Why Politicians Are Trying To Take Your Children
California s State Assembly passed legislation, AB957, last month, which would require that parents affirm that their children are the opposite sex under penalty of law. If you have a seven-year-old, said the bill s sponsor, California state Assemblymember Lori Wilson, who is able to articulate that they believe that they are not the same gender as they are biologically, then it should be affirmed.
If the California Senate passes the legislation and Governor Gavin Newsom signs it into law, parents who refuse to affirm their child s belief that they are the opposite sex could lose custody in a dispute.
Advocates for the legislation point out that the law would not make gender affirmation the only factor judges must consider in custody disputes. “It’s not saying [affirmation] is the most important factor or determining factor, said a spokesperson for Sen. Wilson. It’s one of many factors that the judge should consider while working out a custody agreement.”
But the legislation would put the government firmly on the side of gender-affirming care at a moment when there is growing international debate over the ethics of such medical treatment.
When years ago I read about a pre-school teacher who was allegedly conducting Satanic rituals involving taking the kids offsite in a spaceship, I realized it was craziness and, no, he was not conducting such rituals. How could you get a whole bunch of pre-schoolers to do anything as complicated as a Satanic ritual? The pre-school teacher was convicted of course and only exonerated much later. It was too late for him by then. Same deal here. You think you’ve reached peak-stupid, peak-bad faith, peak kid-destroying. But nope. The most you can hope for it that eventually we’ll come to our senses and people like the sponsor of this bill will crawl back into her hole.