OT "I'm Dealing With A Few Transgender Issues"

Absolutely. Hater, though??

 

Dude! I only did that ONCE!

 

The title of this thread confuses me. Is ABM developing boobs?

 

FIFY

 

Looked through a few posts in this thread. Had a few chuckles.

http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/s2-rules.338183/

 

I really don’t see the point of these threads. Nobody changes their opinion. Feelings are hurt. People are angry. I don’t see the value.

 

A gay Florida teacher tweeted intent to continue listening to any student who wishes to talk about their sexual orientation or gender identity and would keep conversation confidential, regardless of don't say gay law. Right did typical freakout about how teachers are dying to talk about sex.
Laura Ingraham, who began her political career in college by outing gay students to their parents, repeated the filth about gays recruiting children.
Florida considers us so horrible children cannot know we exist. By which they mean straight cis children. The others don't matter.

 

Someday I'll have the wherewithal to describe the nuances between being a bigot, being a supporter of systemic bigotry, being complicit in bigotry, and benefitting from bigotry. It's not today. Sufficed to say, you're probably not a bigot, but if you are an active supporter of bigoted policies, you're still doing plenty of damage, all while being able to comfort yourself in saying you aren't a bigot personally.

I hope your mother-in-law feels better soon.

 

I appreciate those thoughts, YT. This is the type of dialog I hope to continue to share in. That said, the term bigot is such a wide-ranging word. Covers so many facets of our societies. As a Christian believer, there is a lot of bigotry towards me, as well. Same for Jesus, who was murdered because, well, folks just couldn't accept who He was. Anyway, I digress, and don't want to turn this into a Christian debate. It's not.

Thanks for the kind thoughts regarding my MIL. The hospital is running a bunch of tests on her. We believe what she's going through now is in some part due to her congestive heart issues. We shall see.

 

I chose a wide-ranging word on purpose.

I am still curious as to your answers to these questions.

 

In actuality, Alex is my great-nephew. My Niece is divorced and moved with her boyfriend from Utah to Seattle. Alex wants to be with her (and not the unsupportive father)...and has recently moved to Seattle, as well. Collectively, they've been working hard to find a supportive school for Alex. They though they had found a wonderful, accepting private school on Friday Harbor Island, WA, but unfortunately, Alex was kicked out. I'm not certain of the reason(s) and, thus far, they're not talking about it. I didn't want to pry.

This all said, the family is absolutely committed to loving and supporting Alex at every turn. How is that manifested in practice? It's a very good question. Myself, being so far away am supportive in spirit, as it were. Supportive in that whomever Alex wants to be, I'll be accepting and, when possible, participate in whatever activities/environments Alex chooses. All along, my main concern regarding transgender-related situations is, where are the parent(s) in all of this. They have every right (and I believe, crucial) to be involved and not potentially deemed as also-rans or insignificant bystanders by societal systems, etc.

 

ABM, please tell me which state legislatures are banning Christian worship.

States that have banned transgender health care are now considering laws that would make it a crime for residents to go out of state for health care.

ABM, are any states making it a crime for you to attend church out of state?

 

Bigotry: Obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction; in particular, prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.

IMO, bigotry and prejudice can be interchangeable terms. I've been called a kook, crazy, stupid, weak, weird, etc. And I'm not necessarily talking about in here Although, I've been called a few things.

Please, though, as I mentioned in my post to @YamTastic, my intention was not to make this a debate comparing Christians to whomever. It was not. Yam, correctly commented that, indeed, bigotry is a wide-ranging word. I really enjoy chatting with her.

 

I haven't seen you called anything in here. I've seen you challenged and asked tough questions, at which point you generally lose interest in the conversation.

 

So, I make a very, open, honest, and transparent post to @YamTastic, and this is what you choose to pull from it? Really nice, dude.

Fine. Some in here have yuk yuk'd that, "Thank god I'm an atheist" and other such barbs, which might be considered a prejudice remark by others. Really, it's no big deal to me, but when we're talking what might be considered insulting to another person, notes could be taken.

 

Me including the context of being a Christian and dealing with what might be considered prejudiced comments around that fact has very little to do with me being called a racist, hater, or the like. And, as far as that's concerned, I'm still not convinced that posts haven't been deleted.....leaving no record of such. I'm sure you have no control over your fellow mods.