One Strike Against Us

The latest lawsuit from the far-right against us will proceed.

Health club's appeal over transgender woman fails
Detroit Free Press
By Associated Press
April 14, 2019

MIDLAND, Mich. — The Michigan Supreme Court won't intervene in a lawsuit over a transgender woman in the women's locker room at a Midland health club.

Yvette Cormier says her membership at Planet Fitness was wrongly terminated in 2015 after she complained and warned other women at the club. Planet Fitness told her that it allows people to use the locker room that matches their identity.
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Cormier says her rights under Michigan's consumer-protection law were violated when the club didn't disclose an unwritten policy about transgender members.

From what I understand is that it is no law banning discrimination against us it is only a ruling by the Michigan Civil Rights Commission so we could end up being screwed.

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One of the things that I have noticed between the Republicans and the Democrats is that the Republicans rule with an iron fist if you go against the party you will pay for it. But with the Democrats…

Meet the two Democrats who won’t support federal nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people
LGBTQ Nation
By Bil Browning
March 18, 2019

Illinois Congressman Dan Lipinski and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin are the lone Democrats who won’t sign on to the Equality Act. The proposed law would ban discrimination against LGBTQ people.

Both men are known for their conservative views and Republican-lite political decisions. They’ve both been a pain in the neck for Democratic leaders.

Lipinksi was the only Democrat to co-sponsor the “First Amendment Defense Act.” The measure would have allowed discrimination against LGBTQ people specifically. He also voted against previous bills that would have prevented discrimination and opposes marriage equality. He has the worst record on LGBTQ rights of all current members of the House and Senate.
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Manchin isn’t exactly a stalwart supporter of equality either. He refused to sign on to previous bills meant to protect the LGBTQ community. While Democrats came out of the woodwork to celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriages nationwide, the Senator put out a one sentence statement saying Americans had to follow the law.

The Republicans would have strip them of the committee memberships the Democrats did nothing, which I commend. I don’t like it when legislators are forced to kowtow the party line instead of using their own judgment, I don’t like that one of them voted for the “First Amendment Defense Act” but that should be left up to the voters to decide not the party.