U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s Justice Department sued North Carolina for passing a bill countermanding Charlotte’s city ordinance in violation of privacy rights (according to North Carolina’s Legislature) of women and children using public restrooms, locker rooms, changing areas and showers from exposure to intact biological males who say they are now women.
It is stupefying that what the governor of North Carolina regards as due diligence, requiring North Carolinians to use bathrooms and other public facilities consistent with the sex identification on birth certificates, the U.S. attorney dismisses as discriminatory.
Like with many other “social issues,” North Carolina’s “bathroom” statutory position and the Justice Department’s opposition, reflect commitments to points of view that are irreconcilable. One or the other must be vanquished by force of argument one would hope.
Toleration is not acceptable, nor is even an option when foundational principles are at stake.
Have we reached the tipping point when “E Pluribus Unum” is a pipedream? I think we’ve reached that point some time ago.
FREDERICK F. BECKLO, JR.
Florence