Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case

Oct 28, '16, 12:40 pm

gilliam Forum Elder   Join Date: June 11, 2004 Posts: 37,957 Religion: Catholic

Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case The Supreme Court will take up transgender rights for the first time in the case of a Virginia school board that wants to prevent a transgender teenager from using the boys' bathroom at his high school. The justices said Friday they will hear the appeal from the Gloucester County school board sometime next year. The high court's order means that student Gavin Grimm will not be able to use the boys' bathroom in the meantime. A lower court had ordered the school board to accommodate Grimm, but the justices in August put that order on hold while they considered whether to hear the appeal. Grimm, a 17-year-old high school senior, was born female but identifies as male. He was allowed to use the boys' restroom at his high school for several weeks in 2014. But after some parents complained, the school board adopted a policy requiring students to use either the restroom that corresponds with their biological gender or a private, single-stall restroom. Grimm is backed by the Obama administration in his argument that the policy violates Title IX, a federal law that bars sex discrimination in schools. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireS...-case-43141568 __________________ -gilliam Catholicism is not the religious version of a political ideology

#2   Oct 28, '16, 12:45 pm

lmachine Regular Member   Join Date: March 8, 2016 Posts: 1,999 Religion: Catholic

Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case It's unfortunate that the decision will likely be issued after Grimm will have graduated but his bravery will benefit those who come after him.

#3   Oct 28, '16, 12:51 pm

Maximilan Kolbe Banned   Join Date: August 27, 2015 Posts: 1,614 Religion: Catholic

Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case Quote: Originally Posted by lmachine It's unfortunate that the decision will likely be issued after Grimm will have graduated but his bravery will benefit those who come after him. Yeah, that's a long time for the poor girl to hold it. I am glad concerned parents got involved.

#4   Oct 28, '16, 12:56 pm

stevegravy Regular Member   Join Date: October 18, 2007 Posts: 2,603 Religion: Roman Catholic

Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case Civilizations I believe have been defined by the challenges they over come and difficulties they worked through. America today struggles trying to identify what bathroom somebody can pee in. Building a civilization is hard. Entropy woks in only one direction. Enjoy the slide

#5   Oct 28, '16, 2:32 pm

jediliz Regular Member   Join Date: March 20, 2005 Posts: 4,541 Religion: Catholic and Proud of it!

Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case Quote: Originally Posted by Maximilan Kolbe Yeah, that's a long time for the poor girl to hold it. I am glad concerned parents got involved. Me, too. This is a mental condition. A girl who is convinced she is a boy needs serious psychiatric or psychological help BEFORE being convinced by others that she needs to mutilate the body permanently. __________________ A Rosary a Day Keeps the Devil Away! "More souls go to hell because of sins of the flesh than for any other reason." - Our Lady of Fatima Who will speak for those who have no voice? Life.....what a beautiful choice!

#6   Oct 28, '16, 4:18 pm

ClearWater Veteran Member   Join Date: April 30, 2011 Posts: 10,573 Religion: Catholic

Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case Quote: Originally Posted by Maximilan Kolbe Yeah, that's a long time for the poor girl to hold it. I am glad concerned parents got involved. Poor girl? She can use a girls' bathroom, but we're going to have a federal case over this. I can also see the opinion of the author of this article which referred to her as "he". I have a friend of mine who said he'd like to go to the store and ask for a senior discount even though he's not a senior. He said he'd like to say that on that particular day he identified as a senior. __________________ http://www.themostholyrosary.com/15promises.htm Seven Sorrows of Mary Promises and Devotion http://www.themostholyrosary.com/appendix1.htm

#7   Oct 28, '16, 4:34 pm

JimG Forum Elder   Join Date: May 23, 2004 Posts: 28,278 Religion: Catholic

Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case The Supreme will decide whether a girl can use the boys' bathroom and locker room. Remarkable.

#8   Oct 28, '16, 5:10 pm

SuperLuigi Forum Elder   Join Date: August 28, 2012 Posts: 21,610 Religion: Catholic

Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case Quote: Originally Posted by lmachine It's unfortunate that the decision will likely be issued after Grimm will have graduated but his bravery will benefit those who come after him. That's not bravery and those would not be benefits but selfish acts. __________________ "The left is no longer liberal"-----Dave Rubin "Social network censorship----SEE HOW FAR THEY GET WITH IT!!!!!" --------from Social Justice the Musical "...censorship begins with me, but will end with you". --Milo Yiannapolous Hate speech = free speech #1A #2A

#9   Oct 28, '16, 6:39 pm

Richard White Regular Member   Join Date: September 2, 2013 Posts: 3,771 Religion: Roman Catholic

Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case Quote: Originally Posted by JimG The Supreme will decide whether a girl can use the boys' bathroom and locker room. Remarkable. Agreed. It is indeed remarkable that the Supreme Court, which is meant to simply look at the constitutionality of laws and their application to society, all of a sudden has the authority to make deep moral decisions for the people of the United States. May God have mercy on us all. __________________ "And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20). Christ is Risen! Alleluia! Alleluia!

#10   Oct 29, '16, 10:35 am

Dwyer Regular Member   Join Date: February 26, 2007 Posts: 1,361 Religion: Byzantine Catholic

Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case When I attended public schools for the full 13 year period, and I never saw one transgender student. __________________ "It's a free country; you can say whatever you want." --Old American Saying (U.S. Postal Service stamp-- from 1977 Americana series which extols freedom of speech and features a Speaker's Stand decorated with an American Flag shield.)

#11   Oct 30, '16, 8:09 pm

Paganus Regular Member   Join Date: October 12, 2006 Posts: 630 Religion: Rigid Catholic

Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case Quote: Originally Posted by gilliam But after some parents complained, the school board adopted a policy requiring students to use either the restroom that corresponds with their biological gender or a private, single-stall restroom. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireS...-case-43141568 'Biological gender'? It's curious how the whole phony controversy hinges on creating confusion about the difference between 'gender' and 'sex.' You are born with a sex. Your gender exists only in your mind. You can't commit indecent exposure with your gender.

#12   Oct 30, '16, 8:26 pm

mVitus Regular Member   Join Date: October 24, 2016 Posts: 1,321 Religion: Catholic

Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case Odds are the Supreme Court will side with Grimm. In my opinion, the Left is going too far with it. A decent compromise of letting those with a sex change operation use the identified gender was rejected as being racist. (Reasoning for that being that Black transgenders wouldn't have the economic resources to get the operations.)

#13   Oct 30, '16, 8:29 pm

Returner New Member   Join Date: August 24, 2014 Posts: 39 Religion: Struggling to return to Catholic Church.

Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case People that think they're transgendered, but are only mentally ill. They might fantasize about being the opposite gender/sex, but they will only mutilate their body permanently with hormones and surgery. A lot of times trans-people commit suicide due to realizing how they messed up their body and can't go back to how it was once before. Plus, they won't be able to conceive or have children in the future.

#14   Oct 31, '16, 7:05 am

exnihilo Regular Member   Join Date: June 13, 2011 Posts: 4,735 Religion: Catholic

Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case As I child I loved the fable The Emperor's New Clothes. The story made its point through what I thought was hyperbole. As it turns out I'd live in a time when the fable actually seems less ridiculous than our court system. When the court rules in favor of the plaintiff, and it will, will men be able to avoid registering for the draft with a defense that they really are a woman? Will men in my state, if they are assaulted, be able to force my state to charge the offender with 'Assault on a Female'? By the way that is a privilege vestige of sexism that is allowed to remain. The craziness that result will be funny. Or at least that is the only way you can look at it and not yourself go crazy. The US has become like any communist country where they force you to believe in the craziest things. It's done to wear you down and make you compliant. __________________ We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man's terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God. — GK Chesterton

#15   Nov 1, '16, 6:50 am

stevegravy Regular Member   Join Date: October 18, 2007 Posts: 2,603 Religion: Roman Catholic

Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case Quote: Originally Posted by exnihilo The US has become like any communist country where they force you to believe in the craziest things. It's done to wear you down and make you compliant. Agree    Nov 1, '16, 7:15 am EIF5A Regular Member   Join Date: December 31, 2012 Posts: 2,361 Religion: Catholic (former Protestant) Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case Craziness begets more craziness to justify itself. Actually, we're already at a point where right is wrong and wrong is right. Yikes. __________________ "In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph."   #17   Nov 1, '16, 11:25 pm abucs Regular Member   Join Date: August 28, 2007 Posts: 3,182 Religion: Catholic Re: Supreme Court to Rule in Virginia Transgender Case Quote: Originally Posted by EIF5A Craziness begets more craziness to justify itself. Actually, we're already at a point where right is wrong and wrong is right. Yikes. It does seem that way.