Bigots?

I thought about the title, was it too harsh? Was it the right word to describe them? Were they just misguided or was what they did bigotry?

Hillsboro High students walk out over transgender dispute
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By Doug Moore
September 1, 2015

Her decision [to be treated like other female students] spread quickly through the small Jefferson County school district and, on Monday morning, students at Hillsboro High School walked out in protest. During the walkout, Lila was locked in the principal’s office. She said she and administrators worried about her safety.

The student walkout came on the heels of a School Board meeting Thursday that drew a large crowd — parents concerned that Lila is getting special rights at the expense of other students. Most of the students at Monday’s protest were opposed to accommodations for her. A smaller group gathered in support.

“The girls have rights, and they shouldn’t have to share a bathroom with a boy,” said Tammy Sorden, who has a son at Hillsboro High. It is fine to be different, she said, but it is not right to give Lila special treatment “while the girls just have to suck it up.”

Students and parents interviewed after the walkout were overwhelmingly in support of keeping Lila, 17, out of the school facilities for girls.

So it is not just a vocal minority that is against her, they fear those who are different.

FoxNews 2 wrote,

"It wasn`t too long ago white people were saying I don`t feel comfortable sharing a bathroom with a black person and history repeats itself." said Lila Perry.

This is what I said this morning, we have seen this argument made before as Ms. Perry said “It wasn`t too long ago white people were saying I don`t feel comfortable sharing a bathroom with a black person and history repeats itself." and they said the same thing about gays and lesbians sharing bathrooms.

It always goes back to bathroom whether it is Governor Wallace, or Anita Bryant’s "Save Our Children" campaign, or Ted Cruz, they all used bathrooms to justify their bigotry.

In the Post-Dispatch article this sums it up perfectly,

…I’m not comfortable with it,” said Britney Heimos, a 2008 Hillsboro graduate who was at the school to pick up her brother. “There is nothing wrong with being different. But when you are different, there are sacrifices.

I think that should be the mantra of bigots everywhere.