N.C. law is innocuous

This letter concerns the North Carolina law, HB2, dubbed the “Bathroom Law” and “The Discrimination Law.” I have read HB2 and find it totally innocuous. It certainly does not target any particular group or persons.

HB2 is, in essence, a bill, making it mandatory, in public multi-person restrooms and changing facilities, such as locker rooms, that the user must be of the gender so designated on the facility. Males must use the men’s facilities, and females use their corresponding facilities. As straight forward as it can get, right?

Enter LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) activists and the ACLU. It is their position that the law is discriminatory and must be overturned. Their contention is that a person’s “gender identity” be the sole determining factor. In other words, if you are either male or female and think you identify more with the opposite sex, you may use the facility of your choice.

I can sympathize with anyone who has a personal identity conflict, but altering society’s norms to satisfy those few is not the answer. To do so is to discriminate against the majority, most of whom would feel offended, or even threatened in some case, to be confronted by an undressed person of the opposite sex in a public facility. This is not to mention the traumatizing effect or danger to children.

There is a concerted effort using intimidation, ridicule and power to force compliance with LGBT activists and the ACLU on North Carolina, and Gov. Inslee is a participant. Woe to Washington.

Gerald Gaw

Spokane