Dear editor:
Visit Hot Springs CEO Steve Arrison got it half right when he said the "Bathroom Bill" addresses a problem that doesn't exist. Actually, this law will create a bigger problem -- and it has nothing to do with community economics. It could create chaos in all public restrooms.
Men who decide to become women -- and vise versa -- do so because they are not comfortable with the sex they were born with. So they go through major surgeries and hormonal treatments to become the person they want to be. Men don't become women because they want to mess with little girls in the bathroom.
The problem this law will create is this: Let's say your daughter is in a public ladies room and a person who looks like a man walks in. Now this man was born female -- says so on his birth certificate. Is that going to make your little girl feel more comfortable?
And how are they going to enforce this law? Will we all be required to carry our birth certificates with us and show them to a bathroom monitor?
It may be trite, but it's true. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
Bud Kenny
Hot Springs
Editorial on 02/22/2017