Transgender bill re-introduced in New Jersey

[yesthattom]

My non-libertarian friends that live in New Jersey are encouraged to click here to send a letter to Trenton in support of this bill.

Comments

[rainbear.livejournal.com]

Ok.. I think you should know.. that although I support head, and that everyone should get it as much as they can?




*grin* I don't think I want to think about Bucco getting any ;-)

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

I'm going to have to contact customer support about that one.

[rainbear.livejournal.com]

To change it to "I support getting head"? (grin, duck & run)

hehehe

[aillecat.livejournal.com]

as someone with gender dysphoria, I disagree with the notion that it is a "handicap" or a "disability", and as such would have to disagree with the signing of this bill. I think people mean well, but this would cause more damage than good. I am also a libertarian transperson, so... *shrug*

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

But are you a NJ voter?

[aillecat.livejournal.com]

true, as of Dec. I'm not anymore :)

[pure-agnostic.livejournal.com]

Well said! The worse handicap or disability that transpeople have to put up with is the anti-trans attitudes of others.

And Tom, I am perplexed that your request was for non-libertarians. As a person with libertarian attitudes towards many social issues, I would feel excluded by your statement.

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

Is it like saying, "My non-kosher friends are invited to this pig roast I'm having on Saturday" or more like "My non-Nazi friends are invited to this Jew-hating club I'm forming"?

[pure-agnostic.livejournal.com]

There are quite a few flavors of libertarian. Although some would not support such a bill, others would. I'm a libertarian in that adults should be allowed to do as they please without government intervention as long as they do not hurt others. For example, I don't think the government should regulate romantic relationships - letting some get married, but not others. But when it comes to commercial transactions, protecting the environment, and protecting the rights of queers in their workplaces, I would not call myself a libertarian.

[barking-iguana.livejournal.com]

That makes you a liberal. Which is actually a more intellectually honest and informed manifestation of libertarian ideals than modern-day "libertarianism". If you want to go against the grain and claim "libertarian" as a description for your position, go ahead; but it's not what most others mean by the term.

[pure-agnostic.livejournal.com]

I do call myself a liberal as well as libertarian. When I took this little political policy test, I scored on the borderline of liberal and libertarian.

Liberal and libertarian are both big terms - they both cover a lot of different views.