(06-11-2023, 01:22 AM)Freija Wrote:(06-10-2023, 11:47 PM)Ninurta Wrote: In NO circumstances should the State be allowed to dictate a parent's parenting. Some are decent parents, some less so, but they are ALL parents, with parental rights transcendent of the authority of the State.
1000 TIMES THIS ^
Considering some f*cking backwards red states already do treat loving and supportive parents that affirm their transgender children as child abusers, all I can say is congratulations California for listening to the advice of nearly every major medical organization in the country and for having some compassion.
@"Infolurker"#107 You can post whatever you want but I wish you would please stop trying to stir shit up about transgender issues by posting outrage from biased right-wing propaganda sites as this is not ATS and you're not going to get the same back slapping engagement here as you would there. At least I hope not. It makes you come across as a hapless puppet drone in a manufactured culture war with the only purpose being to sow division and promote unfounded fear mongering.
I will add that as a transgender child, without the love and support of my parents I would not be here today or lived the amazing life that I have and as someone that did once fear I could have been taken away from my family, know that this was absolutely terrifying as I am sure many kids today also fear that live in states bent on eradicating their existence and intruding on the rights and decisions made between their parents and doctors.
And it goes in both directions. "Hands off" is "hands off". NO State should be allowed to jail parents or take their children for any decisions they make in the parenting realm, either for transgenderism or against it. That's between the parent, the child, and their chosen medical professionals. It's none of the State's business either way - the State is not their doctor, it is not the parent, and it is not the child. it is not the State's place to step in, in any case such as the ones being discussed.
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