Across the country, particularly at larger companies, "transgender" workers are receiving special rights and benefits, The New York Times reported. Of Fortune 500 companies, 125 provide special protections based on employees' “gender identity.”
While "transgendered" workers account for about 0.01 percent of employees nationwide, employers are going out of their way to accommodate them.
Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives took up a bill that would have enshrined homosexuality and "transgenderism" in federal law. The legislation passed only after language to include "gender identity" was taken out. The Senate has not taken up the measure, but it is expected to resurface in Congress next year.
"Rather than focusing on the work at hand, these businesses are catering to a small minority suffering from a severe disorder — a disorder to which God can bring truth and healing," said Jeff Johnston, gender issues analyst for Focus on the Family.
"Usually, you think about business leaders as having to deal with hard realities — wages, taxes, profits, supply and demand. But here they are supporting the radical gay, lesbian and 'transgender' agenda."
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