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Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA)
OPPOSED
S3753-A. Duane -- A6584-A. Gottfried
In a recent address, Governor Paterson declared, “We have an
immense opportunity to expand civil rights here on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin
Luther King.” Paterson called upon New York’s civil rights leaders “to recognize that the lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender communities deserve equal rights as well.” GENDA would amend the civil rights
law to include transgender individuals.
The Governor was wrong to link the African-American Civil Rights movement to the current attempt to expand
transgender rights. While it is true that many people disapprove of transgender behavior, there is hardly
centuries of violence, segregation and slavery the likes of which were experienced by Blacks. Nowhere is a
transgender individual being told to drink from a separate fountain, attend different schools or ride in the
back of a bus. Neither is the transgender community lacking in political representation.
Discrimination based on race in this country is illegal for the specific reason that race is a characteristic
which is inborn, involuntary (you cannot choose it), immutable (you cannot change it), and innocuous (it harms
no one). The choice to engage in transgender behavior is none of the above.
Proponents of GENDA insist that they are being discriminated against, but GENDA would infringe upon the rights
of the majority of New Yorkers for the sake of a small, but vocal minority.
GENDA would force traditional values to find a seat in the back of the bus. For these reasons, NYCF stands
opposed to the bill.
The Christian Voice In Albany
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