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发帖数: 7961 | 1 EXCLUSIVE: Texas raises stink over Target's transgender bathrooms
Target's transgender bathrooms
Todd Starnes
By Todd Starnes Published May 04, 2016 FoxNews.com
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The Lone Star State is coming to the rescue of shoppers confused over
whether to leave the seat up or down in Target’s transgender bathrooms.
The nation’s second-largest discount retailer announced on April 19 that
they would “welcome transgender team members and guests to use the restroom
or fitting room facility that corresponds with their gender.”
In response, more than 1.1 million customers joined a boycott sponsored by
the American Family Association.
“Nearly everyone has a mother, wife, daughter or friend who is put in
jeopardy by this policy,” AFA President Tim Wildmon said. “Predators and
voyeurs would take advantage of the policy to prey on those who are
vulnerable.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton also has grave concerns – and he
expressed them in a letter to Target’s chief executive officer.
“It is possible that allowing men in women’s restrooms could lead to
criminal and otherwise unwanted activity,” Paxton wrote in the letter
obtained exclusively by Fox News.
The attorney general is asking for Target to disclose its plans to protect
women and children in their bathrooms and fitting rooms.
“As chief lawyer and law enforcement officer for the State of Texas, I ask
that you provide the full text of Target’s safety policies regarding the
protection of women and children from those who would use the cover of
Target’s restroom policy for nefarious purposes,” Paxton wrote.
The attorney general reiterated that Target is free to open its bathrooms to
whoever it wants in the Lone Star State. However, he’s not all that sure
Texans will welcome such policies.
“The voters in Houston recently repealed by a wide margin an ordinance that
advanced many of the same goals as Target’s current policy,” he wrote.
The attorney general told me he has one simple request of Target – how do
they plan on protecting women and children in their stores?
“If we save one child from illegal or inappropriate activity, it’s worth
it,” he said.
Thus far, Target has remained silent on the boycott.
But AFA spokesman Walker Wildmon told me he’s hopeful that Target will
respond to the attorney general’s questions.
“What he’s asking in this letter is exactly what we’ve been asking Target
to answer,” Wildmon said. “What about women and children? What about men
who pretend to be women and go into these bathrooms just so they can prey on
women?”
Wildmon said he is grateful that Attorney General Paxton decided to get
involved in the controversy surrounding Target.
“It’s fabulous that someone in leadership in our country is stepping up to
the plate and asking the tough questions that need to be asked,” he said.
Far too many lawmakers have capitulated to the demands of corporate bullies
trying to advance a radical assault on the culture.
I applaud the attorney general for taking a righteous stand against the
stench of Target’s bathroom policies.
From the Hill Country to the Rio Grande, citizens should take comfort in
knowing Attorney General Ken Paxton will do whatever it takes to protect
women and children in the Lone Star State. |
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