No Restrooms Available, unless the government makes me???
A bill called “The Restroom Access Act” may soon bring some relief to 30,000 Tennesseans who suffer from inflammatory bowel diseases. I am opposed to this for quite a few reasons:
1) I’m sorry, but it is not the government’s problem to provide facilities for the bowel afflicted.
2) This adds to the slippery slope of government instrusion into private areas.
3) If government can force these businesses to provide this sort of service to people with bowel problems, when will the far stretch to providing quarter to soldiers be forced upon us?
Here is the whole story:
Restroom act would bring Tennesseans relief
http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=8205205
A bill called “The Restroom Access Act” may soon bring some relief to 30,000 Tennesseans who suffer from inflammatory bowel diseases. Those who suffer from inflammatory bowel diseases often need to instantly find a bathroom, or face an embarrassing consequence. Finding a restroom can be an issue for people like local bank executive Vickie Storm. “My daughter had been diagnosed three years earlier and for me to be diagnosed two years later, I was in denial,” the senior vice-president at Avenue Bank told News 2. Their condition was diagnosed as Crohn’s disease. Both control it through medication, but Storm said so many others out there need help. That is one of the reasons for “The Restroom Access Act.” The measure would provide entry to private restrooms, like those in small businesses without public facilities, for sufferers of inflammatory bowel disease. “We are a society and we all have to live together and sometimes we have to reach out and do things for citizens that have special needs and that is what we have done here,” said Sen. Doug Jackson, a sponsor of the bill. Storm thinks eventually it might mean that she would carry a card informing the business of facility of her disease. “Without having to go into an uncomfortable or embarrassing explanation, just the fact you have this card would allow you to present it so that you would have access to the restroom facility you so desperately need,” she said. The need appears to be heard on Capitol Hill. “The Restroom Access Act” is expected to pass both Houses and signed by Governor Phil Bredesen.
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The Tennessee ConserVOLiance — April 29, 2008 @ 5:40 am
I hope you cr** your pants in public…not just one time but have that fear every single time you leave your home. I have done this because managers at business’s refuse to allow me to use a perfectly good toilet. It is not a matter of mind over matter and just “holding it” I can not!
It’s a law forcing common sense and needed humanity. If managers and owners would just use some common respect this law would not even be an issue. What do you propose I do when I am out and have an emergency? would you like to see my butt in public? or crap on the side of buildings?
Also, it’s not just for inflammatory bowel disease it is also helping pregnant women who often suffer from urinary urgency and interstitial cyctitis patients.
I too am a conservative republican and a Christian, but I do not think allowing those who truly suffer access to restrooms is one step closer to military rule. Get a life !
David Marsh — July 13, 2008 @ 8:47 pm
Thanks for the comments, Dave! However, you hit the crux of my statements when you said, “If managers and owners would just use some common respect this law would not even be an issue.” If I was a business owner, my restroom would be open to all for that reason. My issue is that governemnt is stepping in where they shouldn’t be- in the private sector. Whether it is courteous and good etiquette or not, owners have the right to refuse service to anyone, including restroom services.
The Conservatarian — July 14, 2008 @ 5:24 am