Is this the NH 2010 electoral hit list?

A gender equality bill, one might suppose, should deal with any inequities between people of different genders.  Seeing as even among the gender 'confused' (regardless of any advances in modern medical technology) there are still only two genders to choose from,  where exactly there is a problem should be one of those universal mysteries left to philosophers and poets, like where did the Big bang come from, or why do Darwinisits ignore thier inviolable theories of evolution when it conveniently suits their social agendas?

To that end the regressive left in New Hampshire have chosen to ignore what even a pair of preschoolers can comprehend in a fit of idle curiosity behind the rhodedendrons (that there are two sets of parts and no matter what you pretned that's it) and has instead chosen to carve for itself a third somewhat unquantifiable catagory-where make beleive (or mental illness, your choice) becomes not just the purview of serious legal deliberations at the highest levels of elected government, but actually emotes as yet defined and well deseved rights to anyone who thinks they might have been born with the wrong set of goodies.

Iv'e just imagined I'm a pony, where's my right to crap in the street during the parade?

These bufoons are wasting your time, your money and your resources.  Deciding that someone's psychological 'decision' to ignore the physical universe entitles that person to imagined rights in the real world is about as retarded as allowing people to jump off buildings because they are certain they were meant to be a bird.  "Well, as long as they don't land on some innocent passersby..."

The pony and the bird get the straight jacket and the daily med check while 188 elected New Hampshire House members give people who might think Willy should have been a Willimina a free pass to party in places where women are sexually vulnerable to men who are not right in the head, but have a right to be that way wherever the mood strikes them?

The next thing you know they'll pass a law that might allow underaged girls raped by "gender confused" men in the ladies room to get abortions without having to inform anyone, even their parents.   Wait a minute...

Is this what you have a government for? 

For your consideration, all those reps who voted for and passed the 'bathroom bill' on 4/8/09. 

Rep	Party	County	District	Vote 4/8
Abbott, Dennis	Democrat	Rockingham	12	Yea
Aguiar, James	Democrat	Grafton	6	Yea
Allen, Peter	Democrat	Cheshire	6	Not Voting
Almy, Susan	Democrat	Grafton	11	Yea
Arsenault, Beth	Democrat	Belknap	4	Yea
Bailey, Clinton	Republican	Rockingham	3	Not Voting
Baroody, Benjamin	Democrat	Hillsborough	13	Not Voting
Bartlett, Michael	Democrat	Merrimack	11	Yea
Beaulieu, Jane	Democrat	Hillsborough	17	Yea
Beck, Catriona	Democrat	Hillsborough	2	Yea
Benn, Bernard	Democrat	Grafton	9	Yea
Borden, David	Democrat	Rockingham	18	Yea
Bouchard, Candace	Democrat	Merrimack	11	Yea
Bridgham, Robert	Democrat	Carroll	2	Yea
Brown, Carole	Democrat	Merrimack	8	Yea
Brown, Jennifer	Democrat	Strafford	5	Yea
Brown, Larry	Democrat	Strafford	3	Yea
Browne, Brendon	Democrat	Strafford	4	Yea
Buco, Thomas	Democrat	Carroll	1	Not Voting
Burke, Rachel	Democrat	Strafford	3	Yea
Burridge, Delmar	Democrat	Cheshire	3	Yea
Butcher, Suzanne	Democrat	Cheshire	3	Yea
Butler, Edward	Democrat	Carroll	1	Yea
Butterworth, Timothy	Democrat	Cheshire	4	Yea
Butynski, William	Democrat	Cheshire	4	Yea
Cali-Pitts, Jacqueline	Democrat	Rockingham	16	Yea
Campbell, David	Democrat	Hillsborough	24	Not Voting
Carlson, Nancy	Democrat	Cheshire	6	Yea
Carr, Daniel	Democrat	Cheshire	4	Yea
Casey, Kimberley	Democrat	Rockingham	11	Yea
Chandley, Shannon	Democrat	Hillsborough	6	Yea
Chase, Claudia	Democrat	Hillsborough	2	Yea
Chininis, Alexis	Democrat	Hillsborough	10	Not Voting
Clarke, Claire	Democrat	Merrimack	6	Yea
Clemons, Jane	Democrat	Hillsborough	24	Yea
Cloutier, John	Democrat	Sullivan	4	Yea
Cooney, Mary	Democrat	Grafton	7	Yea
Cote, David	Democrat	Hillsborough	23	Yea
Craig, James	Democrat	Hillsborough	9	Not Voting
Cushing, Robert	Democrat	Rockingham	15	Yea
Cyr, James	Democrat	Strafford	3	Yea
Davis, Frank	Democrat	Merrimack	7	Yea
Day, Judith	Democrat	Rockingham	13	Yea
DeJoie, John	Democrat	Merrimack	11	Yea
DiPentima, Rich	Democrat	Rockingham	16	Yea
Dokmo, Cynthia	Republican	Hillsborough	6	Not Voting
Domingo, Baldwin	Democrat	Strafford	5	Yea
Donovan, Thomas	Democrat	Sullivan	4	Yea
Eaton, Daniel	Democrat	Cheshire	2	Yea
Farley, Michael	Democrat	Hillsborough	15	Not Voting
Flurey, Joan	Democrat	Hillsborough	16	Yea
Foose, Robert	Democrat	Merrimack	1	Yea
Ford, Susan	Democrat	Grafton	3	Yea
Foster, Linda	Democrat	Hillsborough	4	Yea
French, Barbara	Democrat	Merrimack	5	Yea
Friedrich, Carol	Democrat	Grafton	6	Yea
Garrity, Patrick	Democrat	Hillsborough	14	Yea
Gidge, Kenneth	Democrat	Hillsborough	24	Yea
Gile, Mary	Democrat	Merrimack	10	Yea
Ginsburg, Ruth	Democrat	Hillsborough	20	Not Voting
Goley, Jeffrey	Democrat	Hillsborough	8	Not Voting
Gorman, Mary	Democrat	Hillsborough	23	Yea
Gottling, Suzanne	Democrat	Sullivan	3	Yea
Gould, Franklin	Democrat	Grafton	11	Yea
Gould, Kenneth	Republican	Rockingham	5	Yea
Grassie, Anne	Democrat	Strafford	1	Yea
Hackel, Paul	Democrat	Hillsborough	21	Yea
Hamm, Christine	Democrat	Merrimack	4	Yea
Hammond, Jill	Democrat	Hillsborough	3	Yea
Harding, Laurie	Democrat	Grafton	11	Yea
Hardy, Valerie	Democrat	Hillsborough	27	Yea
Harris, Sandra	Democrat	Sullivan	4	Yea
Harvey, Philip	Democrat	Hillsborough	1	Yea
Harvey, Suzanne	Democrat	Hillsborough	21	Yea
Hatch, William	Democrat	Coos	3	Yea
Hebert, Roger	Democrat	Hillsborough	12	Yea
Henson, John	Democrat	Rockingham	13	Yea
Hinch, Richard	Republican	Hillsborough	19	Not Voting
Hodges, Kevin	Democrat	Hillsborough	7	Yea
Horrigan, Timothy	Democrat	Strafford	7	Yea
Houde-Quimby, Charlotte	Democrat	Sullivan	1	Yea
Hubbard, Pamela	Democrat	Strafford	1	Yea
Hunt, John	Republican	Cheshire	7	Yea
Hutchinson, Gina	Democrat	Rockingham	5	Yea
Hutz, Sarah	Democrat	Strafford	5	Yea
Ingersoll, Paul	Democrat	Coos	4	Not Voting
Irwin, Anne-Marie	Democrat	Hillsborough	3	Yea
Jeudy, Jean	Democrat	Hillsborough	10	Yea
Johnson, William	Democrat	Belknap	5	Yea
Kaen, Naida	Democrat	Strafford	7	Yea
Katsiantonis, George	Democrat	Hillsborough	17	Yea
Keans, Sandra	Democrat	Strafford	1	Yea
Kelley, John	Democrat	Hillsborough	26	Yea
Kelly, Sally	Democrat	Merrimack	7	Yea
Kepner, Susan	Democrat	Rockingham	15	Yea
Knowles, John	Democrat	Hillsborough	27	Yea
Knowles, Mary Ann	Democrat	Hillsborough	27	Yea
Komi, Richard	Democrat	Hillsborough	12	Yea
Kopka, Angeline	Democrat	Hillsborough	26	Yea
Laliberte, Suzanne	Democrat	Grafton	10	Yea
LaPlante, Roland	Democrat	Hillsborough	26	Yea
Lauterborn, Elaine	Democrat	Strafford	1	Yea
Leishman, Peter	Democrat	Hillsborough	3	Yea
Lerandeau, Alfred	Democrat	Cheshire	6	Yea
Levasseur, Nickolas	Democrat	Hillsborough	11	Yea
Levesque, Melanie	Democrat	Hillsborough	5	Yea
Lewis, Robert	Democrat	Strafford	6	Not Voting
Lindsey, Steven	Democrat	Cheshire	3	Yea
Lisle, Carolyn	Democrat	Hillsborough	26	Yea
Long, Patrick	Democrat	Hillsborough	10	Yea
Lyons, Melissa	Democrat	Rockingham	8	Yea
Mack, Ron	Democrat	Hillsborough	1	Yea
Maiola, Anthony	Republican	Sullivan	2	Not Voting
Mann, Maureen	Democrat	Rockingham	1	Yea
Marshall, Seth	Democrat	Hillsborough	23	Yea
Matarazzo, Anthony	Democrat	Hillsborough	20	Yea
McCarthy, Barbara	Democrat	Rockingham	5	Yea
McClammer, Jim	Democrat	Sullivan	5	Yea
McEachern, Paul	Democrat	Rockingham	16	Yea
McMahon, Patricia	Democrat	Merrimack	3	Yea
Meader, David	Democrat	Cheshire	3	Yea
Mears, Lucy	Democrat	Coos	4	Yea
Merrick, Evalyn	Democrat	Coos	2	Yea
Merrick, Scott	Democrat	Coos	2	Yea
Merry, Liz	Democrat	Belknap	2	Yea
Messier, Irene	Republican	Hillsborough	17	Yea
Miller, Kate	Democrat	Belknap	3	Yea
Mitchell, Bonnie	Democrat	Cheshire	7	Yea
Moody, Marcia	Democrat	Rockingham	12	Yea
Mulholland, Catherine	Democrat	Grafton	10	Yea
Nixon, David	Democrat	Hillsborough	17	Yea
Nord, Susi	Democrat	Rockingham	1	Yea
Nordgren, Sharon	Democrat	Grafton	9	Yea
Norelli, Terie	Democrat	Rockingham	16	Not Voting
O'Brien, Michael	Democrat	Hillsborough	26	Yea
Osborne, Jessie	Democrat	Merrimack	12	Yea
Owen, Derek	Democrat	Merrimack	4	Yea
Pantelakos, Laura	Democrat	Rockingham	16	Yea
Parkhurst, Henry	Democrat	Cheshire	4	Yea
Pastor, Beatriz	Democrat	Grafton	9	Yea
Perry, Robert	Democrat	Strafford	3	Yea
Petterson, Don	Democrat	Rockingham	10	Yea
Pierce, David	Democrat	Grafton	9	Yea
Pilotte, Maurice	Democrat	Hillsborough	16	Yea
Porter, Margaret	Democrat	Merrimack	8	Yea
Potter, Frances	Democrat	Merrimack	10	Yea
Poznanski, Brian	Democrat	Hillsborough	26	Yea
Preston, Philip	Democrat	Grafton	8	Yea
Price, Susan	Democrat	Strafford	3	Yea
Ramsey, Peter	Democrat	Hillsborough	8	Yea
Read, Robin	Democrat	Rockingham	16	Yea
Reardon, Tara	Democrat	Merrimack	11	Yea
Reever, Judith	Democrat	Belknap	4	Yea
Rice, Chip	Democrat	Merrimack	12	Yea
Richardson, Barbara	Democrat	Cheshire	5	Yea
Richardson, Gary	Democrat	Merrimack	4	Yea
Robertson, Timothy	Democrat	Cheshire	3	Yea
Rodd, Beth	Democrat	Merrimack	5	Yea
Rogers, Rose Marie	Democrat	Strafford	1	Yea
Rollo, Deanna	Democrat	Strafford	2	Yea
Rollo, Michael	Democrat	Strafford	2	Yea
Rosenwald, Cindy	Democrat	Hillsborough	22	Yea
Rous, Emma	Democrat	Strafford	7	Yea
Russell, Joseph	Democrat	Rockingham	13	Not Voting
Russell, Trinka	Democrat	Rockingham	13	Yea
Ryder, Mark	Democrat	Strafford	6	Yea
Sad, Tara	Democrat	Cheshire	2	Yea
Sanders, Elisabeth	Republican	Rockingham	7	Not Voting
Schlachman, Donna	Democrat	Rockingham	13	Yea
Schmidt, Peter	Democrat	Strafford	4	Yea
Schuett, Dianne	Democrat	Merrimack	7	Yea
Schulze, Joan	Democrat	Hillsborough	26	Yea
Shattuck, Gilman	Democrat	Hillsborough	1	Yea
Shurtleff, Stephen	Democrat	Merrimack	10	Yea
Skinder, Carla	Democrat	Sullivan	1	Yea
Smith, Marjorie	Democrat	Strafford	7	Yea
Smith, Suzanne	Democrat	Grafton	7	Yea
Soucy, Connie	Republican	Hillsborough	17	Not Voting
Spang, Judith	Democrat	Strafford	7	Yea
Splaine, James	Democrat	Rockingham	16	Yea
Stetson, William	Democrat	Merrimack	10	Yea
Stuart, Richard	Democrat	Belknap	4	Yea
Sweeney, Cynthia	Democrat	Sullivan	5	Yea
Theberge, Robert	Democrat	Coos	4	Yea
Thomas, Yvonne	Democrat	Coos	4	Yea
Thompson, Robert	Democrat	Hillsborough	9	Yea
Tilton, Joy	Democrat	Merrimack	6	Yea
Townsend, Charles	Democrat	Grafton	10	Yea
Tupper, Frank	Democrat	Merrimack	6	Yea
Vachon, Dennis	Democrat	Strafford	3	Not Voting
Vaillancourt, Steve	Republican	Hillsborough	15	Yea
Veazey, John	Republican	Belknap	4	Not Voting
Wall, Janet	Democrat	Strafford	7	Yea
Wallner, Mary Jane	Democrat	Merrimack	12	Yea
Walsh, Robert	Democrat	Hillsborough	11	Yea
Walz, Mary Beth	Democrat	Merrimack	13	Yea
Ward, Kenneth	Democrat	Strafford	2	Yea
Watrous, Rick	Democrat	Merrimack	12	Yea
Watters, David	Democrat	Strafford	4	Yea
Webb, Leigh	Democrat	Merrimack	2	Yea
Webber, Carolyn	Democrat	Rockingham	4	Yea
Weber, Lucy	Democrat	Cheshire	2	Yea
Weed, Charles	Democrat	Cheshire	3	Yea
Wells, Roger	Republican	Rockingham	8	Not Voting
Wheeler, Deborah	Democrat	Merrimack	6	Yea
Wiley, Susan	Democrat	Carroll	3	Yea
Williams, Burton	Republican	Grafton	8	Not Voting
Williams, Carol	Democrat	Hillsborough	14	Yea
Williams, Robert	Democrat	Merrimack	11	Yea
Winters, Joel	Democrat	Hillsborough	17	Yea
Yeaton, Charles	Democrat	Merrimack	8	Yea

Comments

[Steve Mac Donald]

Not voting reps were for reference only. I am not implying that they were responsible for passage. They just can't always be there for every vote.

It is worth noting that 62 reps who did not vote for this bill on 3/26 voted on 4/8; 45 more Democrats and 22 more Republicans.

[Jim Splaine]

Why don't you take a moment and learn what a "transgender" person really has to go through. Have you ever talked with one? They need our understanding, not our myth-making. They need our acceptance, not more bashing. Do a good deed for your fellow human beings and do a little research on the subject. You're Internet-educated, so you can find a lot of good information on-line. As we celebrate Easter and the love that God has for ALL of us, it will be time well-spent.

[pinko]

Freud was right. The GOP is stuck in the anal-retentive phase.

[Steve Mac Donald]

People who beleive in UFO's (or socialism) have a right to feel that way, and I feel bad for them if they are ridiculed or ostracised, but it they have a penis, I don't want them having access to public fascilities designated for women.

And if my government decides to introduce language in my name that could be construed to infer such a right, while on a quest to "protect" behavior, I'm against that.

As to the matter of transgendered people making friends or finidng jobs, that's bettween them and thier friends or employers. I wish them well, but not at the expense of the rights of others.

[Bob DeMaura]

Steve,

I find many of these type pieces of legislation are really a weird kind of Democracy. Rights of the individual over the rights of society. Rights of the minority trump the rights of the majority.

This is about the rights of one extremely small group that suffer from actual physical problem of being transgender, a real medical condition, that allows another very small group of people, the mentally ill whose illness causes them to prey on women and children, to have more rights than the larger two groups, Women which are 50% + of the population and Children who are also a large group in the population.

A history professor back in college called this Reverse Democracy!

[pinko]

Steve,

So, you have a men's and a ladies room in your house?

It is quite amusing that the people enraged about this are men. Women don't seem concerned about transgendered persons using the ladies room - not even a little. That's because transgendered persons aren't perverts. Republicans in the ladies room - now that's something to be scared of.

[Jim Splaine]

Bob -- this legislation gives NO rights to "the mentally ill whose illness causes them to prey on women and children..." None at all. Anything a person does to harm another person would still be illegal -- this legislation gives no rights to them. Thirteen states have similar laws and there has been no problem. This is about protection transgender people in their workplaces and in housing.

About "Reverse Democracy," what ever happened to the concept of "majority rule, minority rights?" No matter how small the transgender population is, should we discriminate against them?

This legislation also gives no "cover" to someone to go into a restroom to commit a crime. That's a fear tactic that shouldn't be given the time of day. If someone wanted to dress up as a woman (that's NOT what transgender is) to go into a women's room to commit a crime, they're probably doing it right now. If they are just hanging around in there, we have a law against that. If you harass, we have a law against that. If you assault, we have a law against that. Those attacks can occur in a dark corner as much as a bathroom. Transgendered people are not sexual predetors, and this gives no rights to people are are predetors.

[Michael Marsh]

Jim:

I think you are probably wasting your time explaining this. These people are afraid, because things are changing. And when you are afraid your mind shuts down and your emotions take over. Transgenders are particularly easy to attack because theu are "the Other" and most of us do not know anyone who is a member of this group.

I have never heard of a transgender assaulting a girl in a bathroom. Do a google search on the web and you can't find one. If it happened somewhere, anywhere, the fearful would have trumpeted it to the world by now.

As for the idea that somehow this will give cover to the mentally ill to attack our daughters- get serious. If someone is mentally ill enough to attack a woman, they don;t need to do it in a bathroom, and they don't need to dress up as a woman to do so. This is ridiculous- this is a fairytale masquerading as a argument.

[Anon]

Steve,

I live in Atkinson, NH and Ed Naile and CNHT have been active in our town assisting a small group of citizens that are allegedly constantly bullied by town officials. Ed's argument is that majority bullies are trampling over the rights of minority heroes. So isn't Ed and CNHT fighting in favor of a "reverse democracy"? If so, you should embrace the transgendered population here in NH and assist them in their fight as well. Either that or get CNHT out of Atkinson as your group is proving itself to be hypocritical, fear mongering, right wing extremists again and again and again and we don't need your "type" in our town

[Jim Splaine]

Home run, Anon. "Majority rule, minority rights" is an important concept. Let's always fight for those who are discriminated against today, because tomorrow that discrimination could be against any of the rest of us.

[Anon]

Thanks very much Rep. Splaine. It is interesting how they pick and choose whose rights to protect, isn't it? I would assume the transgendered are taxpayers too.

Now let's brace ourselves for the next round of suggestions to Google you-know-who.

[Bob DeMaura]

Anon,

You are wrong about "No women" have a problem with this. I am willing to bet if you let every woman in NH know about "transgendered" ie: people with male plumbing using the female bathroom you will hear a ton of outrage.

My wife works in a place where it is nearly all women and everyone she tells about this bill is outraged!

And yes we already have many rules one of which is if you have MALE plumbing you use the MALE bathroom in public places! It should matter not what clothing the person chooses to wear. Any other way to define this requires speculation and guessing as to which public bathroom the person has the priviledge to use.

Ok, so there are no more 'rights' granted but you are eliminating the above plumbing rule which then allows anyone to use the Female bathroom. It may not be a right but it does allow for them to get one step closer by taking away anyone using the Female Bathroom legitimately's 'right' to alert authorities that there is someone there who shouldn't be there.

[Lisa Teixeira]

I don't want to open a can of worms, but... I'm assuming that this bill does not mandate that those who are trans gender carry a medical of legal card identifying themselves as such?And I suppose it is prejudicial to ask for proof of identity? What is to keep the average pervert from dawning a dress and assuming the role of a trans-gender just to gain admittance to the public ladies room? Where is my guarantee that when my granddaughter is old enough to enter the public restroom on her own, the trans-gender in the stall next door is legit? Who pays for the bathroom attendant to safe guard her?No problem with trans-gender. The concern is those who who use the bill for their own perverse gain.

[Steve Mac Donald]

A lot of apples and oranges arguments from the supporters I see.

As to the matter of the number of bathrooms in a home, wow, what brilliance. You've convinced me. Not only will I now allow complete strangers into my house to use my "transgendered" bathrooms, I'm thinking they can use them while my eight year old daughter is in the shower. (A privelage no other male in my home is entitled to by the way.)

So is the next expression of legitimate NH government to be genderless bathrooms in all public places? Just a door? Or is there a $250 fine if someone lets that lead ballon go free?

Maybe you guys should get off your high horses and get some reality. This bill may not have been written to allow men into the ladies locker room, but under legal scrutiny it could, so by default it does. And rather than fix it, you not only voted for it anyway, when it failed, you strong armed your party into getting the votes to pass it. There's a "rights" argument for you. How about the rigth to vote your own conscience?

So why stop at transgendered people? What's the point? If the bill has unintneded consequences, and plumbing is irrelevant, why can't I use the ladies room as a heterosexual now? Why haven't you fearless progressives who embrace the coming changes proposed that in a bill, or even in this one, right out front?

Probably becasue it wont pass which reeks of hypocricy. Afraid you'll jepordize your House seat because the "democratic majority" of women, even caring thoughtful ones who feel for the transgendered minorty, do not want anyone with mens plumbing in their ladies room, or locker rooms?

And for the sake of demograhics and rights, what if some percentage of women equal to (or greater than) the transgendered population objects to the idea of a mans parts in the ladies room under even the moast broad minded of cirumstances? Isn't government now trampling on their rights to advance some fringe notion of fairness? Are they? Who has more rights you bastions of democracy and fairness? Women, or men who think they might be women? Or is it legislators who have more rights, and far too much free time to write bills that waste our time and money?

And for the record,(it if matters) I'm not fearful of change or transfigured genderificness of any kind. You are free in your person to do as you like as long as it does not intrinsiclly deny similar freedoms to ohers. And I honestly don't give a rats *ss if you some guy is confused about his gender or wants to wear a dress--although given the advances in the feminist movement you'd think a truely progressive gender confused man would wear a nice suit pant and a matching blouse. Why present the typical 50's repressed housewife image, right? So my issue is that Government is creating rights based on states of mind which cannot be proven or disproven while actually denying existing rights of others, simply because liberal-regressives want this tiny fraction of the population to feel better about themselves. That's just wrong.

The price for that "right" is that women can no longer have any expectation that when they go into a public facility to do their personal business, or to use a locker room or shower that there won't be a man present. You just assume it wont matter to them and then pass a law to make it happen because it feels like the thing to do.

And the notion that someone other than a gender confused person wont take advantage of "opportunity" is ignorant and dangerous. They could, and they might, and they will? That's not enough? How many incidents would it take for you to consider it a mistake? Give me a number. I'd like in in writing for posterity.

It's just a bit arrogant if you ask me.

[Steve Mac Donald]

[Quote:] ""Ed Naile and CNHT have been active in our town assisting a small group of citizens that are allegedly constantly bullied by town officials. Ed's argument is that majority bullies are trampling over the rights of minority heroes. So isn't Ed and CNHT fighting in favor of a "reverse democracy"? "" [End Quote]

It’s amusing that someone representing a majority party (Rep Splaine), which has used its power to overturn a vote it did not like, thinks you’ve hit a home run in defense of a minority group. He has in fact been party to the exact same corrupt process that exists in Atkinson. And what is that?

In Atkinson, people who already have the right to petition, to speak out at town meeting, to voice concern for the direction of their local government, are being intimidated and cowed by their elected government and a gang of entrenched residents, into keeping quiet, and to even remove their names from petitions the people in power do not approve of. To claim that the effort to restore those rights is reverse democracy is exactly backwards. People who have rights at town meeting are being threatened and denied their right to speak out against what they view as an abuse of power.

For this to even be comparable, transgendered people would have to already have the pre-existing right to use whatever bathroom they felt like denied by some group. That group would be using their influence to make people vote a certain way, to not vote at all, or to change their vote, to prevent them from having that right.

Since there is no such right, there can be no comparison. And what we actually see is the entrenched democrat majority, using its power to force policies it favors over the wishes of those (even in their own party) with the power to object to them.

The democrats in the State House are abusing democracy in exactly the same fashion as the entrenched power in Atkinson. They are using pressure politics to subvert free will to acheive thier chosen 'desired' end.

No home run, you actually struck out.