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Eugene

(61,900 posts)
Fri May 20, 2016, 01:17 PM May 2016

Oklahoma introduces measure to impeach Obama over bathroom rights

Source: Reuters

Politics | Fri May 20, 2016 11:59am EDT

Oklahoma introduces measure to impeach Obama over bathroom rights

OKLAHOMA CITY | BY HEIDE BRANDES

Oklahoma's Republican-dominated legislature has filed a measure calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment over his administration's recommendations on accommodating transgender students, saying he overstepped his constitutional authority.

Lawmakers in the socially conservative state are also expected to take up a measure as early as Friday that would allow students to claim a religious right to have separate but equal bathrooms and changing facilities to segregate them from transgender students.

The bill introduced on Thursday night could force schools into costly construction, which would be difficult for them to complete after lawmakers significantly cut education funding to plug a $1.3 billion state budget shortfall.

The impeachment resolution also introduced on Thursday night calls on the Oklahoma members of the U.S. House of Representatives to file articles of impeachment against Obama, the U.S. attorney general, the U.S. secretary of education and others over the letter.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oklahoma-lgbt-idUSKCN0YB1Z0
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Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
1. Yep...Why dont they just wait a few months, when BoB stays home in Nov and Drumpf is elected
Fri May 20, 2016, 01:19 PM
May 2016

they will have a president who will help them express their hate.

Jackie Wilson Said

(4,176 posts)
7. Why did you ask me if it bothered me, because it doesnt bother you? if not why are
Fri May 20, 2016, 02:27 PM
May 2016

you asking me anything?

Are you confused?

What is your question again, lets start over.

HubertHeaver

(2,522 posts)
10. I think you are now blowing smoke.
Fri May 20, 2016, 02:59 PM
May 2016

This quote, "Why dont (sic) they just wait a few months, when BoB stays home in Nov and Drumpf is elected" is a recurring theme with you. The term "BoB" is at best off-putting and appears to be meant as an insult. I am asking do you intend to insult people?

AnnetteJacobs

(142 posts)
8. I think they meant Trump and the GOP legislature in Oklahoma
Fri May 20, 2016, 02:34 PM
May 2016

Was there someone else you wanted to be included?

Takket

(21,578 posts)
9. where in the bible does it say a Christian
Fri May 20, 2016, 02:58 PM
May 2016

Cannot share a bathroom with a transgerder person? If you are playing the "religious freedom" card, quote scripture.

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)
13. Am I the only one who cringes at the phrase "separate but equal"?
Fri May 20, 2016, 03:42 PM
May 2016

It's like a whole new era of Jim Crow, aimed this time at the transgendered community.

WTF? The language in this shit is frightening.

John Bennett = Jim Crow

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