You know what makes a lot of sense? Spending taxpayer dollars to make it illegal to go to the bathroom unless the sex on your birth certificate matches that of the sex on the sign on the bathroom door. No, we are not making this up, and yes, Tennessee is yet again in the national spotlight looking totally ridiculous.
State Sen. Bo Watson of Chattanooga wants to fine anyone using the wrong sex bathroom $50. Seriously. You can read the bill here. While the bill's intended effect is to keep drag queens out of the ladies' room, it also makes it illegal for little boys to go to the bathroom with their mother or for women sick of waiting in a long bathroom line to, gasp, use the men's room. Yep, it's just an over-arching blanket ban. The proposed legislation states:
where a restroom or dressing room in a public building is designated for use by members of one particular sex, only members of that particular sex shall be permitted to use that restroom or dressing room.
The bill has already been mocked on national blogs like Think Progress and Daily Kos. Way to go, Tennessee. Way to go.
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