Debate Fierce Over Protections for Transgendered People

Readers took their opinions to Howard County Patch sites this week, flocking most to stories about a ‘historic’ bill passed by the Howard County Council

Here’s what readers had to say in our comments section:

A DESTRUCTIVE CHOICE: "Yet another victory for the intellectually challenged. What….behavior is being changed here?! What this bill will do is keep people from speaking out against this very psychotic and destructive choice. Isn't it interesting that so many males want to be females? Guess all that feminism worked." — Veridicus

CONGRATULATIONS HOWARD COUNTY "Perhaps if you all read some books and did not depend on Jerry Springer, Saturday Night Live and Fox News as your primary source of education on issues, you would understand the neurological medical condition that many transsexual women and men face. This is not about feminism or sexual fetish, it is about providing protection to a minority group who is misunderstood as evidenced in the posts I am reading here. I say congratulations Howard County for finally closing this gap in minority civil rights." — Michiko Ota Eyre

NO RIGHT TO CROSSDRESS “Will the county council ever think about protecting children? Instead, this law protects perverts and other sexual deviants. A man doesn't have a ‘right’ to crossdress and then use the girl's locker room. We need to stop teaching our children that it is an acceptable choice to be a homosexual or transgender.” – Laquita Brown

STOP BIGOTRY “Laquita, Being gay is no more a choice, than being black is. I think we need to stop teaching our children to be ignorant, un-educated, bigots. Just a thought...”  - Andrew Kanicki