Protecting the Transgendered, Normalizing Deviancy?

At the New York Times, "New Protections for Transgender Federal Workers."

I can't help thinking how much the moral universe would be improved if President Obama decided to put a fraction of the effort protecting unborn children as he does for protecting transgendered workers ...

Pam's House Blend has a post on this, but Hilzoy really captures the postmodern zeitgeist:

Discrimination against transmen and transwomen is just wrong, and it's pervasive. Transitioning to a different gender is a tough enough process without worrying about whether you're going to lose your job as a result. And people can be pretty antediluvian about these things: they freak out about who gets to use what bathroom, etc., etc., ad nauseam.

You think?

Here's Reliapundit, who hearts him some capitals, "OBAMA'S AMORAL GRAMSCIAN TRANSGENDER AGENDA MOVING FORWARD":

OBAMA IS PUTTING US ON A SLIPPERY SLOPE. (YES: NORMALIZING DEVIANCY IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE!)

IMMORAL AND AMORAL LEADERS USUALLY DO.

UNTIL TODAY. OBAMA HAD HARSHER THINGS TO SAY ABOUT WATER-BOARDING THAN ABOUT IRAN'S MURDERING UNARMED DEMONSTRATORS.

OBAMA DEMANDS ISRAEL STOPS ALL BUILDING IN ALL SETTLEMENTS, BUT MERELY POLITELY ASKS ABBAS TO TONE DOWN THE ANTISEMITIC RHETORIC IN THE PALI PRESS AND SCHOOLS.

THESE AREN'T "DOUBLE STANDARDS"; THEY'RE "NO STANDARDS" OR "BAD STANDARDS" OR "UPSIDE-DOWN STANDARDS".

Hat Tip: Memeorandum.