Should the transgender be given rights to use opposite-sex public facilities such as bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, etc

Dear Iryn,
Last week in our “Have We Gone Mad” segment, our Communications Director, Lynn Allred, featured a radical proposal by the Montgomery County Council in Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C. They were considering a “nondiscrimination” ordinance that would grant “transgender” individuals (people who dress as or identify as the opposite sex) the right to use opposite-sex public facilities such as bathrooms, locker rooms, dressing rooms, showers, etc.
For example, a male who is confused about his sex or who decides to dress as a female, could enter any public women’s bathroom or locker room and use those facilities. Never mind if there are little girls or women dressing there that might object.
Sound crazy?
It certainly did to many Montgomery County residents. So much so that it generated massive opposition as emails, letters and phone calls that flooded the council. It even sparked radio commercials protesting the ordinance and drove outraged citizens to the next council meeting.
As a result of the outcry, when the council unanimously passed an amended ordinance that generally prohibits discrimination of individuals with gender identity disorder in housing, employment and public services, it did not specifically mention access to “public accommodations” such as bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, dressing rooms and so on.
This “compromise” is a partial victory, but still does not satisfy opponents who believe the general language could still be interpreted the same way as the original ordinance.
While it is tempting to write off Montgomery County’s actions as some weird aberration, that would be a mistake. I used to live there, and I know many good families that still live there. And that is exactly the problem. Good people are becoming confused on these issues, because we all want to be “tolerant” and “fair,” and no one wants to “discriminate.”
But if we tolerate everything then soon we stand for nothing, and chaos ensues.
Society currently discriminates against pedophiles, but there is a movement to change that too. Healthy societies do discriminate against behaviors that are harmful to others or that undermine the traditional family, which is the basic unit of society. If we don’t hold the line on these issues, history tells us we will be moving toward our downfall.
Be warned that what is happening in Montgomery County is increasingly happening all over the world. If we are going to stop it, we must understand the problem.
Let’s be clear, we are not advocating discrimination towards those afflicted with gender confusion. We are advocating getting them help, especially since gender identity disorder is recognized as a mental illness by mental health professionals. Even though it is extremely rare, affecting only a tiny fraction of one percent of the population in any country, this trend to establish new “rights” for these individuals at the expense of the majority who can be negatively affected by their behavior needs to be stopped.
Implementing transgender “nondiscrimination” policies is like cooking a frog in a pot. If a frog is tossed in to boiling water, it will jump out. But if the temperature is turned up very slowly, the frog will eventually boil to death, because he’ll be cooked before he knows what has happened!
So it is with society. Things which may seem small and relatively insignificant in and of themselves, such as passing a transgender discrimination ordinance, have a cumulative effect, just like adding a few more degrees of heat to the frog. Eventually, these actions radically change society.
There is also a very real human cost. If we continue to cater to the sexual proclivities and disorders of individuals by passing new laws and polices that protect, promote and even encourage this behavior, we will not be helping them. We will be doing them a disservice.
Rather, we should focus on getting them the help they really need.
Sincerely,
Sharon SlaterPresident

Iryn wrote: What a mockery, am so saddened by these transgender rights!!I receved this article from Family watch international, it was indeed shocking to know that these transgender fanatics have the guts of asking for such rights. How far are we going to compromise in order to let every one's rights be satisfied? I totally disagree with this move.
I cant imagine myself in a bathroom with a man who is pretending to be a woman, that is scary. I call it total confusion, and we can't let confused people (Transgender)to lead the way. Such people are going to defile, rape, and molest our children in the name of transgender rights.
I appeal to whichever government is considering legalising such matters, to look into them again. Think about the young generation and the situation we are putting them into, imagine if your girl-child walked into a toilet only to find a man using the same facility, how traumatising. Lets not put ourselves at RISK! Let's stop this madness when we still can!
Thank you.