IF MULROY HAS HIS WAY GOING TO COUNTY RESTROOMS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

If Shelby County Commissioner Steve Mulroy has his way with the Gay Rights bill he is proposing Women could walk into a restroom in a county facility and fine a man dressed as a woman in there and do nothing about it. In the bill Mulroy provides "County facilities shall be available without discrimination based on sexual orientation,or gender identity or expression"

This ordinance if passed would also allow for the transgendered male dressed as a woman to be housed at jail East with real women.

With all that the commissioners need to be doing to get this county out of debt and to provide better services for all the citizens of the county how does Mulroy have time to lead the gay parade?

Suddenly Mulroy wants gays to have equal rights but don't they already have those rights? How does an employer know that an employee is gay unless that person makes an announcement stating so? Mulroy has not provided any documented proof that any county employee has been fired because he or she is gay. Neither has Mulroy produced any documentation proving that any employer in Shelby County has terminated an employee for being gay.

In speaking with Commissioner Wyatt Bunker he states that there are six votes in place to oppose the passing of the ordinance but one more vote is needed to make it happen. Wyatt stated in a meeting with clergy prior to the press conference that Commissioner George Flinn stated that he will either vote against it or be absent. I'm not surprised that Flinn would suggest that he would take the coward's approach and not stand on his convictions on this issue,but that's another story for another time.

Bunker also stated that Commissioner Matt Kuhn stated that he will vote in favor of the bill because he will not seek to be elected in the seat that he was appointed to last year. I am sure that when local pastors fill the committee room this morning at 9:15 on the fourth floor,and the chambers on Monday at 1:30 pm with there congregants that another vote to oppose this ordinance will come forth.

But what does surprise me is the fact that Congressman Steve Cohen would send a letter of endorsement on this issue. In my opinion this is a bad move on the congressman's part with the chance of mayor Willie Herenton running against him next year. With the rumors in the community that Cohen himself may be gay even though he has stated that he is not it was not wise for him to endorse Mulroy on this issue because if Herenton does run tit will come back to bite him.

Another factor Cohen did not consider is that if Herenton does run some of the Black pastor support he has enjoyed he will lose,And for those who were trying to figure out how to back away from supporting him to support Herenton he just gave them the opening that they needed.


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