This conversation is a great example of the kind of insanity that post-modernism brings.
The left on one hand insists that sexual preference is genetic, despite the fact that we've mapped the human genome and there is no "gay gene," while on the other hand insisting that gender is a choice influenced by social convention, despite the fact that we have long known it is a mendelian genetic trait involving the chromosomes X and Y or lack thereof.
The left knows our better instincts lead most people to believe that compromise is good and therefore we should seek it, and so they constantly seek to force the dialogue into politically correct strictures which lead to lose-lose propositions. In this case, the choice is between standing on what we know to be true (sexual preference is a choice and gender is genetic) and risking being called something deplorable, or accepting what we know not to be true (the inverse) to avoid the bullying and end up with our mothers, wives, daughters, and granddaughters sharing public toilets & showers with men wearing dresses.
There is no common ground on this issue. It's a choice between common sense and nonsense. The left is trying to intimidate reason by insisting that one is a bigot or worse if they refuse to accept the nonsense, in the shadow of the implicit threat a mob if necessary to force the issue. I think Americans have grown weary of such bullying. It would be one thing if these issues were material. But they are not. They are totally contrived. Totally immaterial to the things that grow an economy, build tax base, create jobs, and expand liberty.
So no more. Not one inch. Sometimes, you just have to win. I'll get reasonable when the barbarians go back to their own little patch of the forest and live their fantasies amongst themselves. I appreciate the LtGov's stand and hope he wins it, as it might spare us future battles down the road.
