[RC] Famous theologian says that Bible sanctions Transgender Bathrooms :-/

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Obama Uses Bible, Christian Faith to Defend Transgender  Bathroom Directive 
to Schools
 
 
 (http://www.christianpost.com/news/obama-uses
-bible-christian-belief-to-defend-transgender-bathroom-directive-to-schools-164774/email.html)
 
 



 
By _Stoyan Zaimov_ (http://www.christianpost.com/author/stoyan-zaimov/)   , 
Christian Post Reporter
June 3, 2016|7:25  am
President Barack Obama said that his understanding of the Bible and his  
Christian beliefs led him to issue the directive at public schools calling on  
students to be allowed to use the bathroom of their choosing regardless of 
their  biological sex. 
"My reading of scripture tells me that that [the] Golden Rule is pretty 
high  up there in terms of my Christian belief," he said during a town hall in  
Elkhart, Indiana, according to _Breitbart News_ 
(http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/06/02/obama-cites-scripture-defend-school-bathroom
-rule/)  on Thursday. 

When asked why he decided to make such a big issue out of school bathrooms, 
 Obama explained that his concern stems from the bullying that transgender  
students experience. 
"What happened and what continues to happen is you have transgender kids in 
 schools and they get bullied and they get ostracized and it's tough for 
them,"  the president explained. 
Obama said that he understands not all people agree with him, and added: 
"I have profound respect for everybody's religious beliefs on this, but if  
you're at a public school, the question is, how do we just make sure that,  
children are treated with kindness." 
The directive issued earlier in May states that students should be free to  
use the bathroom of their choosing should a parent or guardian call and 
notify  his or her school district that the student's identity "differs from 
previous  representations or records." 
"There is no room in our schools for discrimination of any kind, including  
discrimination against transgender students on the basis of their sex," 
U.S.  Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement at the time. 
_Eleven  American states_ 
(http://www.christianpost.com/news/states-sue-obama-schools-laboratories-massive-social-experiment-transgender-bathroom-direct
ive-164516/)  filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration at the  end 
of May over the directive, however, arguing that the guidance has "no basis  
in law." 
A joint statement from the states of Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana,  
Maine, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin 
further  stated that such a directive would turn educational settings across 
the 
U.S.  "into laboratories for a massive social experiment, flouting the 
democratic  process, and running roughshod over common-sense policies 
protecting 
children  and basic privacy rights." 
Jeff Landry, the attorney general for Louisiana, vowed that he would "not  
allow Washington to wreak further havoc on our schools," while Texas Gov. 
Greg  Abbott stated that Obama is "not a king." 
Patrick Morrisey, attorney general for West Virginia, said that the 
bathroom  guidance would "force a seismic shift in local schools," and Joy 
Hofmeister, the  state education chief in Oklahoma, warned that the guidance 
could 
pose a threat  to the federal funding for schools who refuse to comply, 
calling the president's  move "disturbing." 
Evangelical leaders, from Franklin Graham to Robert Jeffress of First 
Baptist  Church in Dallas, have also rejected Obama's ideas, citing God's 
creation of two  clear gender. 
The joint state lawsuit will be aimed at blocking the federal government 
from  "implementing, applying or enforcing the new rules, regulations and 
guidance  interpretations," The New York Times  reports.




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