Bobby, it is illegal to refuse to have someone married, based on a belief that gay marriage cannot be performed. A pastor is allowed to refuse to officiate gay marriages. But a pastor is not allowed to refuse to officiate a gay marriage based on the circumstance that the couple wanting to get married are gay.

You will get done. Just as I will lost me job as a burger flipper if I refuse to service a gay couple

... and the meat goes on.... aptly in 'entertainment' .... like watching Les Girls, innit?  'discriminating against gender identity' - so calling a spade a spade is now discrimination? It's a bloke pretending to be a woman....

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/press-watchdog-accused-of-blatant-...

"A press watchdog has been accused of “blatant political activism” for backing a trans author in a row over gender ideology.

The Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) faces sustained criticism after upholding a complaint by Juno Dawson, a trans author, over a Spectator article calling Dawson “a man who claims to be a woman”.

The watchdog found that the magazine breached the Editor’s Code of Practice by discriminating against Dawson’s gender identity, even though the article was not inaccurate.

Politicians have followed author JK Rowling, who branded the ruling “mad”, in criticising the watchdog.

On Thursday, Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, described the ruling as “farcical”, and Claire Coutinho, a shadow equalities minister, said Ipso should not “police legally held views on gender and biological sex”.

Nick Timothy, a Conservative MP, tabled a written question on Thursday evening to call on Lisa Nandy, the Culture Secretary, to respond to the controversial ruling."

buzzanddidj wrote on Dec 16^th, 2024 at 8:33am:

That's enough mincing.

aquascoot wrote on Feb 5^th, 2024 at 8:52pm:


I think it’s fair to say you’ve already lost the battle over trans rights. Younger generations, who’ve grown up accepting their friends and peers for who they are, simply don’t care about the culture war rhetoric.

And here’s the thing, they’ll outlive you.

This is precisely why Trump and his allies are so intent on reshaping the education system: to re-stigmatise trans people, from adults to children. That’s the real goal, to plant the seeds of prejudice early and try to reverse progress by shaping young minds.

Will it win them the war?

It’s hard to say. Outside of your echo chambers, most people remain indifferent. They aren’t obsessively for or against, they simply don’t see trans rights as the existential issue you claim it to be.

There’s a counterbalance, of course: the woke crowd, who care enough to advocate loudly and visibly. The two groups largely cancel each other out in the broader cultural landscape.

What remains to be seen is how this battle unfolds. I can only hope the harm inflicted on real people is kept to a minimum.

What I do see is a strategy. Conservatives watched how advocates for gay and lesbian rights successfully paved the way for societal acceptance, and they’re trying to derail the same trajectory for trans people. They’ve learned where to place the roadblocks, and this time they’re determined to delay, if not stop, progress.

But, Scoot, let’s be honest: you and yours lost the initial battle. The younger generations don’t share your worldview, and time is on their side.

That said, if those in power manage to re-stigmatise trans identities and successfully manipulate young minds, you might just have a chance at winning the long game. But it’s a grim and cynical war to fight, one that sacrifices the dignity and safety of real people along the way.

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Dec 17^th, 2024 at 7:21am:


You thought that mypoic rant "unpacked" anything at all?

Trans people aren't just going to disappear now that Trump has been voted in. Just so you know.

They're here to stay. You simply need to decide how long you're going to persecute them for.

In your case, the point is kinda moot.

This is precisely why Trump and his allies are so intent on reshaping the education system: to re-stigmatise trans people, from adults to children. That’s the real goal, to plant the seeds of prejudice early and try to reverse progress by shaping young minds.