If Obama did it, Sessions is not having any of it

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions said federal civil rights law doesn’t protect transgender people from discrimination in the workplace, reversing an Obama administration policy.

Everybody who is not white better be careful with Sessions in charge. Whatever President Obama’s name is on, he will change. Whatever it is, it does not matter! Thomas H. Evans

All U.S.-citizens should have equal rights and not be discriminated against! Sessions is not the Supreme Court, and this decision will surely be revised by the justices. Transgender people don’t go back and forth. Me being one of them. Marcus Vittitow

Sessions is right. Psychiatrist Pula J. Drescher surveyed studies in 2014 from various countries and concluded that only “6% to 23% of boys and 12% to 27% of girls treated in gender clinics showed persistence of their gender dysphoria into adulthood.”

Therefore, most transgendered children will cease feeling that they are trapped in a body of the wrong sex. It’s a reasonable inference that more persistent transgender feelings are a delusion. Aaron Clark

Let all transgender individuals run to the unemployment offices, Social Security offices, food stamps offices, Medicaid offices and apply, apply, apply!

Since the government does not believe in liberty and justice for all, then let the citizens pay for their housing, food and medical. How about that bigots? Marlena-Gabrielle Alvarado

Can I go to my workplace and shout “I’m Napoleon Bonaparte” and demand special treatment? Nope. Mental illness should not be legitimized. Maria McDorman

How can Sessions, or anyone, seriously suggest that transgender American citizens don’t have the exact same rights and protections as any other citizen in this country?

Sessions and his ilk are bigots, exploiting lapses in current laws, which Republicans certainly have no intentions of ever fixing or remedying. Pete Miller

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We asked our followers their thoughts on Attorney General Jeff Sessions saying federal civil rights law doesn’t protect trans people from discrimination in the workplace.

It’s reprehensible. It also adds to animosity against the trans community, which has already been suffering extreme violence. @bonnie_blue2 This is a diversion from actual labor rights for everyone. @Trey0777777 Let’s pretend he’s correct because the verbiage is flawed. That’s fine. Now he needs to explain that it should and how to fix it. @JonMcLaughlin37 Sessions’ 100% wrong. Aren’t there more pressing matters for the attorney general? Stop pandering to President Trump’s base. @Faux_Schlmoe If it’s true, then the law should be changed. This is something Republicans and Democrats could easily pass. @dbullard801