I agree with you, Brent. People should have a firm grounding in reality before running for office. I loathe Trump, and couldn't bring myself to vote for him, but I had to hold my nose to vote for the Democrats because so many of them want me to agree that men can become women, and that men who declare themselves to be women can take up places on women's sports teams and serve a jail sentence in a women's prison.
One of my volunteer jobs for eight years was running workshops for the Alternatives to Violence Project, mostly in a women's prison but a few times in a men's prison. In most of the groups I ran, nearly all the women had experienced sexual abuse or domestic violence at the hands of a man or men. I can think of few things more traumatising than for them to be expected to share a cell or a shower with a male-bodied person and I know of no reason why the feelings of a trans-identified man should be more important than theirs. I know a great many Democratic leaning women who didn't bother to vote in the last election because of their feelings about this issue. Anybody is at liberty to be gender nonconforming but sex is immutable.
I agree with you, Brent. People should have a firm grounding in reality before running for office. I loathe Trump, and couldn't bring myself to vote for him, but I had to hold my nose to vote for the Democrats because so many of them want me to agree that men can become women, and that men who declare themselves to be women can take up places on women's sports teams and serve a jail sentence in a women's prison.
One of my volunteer jobs for eight years was running workshops for the Alternatives to Violence Project, mostly in a women's prison but a few times in a men's prison. In most of the groups I ran, nearly all the women had experienced sexual abuse or domestic violence at the hands of a man or men. I can think of few things more traumatising than for them to be expected to share a cell or a shower with a male-bodied person and I know of no reason why the feelings of a trans-identified man should be more important than theirs. I know a great many Democratic leaning women who didn't bother to vote in the last election because of their feelings about this issue. Anybody is at liberty to be gender nonconforming but sex is immutable.
Bravo, Brent. Well done, and thanks for your years of service to your rural community.