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Education
Issues
Homosexual
Agenda
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 31, 2003
CONTACT: Diane
Gramley 1.814.271.9078
or 1.814.437.5355
WHY DOES GOVERNOR WANT MEN IN DRESSES WORKING IN
STATE OFFICES, PRO-FAMILY GROUP ASKS
(Harrisburg) -- Today a pro-family organization
voiced strong opposition to Governor Rendell's executive order which
would add 'gender identity or expression' to state agencies' policies. "How is the governor defining 'gender identity or
expression'? This phrase is
so broad it will only open doors to disastrous situations. He is
inviting men in dresses to work in state offices," commented Diane
Gramley, director of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania.
The change is policy is so outrageous that even openly homosexual Congressman Barney Frank opposes such wording in federal laws because he has met radical transgender activists who will insist that men who think they are women be permitted to use the women's restroom and shower.
". . . . But there are
workplace situations—communal showers, for example—when the demands
of the transgender community fly in the face of conventional norms and
therefore would not pass in any Congress."
"I've talked with
transgender activists and what they want—and what we will be forced to
defend—is for people with penises who identify as women to be able to
shower with other women," said Frank, citing the activists'
handbook which states that a person's declared gender is the one by
which he or she should be recognized. "There are no votes for
that." LINK
The March 5, 2002 edition of the National Post reported that in British Columbia "A high-school student in the early stages of changing his sex has been granted permission to use the girls' washroom at his school, despite the objections of some parents."
Some legislators in
Harrisburg have responded by expressing surprise in the governor's
decision to issue the executive order.
They have seen no evidence of discrimination concerning 'gender
identity' in state government. Yet
newly governor-appointed chair of the PA Human Rights Commission Stephen
Glassman disagrees. Glassman, who is openly homosexual, states that there have
been "several cases" of such discrimination.
In response to Glassman's
assertions, Gramley stated, "Discrimination of any type should not
be permitted, but we have to use some common sense. This year we have 'several' cases" of so-called
discrimination concerning 'gender identity' and the result is an
executive order from the governor.
From July 2000 to June 2001 there were 19 confirmed cases of
so-called hate crimes against homosexuals across the state -- these are
PA Human Relations Commission statistics -- and homosexual activists
push through the PA Hate Crimes Bill last year.
Nineteen out of a total of 382 bias-related incidences.
What's next?"
"What our governor has
chosen to do by adding this terminology does in fact fly in the face of
conventional norms and may place state employees in danger.
I don't believe there are any female state employees who want a
man dressed as a woman in their restroom or taking a shower with them,
but this must now be permitted. The
legislative process was circumvented, thus the fallout from this
disastrous decision rests squarely on the shoulders of the
governor," said Gramley.
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