Transgender teen wins state championship

[onetime]

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...g-championship

Curious what others view is on this topic and the bathrooms. I'd like to think I'm sympathetic to others plights but it's not fair for a girl transitioning to become a boy taking hormones to wrestle other girls. Nor would it be fair for a boy transitioning to become a girl to wrestle girls. Does anyone have a reason why that should be accepted that I'm missing seems to be a fraction on this topic. The other issue is bathrooms, I don't think it'd be good for parents with kids to especially girls to worry about a random man that doesn't identify as being transgender creeping into bathrooms.

[fchafey]

I was waiting for someone to post this. I guess I have an issue with the fact that girls wrestle, play hockey, and fight. JMO. I get equality, but do we really have to be equal every which way? I agree with your thoughts though about transitioning people. We are dealing with that very issue right now. Interesting how people are.

I remember when Dr. Richard Raskind became Renee Richards and sought to compete on the women's tennis circuit. I have to look up the exact tournament, but she won it both as a man and couple years later as a woman after she won the right to play on the women's circuit. Kind of faded away after that, but was able to have the requisite 15 minutes of fame.

[Night Owl]

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http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...g-championship

Curious what others view is on this topic and the bathrooms. I'd like to think I'm sympathetic to others plights but it's not fair for a girl transitioning to become a boy taking hormones to wrestle other girls. Nor would it be fair for a boy transitioning to become a girl to wrestle girls. Does anyone have a reason why that should be accepted that I'm missing seems to be a fraction on this topic. The other issue is bathrooms, I don't think it'd be good for parents with kids to especially girls to worry about a random man that doesn't identify as being transgender creeping into bathrooms.

Our society is rewarding deviant people for being deviant And the real sad part is a great number of people support them. Wondering...........if someone supports deviant behavior, does that make them deviant also? I know my answer.

[kantwin]

What gets me is that there are people who say we should allow the transgender to use the bathroom of their choice so they feel comfortable.
What about the ones that are uncomfortable BECAUSE the transgenders are using the same bathroom?

A few years go, I recall reading a story (or maybe it was just hypothesizing) about a male that identified as female competing in high school track. The sanctioning body of the sport in that state said this person could compete with the females, and won the state meet in whatever event it was. In my opinion, that was extremely unfair to the female competitors - I imagine there were some scholarships that might have been lost because a female didn't win the state meet since a male competed with the females and won.

[sickofpc]

There is no way that guy/girl should have been allowed to wrestle like he/she did. Of course, the PC, Civil Rights issues were adhered to. What a sad shame and example of how screwed up we have become.

[sojourner truth]

Well, only the transgenedered have rights. The rest of us... Have to shut up and take whatever the left decides is OK, right?

Kind of reminds me of praying before a sporting event. One person doesn't like it and millions have to shut up and be silent.

[mac]

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Well, only the transgenedered have rights. The rest of us... Have to shut up and take whatever the left decides is OK, right?

Kind of reminds me of praying before a sporting event. One person doesn't like it and millions have to shut up and be silent.

i heard an interesting take on this the other night at a rotating poker club or group that i play with. he was 'supposing' that it might be unfair for athletes to pray befor an event for help......that it may make the event unfair to the other team, or competitors..... that the event should be man to man, one on one, etc.......no help from performance enhancing drugs, growth hormones or God......mac

[sojourner truth]

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i heard an interesting take on this the other night at a rotating poker club or group that i play with. he was 'supposing' that it might be unfair for athletes to pray befor an event for help......that it may make the event unfair to the other team, or competitors..... that the event should be man to man, one on one, etc.......no help from performance enhancing drugs, growth hormones or God......mac

Well, it worked for Gideon... Why not the Rangers or Cowboys.

Seems like they can use all the help they can get.

[onetime]

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i heard an interesting take on this the other night at a rotating poker club or group that i play with. he was 'supposing' that it might be unfair for athletes to pray befor an event for help......that it may make the event unfair to the other team, or competitors..... that the event should be man to man, one on one, etc.......no help from performance enhancing drugs, growth hormones or God......mac

Mac your spitting out misinformation, kids can pray all they want, they just can't be led by the coach in a mandatory or voluntary prayer.

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Mac your spitting out misinformation, kids can pray all they want, they just can't be led by the coach in a mandatory or voluntary prayer.

and......what 'misinformation' did I spit out? Just curious.....mac