The Battle Never Ends

We just had a victory and the ink hasn’t dried yet in Massachusetts but already there are those who are fighting to repeal the law.

Activists file petition to repeal transgender law
Boston Globe
By David Scharfenberg
July 19, 2016

Conservative activists want to put a repeal of the state’s recently passed transgender rights law on the ballot in 2018, a move that would extend a divisive debate over civil rights and privacy for at least another two years.

Activists made a formal request Monday to put the measure on the ballot. If the state’s attorney general signs off on the effort, they will have until late September to collect the necessary 32,375 signatures from voters to put a referendum before the state’s electorate in two years.

The law they hope to repeal, signed by Governor Charlie Baker two weeks ago, bans discrimination against transgender people at malls, restaurants, and other public accommodations.
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Beckwith, of the Massachusetts Family Institute, said several conservative advocacy groups, including the Renew Massachusetts Coalition and Catholic Citizenship, will be involved in the repeal effort, which kicks off with a State House rally on Wednesday.

“We believe as people learn about this bill,” he said, “more and more will mobilize against it.”

This is why I am against ballot initiatives, human rights should never be a popularity contest, and the tyranny of the many shouldn’t be forced on the few.