In no particular order, here are some of my thoughts on the bathroom hubbub going on these days:

• Sheesh! Don’t we have better things to spend our time and tax money on?
• Most laws governing who can go to what bathroom are silly. They are. If you start trying to legislate these things, you create more problems than you’ve had before. As we’ve seen.
• At the same time, the national government’s intrusion into states’ affairs on this has only made things worse. Any time the federal government appears to be bullying the states, the states are naturally going to fight back. Especially if the political leanings of state officials go against the current administration.
• Most of this furor is political. At lower levels, there are many school officials very aware of what’s going on with their kids. (And frankly, they can handle it better than any legislature can) As you move up each level in the governmental chain, the issue becomes more and more about power and politics.
• In particular, state officials need to focus more on improving schools and less time debating bathrooms. This is especially true in Texas. (I highly recommend reading the Facebook post by the Granbury (TX) ISD which addresses this issue)
• There is only a small portion of our population dealing with gender issues. For the most part, there haven’t been major problems in this area. Most transgender adults use the bathroom of their choice and the rest of the population isn’t aware of it. There would be more problems caused by a Caitlyn Jenner entering the men’s bathroom than he/she discretely going to a stall in the ladies room.
• There is much more danger of male-on-male sexual abuse than that of people taking advantage of the “chance” to use a different bathroom.
• Christians need to focus on how we are dealing with people. How we talk to our kids about what’s going on. How we deal with kids who are dealing with emotional issues like gender confusion. How we teach everyone to deal with bullies, both in the school and in government. (I highly recommend the article Seven things I’m learning about transgender persons)

That’s probably enough to make everyone mad, right?