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Maryland: Don?t open ladies room doors to men

By ADF Alliance Alert

Ruth M. Jacobs writes at Gazette.Net: "Changes to Maryland's anti-discrimination law in 2007 added a "private cause of action." If gender identity is added as a "protected class," any cross-dresser or "drag queen" who wants to dress on the job and feels their rights have been denied can sue their employer. Employers already rocked by the economic crisis now have to worry about lawsuits from their employees for failure to deny their birth sex, use the right pronoun or for trying to protect the safety of women in restrooms. Employees would be empowered to sue for damages up to $400,000 plus punitive damages and operators of public accommodations can be heavily fined for simply trying to protect women and children's safety and privacy rights. At this critical time for Maryland's economy, shouldn't legislators be helping employers instead of endangering them?"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on March 25, 2009 (boomark / email).