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Originally Posted by mawg
no , I would not consider a sex change operation something which should be legal or condoned either.
a sex change operation does not make that person the other sex , it only changes the outside( sex changes do not allow men born men to ber children naturally etc.
no not eww i dont like it ,
it violates my religious views and personal beliefs and since I pay taxes,, uses money from me to try to legitimize it .
as such it is a violation of my basic core of personal and religious beliefs .
just like abortions being legal does .
since this is supposed to be a country of by and for the people , these things should not be sanctioned by the government representing a large portion of the population which is vehemently against it .
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If you examine it critically and honestly, I think you'll find that both sex and gender are far less balck and white than they appear.
Plenty of people born as women can't bear children naturally; are they then not women, either? Clearly, reproductive ability does not define gender (or sex). What does? Genetalia? Chromosomes? The hormone dominant in the bloodstream? Gender presentation? All of these (except chromosomes) can be changed, some more easily and reversably than others. And you can't see chromosomes; for that matter, you don;t typically see genetalia unless you're allready pretty darn close. Which means that teh least 'changeable' markers are also the least available.
More to the point of the opening post, using one's religious and personal beliefs to justify discrimination is contrary to *my* religious and personal beliefs; if it isn't directly harming someone, then there's no reason to get one's panties in a wad. Whather government is really for and by the people these days is debatable, but fortunately the trend appears to be heading away from discrimination, and towards a more rational recogintion of human diversity.