Pat McCrory's House Bill 2 has stirred a lot of controversy in the past few weeks. People arguing about things like "the safety of children" and "transphobia" in North Carolina, coming to a head with the state being hit with a lawsuit from the dept. of justice.

I for one, think Pat McCrory is on the right path with this bill, despite the amount of hatred it's garnered from peoples concerned about silly things like the supposed rise in anti-trans sentiment. Predators WILL go to drastic measures to hurt peoples kids, which is why I say we need to take House Bill 2 a few steps further.

While it may be hard to prove that people relying on trans laws are a serious and common threat in the state of North Carolina, it's definitely easier to track the number of sexual abuse cases that have occurred due to kids trusting people like their scout masters. With over 4 million members in the US alone, and with over 2,000 cases of Sexual abuse occurring prior to 1994; it's easy to see how scout masters in the US and the state of NC could be considered credible threats to the safety of children in bathrooms and other public areas. Therefore, Gov. McCrory should also ban anyone wearing a Boy Scouts of America uniform. As a former scout myself, I can say they'll be just fine since they are trained through camping exercises to use anywhere as a bathroom, and the rate of children being molested in bathrooms will probably drop as well. Everybody wins. It may be hard to track who is and isn't a boy scout member worth worrying about until the list of ineligible volunteers past 1985 is released, but until then we can get around it by just disallowing access to anyone dressed in a button up shirt with green cargo pants.

Since it's not too far fetched to say that a predator will spend thousands of dollars, and a year or two in surgery, to get access to the opposite genders bath and changing rooms; the same logic should be applied to Catholic priests. Anyone with a doctorate in theology, or who has spent more than one year serving some form of role in a Catholic Church beyond attendee, should be disallowed from entering bathrooms. Once again, pinpointing exactly who is and isn't Catholic might be a bit hard; so the solution here is to hire bathroom attendants to screen possible entrants, and turn them away if they possess any Catholic items (Rosary, Crucifix, etc.), wear clothing associated with Catholic Priests, or are in fact the Pope himself (also known as the granddaddy of molestation). Not only will this help keep pedophiles out of public restrooms, but it will also create a booming job market for bathroom attendants who also wish to enact vigilante justice.

Finally, with GOP members recently showing up a bit too frequently in the news for my liking, any registered member of the Republican party should be turned away from any bathroom where they refuse to present their voter ID card.

By banning these notorious groups associated with Pedophilia from entering places where children just wish to use the restroom in peace, we can ensure a safer North Carolina for all her citizens.