Parent Rights Affirmed by Federal Court [semi-satire]

Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 28 December 2025 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

In California, US District Court Judge Roger Benitez issued a summary judgment declaring a state law requiring public school teachers to conceal the transgender declarations of their students from their parents unconstitutional, saying "parents and guardians have a federal constitutional right to be informed if their public school student child expresses gender incongruence. Teachers and school staff have a federal constitutional right to accurately inform the parent or guardian when the student expresses gender incongruence. These federal constitutional rights are superior to any state or local laws, state or local regulations, or state or local policies to the contrary."

Judge Benitez added "the law's aspirations are unattainable. Biological sex is embedded in every cell of a person's body and cannot be changed by any therapies currently available. Foisting these therapies on children is a political objective, not an effective medical treatment. Cutting parents out of the loop as the California law prescribes cuts out the most trustworthy agents for the child's well-being."

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) expressed his "profound disappointment at this inhumane suppression of children's rights. The law that the court overturned is necessary to liberate transgender students from their parents' narrow-minded and despotic efforts to trap their children in the wrong body. Keeping these parents in the dark is absolutely essential if the process of transitioning to the opposite sex is to be kept on track before the onset of puberty. I mean, we've all seen the tragic results of waiting until adultery before being allowed to get the hormones and surgery needed for best results. We're going to appeal this ruling."

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TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: newsom; satire; schools; transgenders