can't all be like sweden

Other opponents took aim at the bill's inclusion of transgender people, arguing such protections would allow sexual predators access to children.

“This is a bill that begins to confuse the gender differences between men and women to the point of trying to allow men to use women's restrooms, and, of course, that means sexual predators going after young children,” Tom Minnery, senior vice president of public policy at Focus on the Family Action, said in a radio message.

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oh.my.GOD!!!!! i hate these fuckers and the fact that they constantly, CONSTANTLY position lgbt equality issues as being at odds with the safety of children. (north dakota's house of representatives killed an lgbt protection bill that would eliminate discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations). please explain to me what this has to do with sexual predators going after young children? where did this notion that all sexual predators are gay men come from? and, oftentimes, when you read stories about a sexual molestation case that involves an adult male going after a boy, the adult in question is NOT an out gay man, but some suburban married guy. not the kind of person that's fighting for this kind of bill and needs its protection.

you'd really think that by now i'd be used to this kind of idiocy from the right, that i wouldn't let myself get all worked up over it, but i just can't read something like "and, of course, that means sexual predators going after young children" and not want to scream. the utter lack of logic is shocking.