On February 23, 2017 the Editorial Board published an article for the New York Times entitled, "President Trump Breaks a Promise on Transgender Rights". This article is a commentary on actions to take away transgender rights. Jeff Sessions, the attorney general for the Trump administration whose made it his prerogative to halt transgender students rights in using the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity; has championed this cause. The Editorial Board confers that this act on part of Sessions goes against what Trump promised the LGBTQ community during his campaign- to protect their rights. It's hardly unusual for politicians to not stick to their word once elected but Trump, who has founded his campaign on getting his campaign promises done, has not only failed to retain the rights of LGBTQ citizens, but taken away the very rights he stood to protect. The article mentions that the rationale for the dismissal of transgender rights is that to executively order schools to protect these students, violates the sanctity of states' rights. This same argument has been used in the past to justify the protection of Jim Crowe laws and opposition of Women's Rights. While I agree with the author's point of view, president Trump IS as big a flake as ever, I don't understand the point of reading an article that enforces the views you already hold. The bias of this article is clearly very left-leaning, which means it will only reach people who tend to lean left politically. I think it's more important to read articles that are more objective than biased in order to form an educated opinion. The same is true of engaging in political discussion on a personal basis. If you only discuss politics with people who agree with you, then your scope will be too narrow and enacting change will be slow to occur.
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