting with an attack on the AFA of PA. So, apparently he had no response. Yes, the AFA has been labeled a “hate group” by the hateful Southern Poverty Law Center because we take a stand for one man one woman marriage and oppose special rights ordinances such as Lower Merion’s by exposing the truth about the dangers of the homosexual lifestyle and the real intention of those pushing these ordinances. As far as the “horrible” e-mails, some of that content is included in our September 14th news release “Lower Merion Warned of Dangers.”
Dear AFA,
“Special protections”, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, Seriously, you people are too funny. All this ordinance does is creates a local commission to investigate discrimination against already protected categories, plus sexual orientation and gender identity. Heck, if I fired you for being straight and/or cisgender, you would STILL HAVE LEGAL RECOURSE!!! It works both ways.
And as I presented to the commissioners, the ordinance does not address the sensitivities of the transgender committee. There are no provisions for restrooms, locker rooms, or dress codes.
I believe that if you are trans, you should be able to dress consistent with your gender identity, use the restroom that is most consistent with your gender identity, and even use the changing room most consistent with your gender identity.
Your assertions on issues of women’s safety are at the least flawed and at the most offensive to sexual assault survivors like myself. Gender segregated restrooms do not prevent people who wish to do harm in there from doing harm, just ask BEN ROETHLISBERGER that. What it does do is prevent people like myself from being able to use the restroom, which is harmful to my physical health.
You will stoop to the use of rape/pedophilia tropes just to deny us our rights. Well, Lower Merion passed its ordinance, deal with it bigots!!!
Love
-Jordan
As we noted in one e-mail to Lower Merion Commissioners that transgenders, such as yourself, would not be pleased with the definition of public accommodation where it excluded such which were “in their nature distinctly private.” Your post proves our point. You contend that men who believe they are women should legally be permitted to use the restroom or locker room of their choice and demand that businesses have a dress code to accommodate them.
Other sexual assault victims have expressed dismay when such ordinances have been debated in their area because they know it places them and all females in greater danger.
Yes, these are ‘special protections’ because these ordinances are being extended to groups simply because of the sexual activity in which they engage or because of who they identify themselves as.
@Jordan Gwendolyn- You end your tirade by gloating that the ordinance was passed and namecalling (like a five-year-old) yet you expressed dissatisfaction that the Commissioners did not address the so-called ‘sensitivities’ of the so-called “transgender committee(sic)”.
The Commissioners went as far into your world of weirdness as they were willing to go. You deal with it. But first try being honest. If you are denied access in a public accomodation to the restroom you believe in your mind you belong in, rather than the one designated by your anatomy, you will be scurrying off to the the Human Relations Commissioners squealing discrimination and seeking to bring chasrges.
You claim that you can’t use the restroom and that it effects your health. If you refuse to use the restroom then it is nobody’s fault but your own. Undo your clothes and pull out the waistband of your underwear. Let what you see be your guide. Match up what you see with the stick figure on the restroom door either wearing pants or a skirt. Really quite simple.
Now if you are uncomfortable with that then get help. Gender Identity Disorder is still recognized by the APA and so treatment is still available. I say still because no doubt when the trans-sexual/transvestite (aka ‘transgender’ or “T”) lobby gains sufficient power, they (you) will manage to strongarm the APA into discarding decades of observation and scientific evidence to render your abnormality normal, in just the same way the homosexuals did in the Seventies.
It’s all about politics and the squeaky wheel getting the grease. You just got greased in Lower Merion so stop squeaking and quiet down.