Vote Yes on Mass. Referendum 3
There was discussion here on “if you don’t understand a referendum, just vote no” which I vehemently pushed back on.
The correct response is “If you don’t understand a referendum, learn about it first.”
Voting “no” on Massachusetts Referendum 3, which is getting a whole lot of advertising for the “no” camp is a case in point.
The aim of the referendum is to repeal the 2016 expansion of a 2011 law. That expansion protects trans rights.
A no vote repeals the 2016 extension, meaning “no I don’t want to keep it.” The wording is exceptionally deceptive, designed to make supporters of those expanded rights (and those who don’t understand the confusing wording) to cast a “no” vote.
The take away part is right here:
Don’t get confused by the wording of the bill; this part is pretty simple:
A YES VOTE would keep in place the current law, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity in places of public accommodation.
A NO VOTE would repeal this provision of the public accommodation law.
The referendum is intentionally misleading by conservative supporters of potty police.
Their advert also is misleading, making you think for a “yes” vote you can be jailed and fined for an improper report.
The atheist counter-apologetics YouTube trans rights activist Essence of Thought breaks down both the advert and the provisions of the referendum, along with the current non-discrimination law from 2011, why voting “no” not only hurts trans people, but all children of any gender orientation. (Essence of Thought is also trans.)
If you live in Massachusetts, vote “YES” - and by the way, even in nominally liberal states you are not safe from conservative rodent copulation.
(17:34, goes to Essence of Thought’s YouTube channel)