Where is the public outcry by every citizen of the United States for the inane, amoral things that are being foisted onto us by the federal government for the benefit of tiny minorities?

In this case I’m speaking about the Obama administration’s directive concerning transgenders and what bathrooms/locker rooms they may use.

This administration has created something from nothing. By any measure, there are only two sexes — male and female. The sex of a human being is clearly evident at birth and it is definite. There is not now, nor has there ever been, a place on a birth certificate for options or additional possibilities of sex.

It is past due time that each of us stands up and let it be known that we will not allow these “directives,” by the president or anyone else, be crammed down our throats.

In addition, it needs to be recognized that the means by which they are trying to force compliance (threats of withholding money from our school systems) is nothing less than extortion.

It is time for a reckoning. If the administration thinks this sort of asininity is important to the American people, then let’s put it on the ballot of a general election and let’s see how many are in favor of it.

This is still a democracy, even though the current administration has attempted to run it as a dictatorship.

If the federal government can pull this one off — regulating the company that you may encounter when using a bathroom/locker room — there is no end to the extent they will make rules to control your very existence. Stand up and stop this encroachment now.

Tim Newton
Sharpsburg, Ga.