Silmarien
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That isn't much of a counterargument, unless you would be comfortable with her walking into a men's bathroom looking like that. Where unisex bathrooms exist, that's certainly the preferable answer, but forcing people to use the bathroom that matches their biological gender solves nothing. It's not a matter of putting on a wig if you've been taking testosterone. That will increase strength and muscle size. If a woman is not going to be comfortable with a transgender woman using the bathroom, she's unlikely to be comfortable with a transgender man either.
The burden on the public remains no matter what, and I don't think the answer is telling people to stay home so that nobody else has to be inconvenienced by their existence. I have no idea how my link has anything to do with biblical standards--it's perfectly legitimate to say that in an unfallen world, these issues would not arise, but that doesn't mean ignoring all aspects of the problem that complicate matters.
Because as a woman, I would be more uncomfortable with a transgender man using the women's bathroom than transgender woman. You may see such a person as a woman pretending to be a man, but that makes no difference if they could overpower you. Hormone therapy will make a biological male weaker and a biological woman stronger than they would otherwise have been. I don't think this is likely to be an issue since I don't see them as more dangerous than anyone else, but insisting that transgender men use women's bathrooms seems more insane and ignorant to me than the alternative. I'm not ignoring 99% of the population by being aware that more is involved in transgenderism than a good makeup artist.
How about Matt. 7:1-2? Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Nothing in my post was an attack on Christianity. It's quite possible to disapprove of transgenderism on religious grounds while still being able to discuss its ramifications in a mature and compassionate fashion. Nobody else in this thread seems to have any problem doing so, so you do not get to write off a reply as "Regressive," toss around derogatory language like "tranny" and then start lecturing about biblical standards. I've read the Gospel quite recently. I know what's acceptable and what isn't. I haven't changed my status because I'm barely Episcopalian just yet, much less evangelical, not because I'm out to discredit anything aside from perhaps the ridiculous, idolatrous conflation of religion and conservative capitalism in this country.
