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  I guess that means minors aren't allowed to leave the house anymore.
context: I misread this at first it was a crime to expose a trans person as trans and thought it odd. Then i saw WV and knew I had misread. >
  
  So parents are now liable for letting their children outside?? >
  
  Yes, parents must now keep their kids in the closet until they are 18, at which point they are free to come out >
  
  I guess that explains some home schooled Republicans. >
  
  "get into that closet until you understand chemistry" >
  
  Considering they quote high school biology like that's the max level, that sounds about right >
  
  Ironically enough, the GOP Governor is in the midst of writing a bill allowing him to expose himself to anyone. >
  
  So this is effectively criminalizing being trans. And yet, the people who push this, and support tbis, will claim they aren't transphobes. What's next? A bill doing the same, but for gay people?
  Also, how the hell would this be reasonably enforced? Are they gonna make trans people join a registry, and carry identifying marks? >
  
  You say it as if it's absurd, but with the way things have been going... I wouldn't rule it out. >
  
  Pretty much what Texas wants to do. >
  
  One more shining example from the party of “limited government.”
  Fucking hypocrites, assholes, projectors, idiots… this could go on for a while. >
  
  I'd be more afraid of a Preacher >
  
  I'm more afraid of the religious nuts who follow and obey the preachers. >
  
  So could one get arrested for showing a kid Bugs Bunny cartoons? >
  
  Eh whats up, Doc? >
  
  What happened to Free Speech? >
  
  Under other laws, exposing minors to West Virginia bills, could be really harmful >
  
  Isn't this unconstitutional? Won't it get struck out immediately? >
  
  Current SCOTUS will allow it. >
  
  Alito: USA has always been a de facto straight country. Something something cultural. Something something Christian. Something someone from 1800 said about witches or whatever. Avada kedavra this bill is 100% constitutional. >
  
  Avada kedavra would kill the bill though. >
  
  But you can't call them bigots... >
  
  You can >
  
  Because they are. >
  
  Where as exposing my genitals to the inside of my 1st cousin's genitals would be totally fine. Makes sense. >
  
  Hey, it’s perfectly legal in some states to have sex with someone that’s 17 but not be able to take pictures of them, or to convict a 16 year old of child pornography for having sent a racy picture of themself to someone. Sense? What’s that? >
  
  Uhhh… we’re getting closer to the G word. >
  
  Is there any socioeconomic issue WV doesn't rank dead last in? Jeez. Republicans...always addressing problems that don't exist. Embarrassing. >
  
  The new trend in the US is passing laws that cater to the bigotry and prejudices of the religious extremists that the Republican party serves. The US is slowly but surely becoming a theocracy, religious law by religious law. Americans need to stand against bigotry! >
  
  So is WV going to require transgenders to wear an identifier, ya know, like the Nazis had gays wear a pink triangle and Jews wear the star of David?
  JFC, what a nightmare the American south is. >
  
  This country has gone fucking nuts >
  
  I tell you Republicans get worked up over the most bizarre stuff. I think they're nuts. I don't think this is a huge issue in most people's lives. >
  
  These guys sure do think about trans people a lot. >
  
  It's amazing to watch the republicans turn your country into another Islamic state with such archaic and downright horrific laws. >
  
  What about taking your kids to a Hooters? That seems to fit their definition. >
  
  But exposing them to priests is fine, and encouraged, even. This isn’t about protecting kids, it’s just codified hate. >
  
  They're called the party of "law and order" because they make targeted laws and order you to stop existing. >
  
  Oh USA, stop being a brainless c*nt. >
  
  Every bigoted bill targeting trans folks, will also affect folks that are cis, but who don't fit what some asshole thinks their gender should look like. It's never about protecting anyone, the cruelty is the point. >
  
  Why not just ban children from literally seeing anything or hearing anything. If we’re going to be this ridiculous and intrusive on the way parents raise their kids or teachers teach their kids about people that exist in our reality why not go all out? Fuck it, just lock them in a Celler with nothing but food and a Bible. >
  
  
  and a Bible.
  
  But the bible has obscene content too. >
  
  But exposing minors to the 14 guns in your sad WV living room is totally fine. >
  
  Are not many of the evil things backed by The Holy Bible then considered inappropriate for children?
  All over the bible people REJOICED about how many people they killed because the people they murdered DID NOT believe in THIER GOD.
  Should we also ban children from churches where the people pray sincere that their GOD come and destroy all non-believers in a lake of fire while these believers all beg for their GOD to destroy The Earth? >
  
  Pretty sure there aren’t any bible verses boasting about killing. I could find one in the Old Testament about putting nonbelievers to death, but that’s it >
  
  The new Nazi party >
  
  This stopped becoming an amusing insult to how scary this shit is turning into an actual legitimate version of reality. >
  
  But exposing yourself to your cousin could be considered a marriage proposal >
  
  "DONT TREAD ON ME"  
  But let me walk all over you with my workboots, and wellies. >
  
  And people wonder why WV is a shithole.
  Oh wait, they don't. >
  
  None of the stuff in this bill was happening...all just an excuse to slip in trans under the definition of "lewd and indecent sexual display". >
  
  How about West Virginia instead focuses on the dealers who are killing thousands of their citizens a year with opiates?  How about West Virginia pulling themselves of being one of the worst states in the US in almost every measure? >
  
  Imagine if people were trying to pass legislation like this regarding Christians or Republicans; they would completely lose their minds. Fucking goddamned minds. These people have earned nothing but to have their faces covered in cake. This is the same as denying existence. >
  
  No M*A*S*H reruns for WV. >
  
  Klinger was not transgender. He wasn't even a "legitimate transvestite" to use the parlance of the time. He was trying to get out of military service by being deemed mentally incompetent, because only a mentally-incompetent man would wear a dress. Not such a great message. >
  
  
  Klinger was not transgender
  
  Doesn't really matter. The people we are talking about don't care about nuance or circumstance, they just see a man in a dress and yell 'Trans!'. Or, more likely, they yell something even more derogatory and hateful. They aren't known for their brain power or pleasantness. >
  
  I expect nothing from West Virginia, and I'm still disappointed. >
  
  The depression and suicide rate is very high amongst trans persons and this is why. >
  
  You said it. "Trans people kill themselves" - people who cause the suicidal thoughts >
  
  Downvote brigade accidentally got ahold of this comment without fully understanding it, I think. >
  
  It really seems like they are blaming trans people for their suicides if you read too fast. Unfortunate side effect of the 50 comments trying to justify making being trans a crime.