Texas fast-tracks transgender ‘bathroom bill’ to force school children to use the restroom according to the gender of their birth
Texas lawmakers are trying to fast-track legislation on transgender bathrooms
Republicans claim the bathroom ban is not discrimination as everyone is equal
Democrats argue the opposite is true as ‘separate but equal is not equal at all’
Texas governor Greg Abbott wants to sign a transgender bathroom bill into law
DARREN BOYLE
DailyMail.com
22 May 2017
Texas is fast-tracking a transgender ‘bathroom bill’ to force public school students to use the restroom associated with their gender of birth.
A broader proposal mandating that virtually all transgender people in the country’s second-largest state use public restrooms according to the gender on their birth certificates sailed through the Texas Senate months ago.
A similar measure had stalled in the House, but supporters late Sunday night used an amendment to tack bathroom limits onto a separate and otherwise unrelated bill covering school emergency operation plans for things like natural disasters.
Republican Rep. Chris Paddie authored the hotly-debated language, saying it had ‘absolutely no intent’ to discriminate. Under it, transgender students at public and charter schools would not be permitted to use the bathroom of their choice but could be directed to separate, single-occupancy restrooms.
‘It’s absolutely about child safety,’ said Paddie, from the East Texas town of Marshall. ‘This is about accommodating all kids.’
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