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36. wtaf?

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Tue May 18, 2021, 05:40 PM

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Businesses will now be forced to post signs announcing they serve transgender customers in Tennessee [View all] DonViejo May 2021 OP

I hope this backfires in a big, cultural-shift-toward-the-future way. JudyM May 2021 #1

In Tennessee? Aristus May 2021 #18

Another Republican fueled stupid law. OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #2

I guess businesses will have to have their customers pull down their pants, Jetheels May 2021 #49

I am so glad I moved out of that backward state in my early twenties. Laffy Kat May 2021 #3

What is it with this republican obsession Turbineguy May 2021 #4

Republican morality: "The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." Pinback May 2021 #7

aka "Puritanism" ananda May 2021 #19

A bastardized version of Puritanism. Probatim May 2021 #33

Well, with respect to the Republicans who are Southern Baptists LastDemocratInSC May 2021 #13

We need a like button on comments JohnnyRingo May 2021 #26

As an ex-southern baptist you got it all wrong! GulfCoast66 May 2021 #51

What are Republicans doing in restrooms? IronLionZion May 2021 #14

Pecker checkers mac56 May 2021 #16

Ahahahahahahahaha! 3catwoman3 May 2021 #27

Haaaaa Traildogbob May 2021 #37

I guess they have to make it safe for the Larry Craig's out there. Maraya1969 May 2021 #52

A sign like that could drive up business. OneCrazyDiamond May 2021 #5

We can hope. riversedge May 2021 #50

I would seek out those businesses. And maybe that should be a motivating force Maraya1969 May 2021 #54

This seems like one of the least harsh actually ... Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #6

They should also post a sign that they also serve right wing bigots. rickford66 May 2021 #8

Just say Republicans. Mr.Bill May 2021 #29

Well played rickford66 May 2021 #35

Just cover the window with a ton of stupid signs! oldsoftie May 2021 #41

Whelp Lithos May 2021 #9

Well that's another state I'll never go to vercetti2021 May 2021 #10

Wow, this is some Nazi level shit here. Initech May 2021 #11

Yup! Botany May 2021 #17

Letting out their inner fascist. paleotn May 2021 #38

Who thinks up this kind of cruelty? mahina May 2021 #12

Unless people view it as welcoming to transgender folks IronLionZion May 2021 #15

Next NQAS May 2021 #20

We serve transgenders, Catholics, Jews, Dennis Hastert, and Gym Jordan. keithbvadu2 May 2021 #21

It will ID right wing businesses if anyone cares to stay away bucolic_frolic May 2021 #22

This isn't even my fight and I'm outraged. JohnnyRingo May 2021 #23

Most all of this crap could be done away with if the US treated bathrooms the way they do in France royable May 2021 #24

Seoul, Korea, early 1980s. Large communal bathrooms. keithbvadu2 May 2021 #31

I've been to France 5 times. Multiple weeks at a time. GulfCoast66 May 2021 #53

Make the bathrooms all unisex. roamer65 May 2021 #25

Do you mean single stall or multiple? LiberatedUSA May 2021 #28

Single stall. roamer65 May 2021 #34

In Vermont, many single use are unisex. paleotn May 2021 #47

Am I a bad person because I am too old to want to be in a public restroom with men? Irish_Dem May 2021 #43

The repubes are turning us into Nazi Germany. (nt) Paladin May 2021 #30

The way to beat is to embrace it. If I had a business I'd be glad to have it known I serve ... marble falls May 2021 #32

wtaf? area51 May 2021 #36

I've often thought TlalocW May 2021 #39

The best hope is that all the largest retailers and national restaurant chains immediately post ShazamIam May 2021 #40

That was my reaction. This could backfire in a big way. I hope it does. Martin68 May 2021 #44

Such small-minded, petty people. It's like they completely missed the last 50 years of progress. Martin68 May 2021 #42

You know, every day Bettie May 2021 #45

"Yes, we happily serve transgendered folks!" mainer May 2021 #46

WTF Skittles May 2021 #48

Just don't put up a sign. GulfCoast66 May 2021 #55

I'd rather my wife or daughter be in the restroom christx30 May 2021 #56