I’ve been mulling over this new transgender
bathroom law. I’m not a bigot nor am I afraid of the LGBT community. I’m an
advocate of gay-marriage believing all people should be treated fairly and
equally. I just don’t think permitting anyone
in any bathroom, locker room or
shower, regardless of the sex they were born, benefits our children.
My fear is a pedophile or some other type of unsavory
person will use this law to try to hurt the most vulnerable in our society. The
predators won’t even have to work or try (they don’t even have to disguise
themselves) to commit a crime. For
example, a man with a bad plan on his
mind can walk into a restroom, locker room or shower and there is no one to
stop him—he will have every right to be there—and he could hurt someone.
I do realize our transgender population is less
than one percent and we have an obligation to protect and help the minority.
But what of the bad situations that could arise, not at the hands of the
transgender community, but from the bad seeds in our society?
Again, it is not my fear that a transgender is
going to commit a crime. I truly don’t have a problem sharing a bathroom with
them. I have probably been in a restroom at one time or another with someone
LGBT. And that’s fine.
But is it really a myth that a sexual predator will take advantage of this new law? I
would say right now, we don’t know for sure.
What is your opinion on this?
