It’s not often that you can cheer on corporations for all the good they do, but on Monday, under increasing pressure from major corporations like Unilever, Disney, Coca-Cola, Home Depot, and the NFL, Gov. Nathan Deal announced he will veto a bill that critics say would have curtailed the rights of Georgia’s LGBT community.
House Bill 757 would have given faith-based organizations in Georgia the option to deny services and jobs to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
Also on Monday, a federal lawsuit was filed against the North Carolina governor and other state officials over a new law there that blocks transgender individuals from using public bathrooms that match their gender identity and stops cities from passing anti-discrimination ordinances to protect gay and transgender people.
I can’t help but think that if these conservatives would just stop obsessing over penises and vaginas, the world would be a lot better place.
And it really is an obsession. Same sex marriage. Transgender restroom choice. All of this amounts to where and how a person chooses to make use of their genitalia – even though said usage is almost never being done in public and does not impact the lives of these genitally-obsessed bigots in any way.
It’s an obvious and bizarre attempt to legislate the use of genitals, often based upon a religious text that also forbids the tattoos and the trimming of beards and calls for the stoning to death of anyone who works on Sunday. It’s buffet-style Bible reading, and these people are choosing penises and vaginas over the pork tenderloin every time.
Let’s put it this way:
If opponents of same sex marriage and transgender bathroom choice are basing their positions on religion – and in these cases, they have said as much – but these same opponents are also shaving on a regular basis, doing business with people with tattoos, and working (or even doing business with people who are working on Sunday), then this isn’t really about religion or God or The Bible.
It comes down to a simple and bizarre obsession over penises and vaginas.
These people can’t stop thinking about, obsessing over, and desiring command of our nation’s genitalia. They are penis and vagina enthusiasts. They are seeking dictatorial control over the parts of the body typically concealed by underwear.
All of this trouble because the conservative movement can’t get their minds and hearts and heads out of other people’s pants.
Truly. It makes no sense.
