[Wondergirl]

What is it about "stay tuned" you don't understand?

Is it the Texas heat that makes you this way?

[speechlesstx]

Is it the Texas heat that makes you this way?

What way is that? Sarcastic? It's a Texas trait and it has nothing to do with heat, it's generally given in doses proportionate to the bullsh*t flung our way.

[Wondergirl]

What way is that? Sarcastic? It's a Texas trait and it has nothing to do with heat, it's generally given in doses proportionate to the bullsh*t flung our way.

I took your "Stay tuned" as another put-down to me. You could have said, "Stay tuned...I'll do some checking on that."

[speechlesstx]

I took your "Stay tuned" as another put-down to me. You could have said, "Stay tuned...I'll do some checking on that."

I believe you're smarter than that, you know what stay tuned means.

[tomder55]

Okay does your middle ground include the benefits of taxes that married couples have?

Of course... they just can't call it marriage because it isn't marriage.

[talaniman]

If the only sticking point is what they call it, why can't they file a joint tax return? Or get any other benefits of their union? Maybe that is what's fueling this whole issue, lack of progress on any front by the congress.

[tomder55]

If the only sticking point is what they call it, why can't they file a joint tax return? Or get any other benefits of their union? Maybe that is what's fueling this whole issue, lack of progress on any front by the congress.

Got no problem with any of that .

[Wondergirl]

got no problem with any of that .

And recognized by all states?

[tomder55]

I must've written this 25 times already...

Article IV Section 1.

Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.

[talaniman]

got no problem with any of that .

While you are in such a good mood can I have Adam Lind and Buster Posey for a week? :D

[tomder55]

Maybe I should throw in Jean Segura too ?

[paraclete]

Maybe you shouldn't

[speechlesstx]

While you are in such a good mood can I have Adam Lind and Buster Posey for a week? :D

I'll answer for him. No.

[cdad]

I wonder what comes next? Perhaps some parents are going to have to explain to their dughters why they are suppose to shower with them in the same room.

Transgender first-grader wins civil rights suit after girls

[speechlesstx]

I wonder what comes next? Perhaps some parents are going to have to explain to their dughters why they are suppose to shower with them in the same room.

Transgender first-grader wins civil rights suit after girls

I mentioned a public school directive in Massachusetts back in March so this is no surprise. Anybody can be anything they want to be now in spite of the distress it may cause others or the negative consequences.

[NeedKarma]

What do you recommend?

[speechlesstx]

What do you recommend?

Do you want anatomical males showering with your 13-year-old daughter?

[Wondergirl]

Do you want anatomical males showering with your 13-year-old daughter?

If they have been mistakenly assigned as males at birth and are medically determined to be females, it's okay with me.

[speechlesstx]

If they have been mistakenly assigned as males at birth and are medically determined to be females, it's okay with me.

I find that disturbing but not surprising, and I'm betting the majority of young girls and their parents would agree with me on that.

[Wondergirl]

I find that disturbing but not surprising, and I'm betting the majority of young girls and their parents would agree with me on that.

Why disturbing? She's a girl and has no interest in anyone's daughter. If anything, the administration would allow an intact transgender male to shower privately before or after the others.

Why are they showering in the first place? Do kids still shower after gym class? I thought that is passe'.

Eyes bulge at the mere mention of showering around other students, which was common — mandatory, even — in middle schools and high schools across the country just a decade or two ago.

"I wouldn't do it," said 16-year-old Adrian Alequin, a junior at Winter Park High School. "It's way too weird. I don't want to see another guy like that."

Today, students generally have the option of stripping down to wash off the sweat and grime after workouts in the hot Florida sun. Most of the time, though, they don't.

Even after hours of sports practice and rigorous competitions, many kids wait to bathe at home.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...s-competitions