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<\/p>\nDan Patrick, idiot Lt. Governor of the Great State of Texas, has lied to the people of Texas. Here’s a screen shot of his facebook post.<\/p>\n
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There are two lies in this post, even the insta-summary here.<\/p>\n
The first is “Fort Worth ISD Allows Boys in Girls Bathrooms”.<\/p>\n
That’s simply not true. Let’s look at what the rule actually states.<\/p>\n
Guidelines recently established by Superintendent Kent Scribner now require school officials to offer students like Jessica access to a single-stall restroom or the opportunity to use a restroom when no other students are present.<\/p>\n
The guideline goes even further: It asserts that students have access to restrooms consistent with \u201cthe gender identity that each student consistently and uniformly asserts.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nRead more here: http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/education\/article76045467.html#storylink=cpy<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nNow, look at that last phrase, it’s very important. “the gender identity that each student\u00a0consistently and uniformly asserts<\/strong>. So, no Mr. Patrick, this rule does not allow boys in the girls restroom. It allows people who identify as girls in the girls bathroom.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAnd that bolded section prevents what one commenter suggested. “Boy being trans for the day to get into the girls bathroom.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe second lie is that Superintendent Scribner has, without Board approval or parent input, decided on this course of action.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat really happened was that Scribner signed a rule establishing guidelines for the non-discrimination rules already in place.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nIn 2011, the district, then under the leadership of interim Superintendent Walter Dansby, the FWISD school board expanded the district\u2019s anti-harassment and anti-bullying policies to include protections based on gender identity and gender expression. Protections based on sexual orientation were already included.<\/p>\n
Bond said the new guidelines were designed to give \u201cmore specificity\u201d to existing policy.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.dallasvoice.com\/fwisd-superintendent-signs-guidelines-protecting-trans-students-10218566.html<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nDr. Scribner did not act alone. The Board had, under the previous superintendent, already approved these rules.<\/p>\n
What does it say about our leaders that they are either so misinformed on a topic that even their one sentence summary has two basic facts wrong or that they are purposefully lying in order to attack someone who supports equality?<\/p>\n