A newly revised California bill would treat parents’ refusal to “affirm” their child’s gender identity as a violation of health, safety, and welfare in the context of custody disputes.
The bill, which already passed the State Assembly, would require judges adjudicating such disputes over transgender-identifying children to favor a parent who “affirms” their child’s gender identity. Earlier this week, the authors released an updated version that specifically defines “the health, safety, and welfare” of a child to include “a parent’s affirmation of the child’s gender identity”—a change that the bill’s opponents worry will open the door to non-affirmation being treated as abuse.
“When you say that gender affirmation is in the child’s best interest for health, safety, and welfare, it takes nothing to say [non-affirmation] is now abuse — because you’re not taking care of the health, safety, and welfare if you’re not affirming them,” said Erin Friday, a San Francisco attorney and co-lead of the parent coalition Our Duty.
The amended bill, known as A.B. 957, is the latest in a slate of legislation to enshrine left-wing gender ideology in California law. State senator Scott Wiener (D.), who coauthored A.B. 957 with Assemblywoman Lori Wilson (D.), is simultaneously advancing a separate bill that would require foster parents to promise to “affirm” trans-identifying children. In 2022, he introduced a first-in-the-nation law enshrining California as a “haven” where out-of-state minors can obtain sex changes without their parents’ consent.
Bear in mind, 40+% of Californians would vote for Satan(D). Thus they could care less about parental rights or what is good for children. Democrats don’t care who is in office nor what laws they pass as long as they get their free stuff like loans forgiven or EBT cards.
And people still say they aren’t coming for the kids. If this won’t convince, nothing will. Poor innocent children, left to the evils of sexual perverts and those who defend them. Sick.
Anyone reading here who is a Democrat. Be honest: do you ever recoil in horror and embarrassment at what your political party supports and enacts? This, for example. Does it horrify and embarrass you, or are you proud of this?
The concept of “transgender-identifying children” is pure insanity and really evil. The concept is evil because for the idea to make any sense, children must be sexualized before they understand anything about sex and gender; then they have to be persuaded to change their gender by adults who refuse to let the children grow up naturally. This is child abuse of the very worst kind. As Save the Children wrote above, the evil belongs to the adults who ply their sickness upon innocent children. Lori Wilson and Scott Weiner are people who love this evil and want to spread it. And for this nary a peep from those who should be protecting children from these monsters– yes, monsters. It is not easy to look at photos of these two with their smiles, and realize in reality they are wolves in sheep’s clothing.
Democrats are wannabe dictators. They are a danger to a free society and to the family. They are truly communists. This bill proves it, among other things.
Catholics, this is an old war against an enemy that is hidden. They are protected by the media, publishers, history books, politicians and governments worldwide. You won’t post this but maybe you as the editor will be wiser.
“What the Torah teaches us about gender fluidity.” “God created Adam in His image, in the image of God He created him; male and female God created them (Genesis 1:26-27). The sages explain the unusual language as meaning that God created the first human being [Adam] as an androgynous person, containing both male and female characteristics simultaneously.”
https://rac.org/blog/what-torah-teaches-us-about-gender-fluidity-and-transgender-justice
Gender Diversity in Jewish Tradition. Reform Judaism site. “In the Mishnah, there are a number of different genders and sexes that are discussed. In addition to zachar, male, and nekevah, female, there are four other genders/sexes that the Rabbis recognize . . . An androgynos is “a person who has both “male” and “female” sexual characteristics” . . .
https://reformjudaism.org/gender-diversity-jewish-tradition
http://www.transtorah.org/PDFs/Classical_Jewish_Terms_for_Gender_Diversity.pdf
“the first human being [Adam] as an androgynous person, containing both male and female characteristics simultaneously.” These sages are wrong. Adam was fully male and by virtue of that was able to identify Eve as a suitable helper for him. The end of v. 27 has the plural “them” which would make no sense if this referred to an androgynous person. Roberta, tell me what the Rabbis taught about gender 40 + years ago. Are these Jewish traditions of more than two genders taught from the beginning, in Torah explicitly, or did they develop along the way? IF so exactly when?
One Jewish online resource mentions both the Torah and the Talmud. The Talmud was composed after Jesus’ crucifixion, I believe. It appears that 20th / 21st Century Catholics are unfamiliar with the Talmud. It’s teachings are Cabalistic. You can download for free “The Talmud Unmasked” by Father Prenaiitis. 1892. https://americandeception.com/ad/?s=talmud (Fr. Prenaiitis was killed by the Bolsheviks who were mostly Jews.)
If you want to know why 13th Century Pope Gregory IX had copies of the Talmud publicly burned at Notre Dame in Paris, read “The Plot Against The Church.” 1962. A 2016 reprint available free download … https://www.fisheaters.com/srpdf/xtheplotagainstthechurch.pdfc=read&author=pinay&book=plot2&story=_front
Also booksellers. The book uses actual quotes from Jewish scholars.
Thank you, Roberta, for the post. Some of this is in the book ‘Jewish Identity” by the Jewish convert to the Church, Elias Friedman, O.C. D. I need to go back and read some of it to refresh my memory. Father Elias was also the founder of the Association of Hebrew Catholics that you probably know about already. I am not sure if he is still alive as he would be in his nineties. Cannot find his date of birth in the book. I think Cardinal Burke still works with the Hebrew Catholics.
The article you linked, “What the Torah Teaches Us About Gender Fluidity and Transgender Justice” by Rabbi David J. Meyer” contradicts the Mosaic Law against people dressing as the opposite sex and against men lying with mankind as with womankind. Moses said that behavior was an abomination. That article is the product of an interpretation by a “Rabbi” Margaret Wenig, whom I assume was a woman. I say “was” because I do not know if she is still alive. It seems to be Kabbala (Occult — pagan) not true Judaism.
Roberta,
A lot of people may not get what you mean, because of your prudential “discretion.”
But I get what you mean – if you know what I mean.
The people in charge in California are criminally insane.