From CBS-KPHO: http://www.kpho.com/story/21726637/amended-bill-could-reverse-phoenixs-new-anti-discrimination-laws
By Greg Argos
Mar 19, 2013
PHOENIX (CBS5) -
A newly amended bill making its way through the Senate could overturn part of Phoenix City Council’s newly strengthened anti-discrimination laws.
“If you’re a male, you stick to the men’s room. If you’re a female, stick to the ladies room,” said Rep. John Kavanagh, who amended Senate Bill 1432.
The bill would restrict the use of restrooms, dressing rooms or lockers exclusively to those whose birth certificate matches what’s written on the door.
“What about the woman that are waiting in line to use the women’s restroom? There is a long line. They go into the men’s restroom. That’s against this law, isn’t it?” asked CBS 5′s Greg Argos.
“Technically it is, but look, police use discretion every day,” Kavanagh responded.
“This is designed to protect young children from being exposed to the other gender in their fullness in inappropriate situations. I’m just restoring sanity, because the Phoenix bill turned gender upside down,” he continued.
Kavanagh is referring to the strengthened anti-discrimination laws Phoenix City Council passed in February. That law allows transgendered people to use the restroom of the gender with which they identify. However the bill Kavanagh amended started as something entirely different. The representative removed all the wording and replaced it with the new rules on bathroom use.
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