Posted on 09/12/2023 8:34:45 AM PDT by Red Badger
The California legislature passed a bill Friday requiring parents to “affirm” a child’s newfound gender or risk loss of custody.
Assembly Bill 957 was initially proposed to require courts to consider whether parents were “affirming” a child’s identification as transgender in custody cases. The legislation was later amended in June to declare non-affirming parents liable for child abuse.
Republican state Sen. Scott Wilk bluntly recommended parents “flee” the state over the amendment.
“In the past when we’ve had these discussions and I’ve seen parental rights atrophy, I’ve encouraged people to keep fighting,” Wilk said in June. “I’ve changed my mind on that,” Wilk added. “If you love your children, you need to flee California. You need to flee.”
Wilk said he would leave the state himself at the end of his term.
Washington Free Beacon California Correspondent Susannah Luthi Taylor highlighted the law’s ambiguous language, opening the door to broad interpretation.
“The California bill does not define ‘affirmation,’ leaving it unclear if a parent would be required to support a child’s desire to socially transition or receive medical sex-change treatments,” Taylor wrote. “Nor does the bill make distinctions based on a child’s age or mental health record.”
The legislation is now headed for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, who is expected to sign it.
California’s latest law on transgenderism follows a cascade of state interference in parental rights to challenge a child’s desire to attempt a changing his-or-her gender.
In August, California Democrat Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino Valley Unified School District over new rules compelling teachers and administrators to notify parents of changes in pronoun use, sports participation, or bathroom assignments.
A local judge in San Bernadino temporarily suspended the district’s new policy last week while litigation remains underway. The next hearing is scheduled for Oct. 13.
“San Bernardino Superior Court’s decision to issue a temporary restraining order rightfully upholds the state rights of our LGBTQ+ student community and protects kids from harm by immediately halting the board’s forced outing policy,” said the attorney general. “While this fight is far from over, today’s ruling takes a significant step towards ensuring the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of transgender and gender-nonconforming students.”
Last fall, Governor Newsom also signed a bill to “offer refuge” for out-of-state minors seeking trans medical interventions in the state without parental consent. In another assault on parental rights, the new law mandates that doctors hide children’s medical information related to “gender identity” from parents.
Contrary to Democrat claims of protecting children, multiple studies show easing access to adolescent medical interventions in pursuit of transgenderism increases the risk of suicide.
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Remove Kids From Any Parents Who Don’t Support Severing Their Genitals.
Last words on headstone
The genitals of all politicians that voted for this should be severed. Lead by example!
I had to see if this was the Babylon Bee. Not sure even the Bee could come up with something so outrageous.
I have to still question this. What state full of parents would ever elect legislators that could be that corrupt and dangerous?
California, Oregon, Washington, New York, Massachusetts........et al..................
This really labels her as a child groomer if she remains there after this legislation passes, supporting them thru her taxes.
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And I guess that means you are a child groomer too since you remain in the USA under Biden, paying federal taxes
In spite of the huge burden of finding new jobs, uprooting a family, and selling property would be in order to move to a State that does not violate the human rights of children and parents - I would endure any hardship to protect my children. In order to buy some some time to make such a major transition, pulling kids out of government schools is a must. For single parent households for which childcare and public school are the only option, I makes sense to look at moving my kids temporarily to the care and custody of distant relatives in the interim. It was a common solution for many families during hard times (like the Great Depression) and could be a last resort solution again. What it takes is single-minded determination to remove yourself and your children from these dystopian laws and regulations whatever the cost.
I am sure the democrats love knowing that nobody will resist them and that your first instinct will be to flee
The CA communist party is making it clear that kids belong to them and not the parents. This is classic a police state tactic of encouraging kids to rat out their parents. It’s really easy to imagine a spoiled kid taking revenge against a parent who said no by reporting them to the trans cops.
This is beyond evil. We can’t comprehend how angry the Lord must be about what these perverts in government are inflicting on children.
Hebrews 10:31
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Easy - "affirmation" means the sexual mutilation and sterilization of children. It's evil. And so are the democrat perverts who support this abomination.
What they support they should have happen to them...........goose/gander, etc...........
I’m sure that will go over well with the Federal Supreme Court
Duh 🤪
I’m sure that will go over well with the Federal Supreme Court
Duh 🤪
Hell on Earth
My thought exactly! Make it mandatory and broadcast on live tv. Make sure the breasts are sliced off the female groomer politicians.
This is what pure 1000% evil looks like. The people demand justice.
Facing exactly this.
TONS of details to work through.
Divorced. Shared custody of 2. Ex is VERY reasonable working out particulars, and also wants to bail, but if we land in distant locales that shared custody thing becomes VERY difficult.
I’ve resigned myself to the fact it’s all gonna age me mightily.
Friends have recommended Johnson City, TN.
The State has a VERY good overall tax picture; despite high Sales Tax, everything else FAR more than compensates (low Property Tax, NO Income Tax except interest and dividends, NO tax on retirement income, NO Death/Estate tax...).
South Carolina scores well, also.
BOTH States rank pretty high RE the 2nd Amendment.
But all my family is West Coast.
I’d love to set your namesake loose on the Democrat Party...
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