Controversial Republican Georgia State Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene posted a discriminatory poster outside her office against the transgender community and other sexual identities, assuring that only “there are two genders:” male and female “
“Trust in science!” Ends the poster hanging on the outside wall of his office, which is directly opposite that of Representative Marie Newman, whose daughter is a transsexual. The Democratic Representative from Illinois has been one of the main promoters of an equality law being debated that has Greene as one of his main adversaries.
The incident took place Wednesday after Newman hung a transgender pride flag.
“Our neighbor (Greene) tried to block the Equality Act because she believes banning discrimination against Trans Americans is ‘disgusting, immoral and bad,’ ” Newman wrote on Twitter, posting a video in which she would hang the flag. put up our flag. transgender flag so she can look at it every time she opens her door, “he wrote on the social network.
In response to Newman’s gesture, Greene decided to hang the controversial poster that discriminates against other possible sexual identities on the outside wall of his office, right in front of the flag.
“Our neighbor, @RepMarieNewman, wants to pass the so-called ‘equality law’ to destroy women’s rights and religious freedoms. I thought we would hang ours (the poster) so she can look at it every time she opens her door. ‘ wrote Taylor Greene, who lost his membership of lower house committees for promoting false and extremist claims about the election results that brought Joe Biden victory.
In addition to putting up the poster for Newman’s office, Greene also tweeted a personal assault refusing to name the Illinois Congressman’s daughter as a woman.
“As mothers, we all love our children and support our children. But your biological child should NOT be in my daughters’ restrooms, locker rooms, and sports teams,” she wrote, referring directly to an excerpt from Newman’s emotional speech in support of the Law of Equality.
‘Disgusting’ and ‘Cruel’
The exchange between the two congresswomen, reflected on Twitter, quickly went viral, and Taylor Greene has been criticized for her “cruelty” in dealing with a situation that directly affects another congressman’s family.
Sean Casten, Newman’s fellow Democrat, called Greene’s poster “disgusting, pathetic, unimaginably cruel.” “This hatred is exactly why the #EqualityAct is necessary and from what we (Newman’s) daughter and all of our LGBTQ + loved ones need to protect,” he said. in a tweet
For his part, California Democratic Representative Ted Lieu responded directly to Taylor Greene: “Your poster is incorrect because it is not what science says,” Lieu tweeted, citing a column from Scientific American who concludes: “The science is clear and convincing: sex is not binary, transgender people are real.”
Criticism of Taylor Greene also came from his own fellow Republicans. “This is sad and I’m sorry it happened”, Rep. Adam Kinzinger tweeted Wednesday night., an Illinois Republican who has repeatedly criticized radical and far-right positions within his party. “Representative Newman’s daughter is transgender, and this video and tweet represent policies of self-promotion driven by hate and fame at all costs. This shit must end if we are to get our #GOP back,” he wrote.
Taylor Greene’s tweet has unleashed a wave of criticism outside the Capitol.
The Equality Law
“This bill prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation and gender identity in areas such as public facilities and institutions, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit and the jury system,” the bill said in its presentation. In particular, the bill defines sex, sexual orientation and gender identity as prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation, the argument adds.
The House of Representatives debated the bill on Wednesday and is expected to vote on the bill in the rest of the week, with broad democratic support. While an earlier version had the support of some Republicans, many members of that party were against it, claiming that it threatened religious freedoms.
Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republican representatives say that if this bill is passed, the protection of women will be reversed by allowing trans women to participate in women’s sports teams and use the same facilities together.
Last Wednesday, shortly before hanging the poster in his office, Greene tried to postpone the House of Representatives vote on the bill so that his colleagues could “rethink the destruction of #WomensRights and #WomensSports and #ReligiousFreedom,” he said. in a Tweet. .
But despite the efforts of some Republican representatives, it is very likely that the House, with a Democratic majority, will eventually pass this bill, which would then go to the Senate, where it would take 10 Republican votes to pass it. anything that falls within possible. President Biden has already put forward that if it is approved in the Senate, he will sign it soon.
For lawyers like Newman, legislation is more than necessary to ensure true equality for many LGBTQ + Americans. “Without the Equality Act, millions of Americans, like my daughter, could be denied housing, education, and more simply because they identify as transgender,” Newman said.
“Without the Equality Act, this country will never live up to its principles of freedom and equality,” Newman said in the lower house on Wednesday. “The best time to pass this law was decades ago. The next best time is now. I am voting yes to the Equality Act for Evie Newman, my daughter and the strongest and bravest person I know, ” he added, according to a report by The Washington Post
