Posted on 12/22/2023 8:04:50 PM PST by backpacker_c
A federal judge hearing a challenge to a transgender health care ban for minors and restrictions for adults noted Thursday that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly spread false information about doctors mutilating children's genitals even though there's been no such documented cases.
The law was sold as defending children from mutilation when it is actually about preventing trans children from getting health care
Hinkle said he will rule sometime in the new year on whether the Legislature, the Department of Health and presidential candidate DeSantis deliberately targeted transgender people through the new law. He raised some skepticism about the state's motivation as lawyers gave their closing arguments.
(Excerpt) Read more at wptv.com ...
So, this pervert judge doesn’t think hacking off penises or modifying vaginas is NOT “mutilation”?
Woodchipper time...
You don’t think the non-health related mastectomies and genitalia surgeries are mutilations?
Just in case there’s a question about mutilation’s definition, from Merriam-Webster:
mutilation—an act or instance of destroying, removing, or severely damaging a limb or other body part of a person or animal.
Actually, I could care less about ‘lying’ when it comes to PROTECTING CHILDREN, so I’m with DeSantis on this one (but not much else).
But it is strange here - why is a Federal Judge involved. Is there some Federal Law involved, or the Constitution? And so what if he lied to get his way - is that a crime or something in the political world?
“The law was sold as defending children from mutilation when it is actually about preventing trans children from getting health care...”
Really? Does that mean, for example, you’ll get kicked out of ER if you’re a tranny with a broken arm or a ruptured appendix?
It’s one of the few blue counties left in Florida, probably because of the decades of Democrat rule which left Democrat families in residence in that county and in the next county over.
The issue I have is that there are many examples of desantis lying.
So, to those defending him, how do you know when he’s telling the truth and when he’s not.
The most obvious example is when people had asked desantis if he was running for president.
And desantis says stuff like the bobble headed
“I’m not a candidate”
while laundering $83 million from his state level governor campaign fund, to the federal level neverbackdown one.
So, again, how do you know when desantis is telling the truth, and when he’s not?
Oh give it up! Not only has Trump lied, but he has insinuated slanderously that Ted Cruz’s father was part of the JFK assassination. That’s whale turd low.
Some of you only-Trumpers remind me of Heaven’s Gate cultists that would emascualte themselves if DJT told them to.
DeSantis is trying to protect children from mutilation and you gleefully insult him because he is hasn’t pledged fealty to your beloved orange deity. You’re without excuse.
Not that you had any credibility, but if there was any remaining doubt, this is it. Siding with a leftist judge and this agenda merely because the guy says something negative about DeSantis really takes the cake.
Again, no specific ages...
Under 21.....
So the same game as saying childrend are dying from firearms, so they have to be banned..
“Do it for the children” lies about the age.
So if someone on the right lies about stuff, and someone on the left calls them out on it...
People on the right should support the liar, instead of bringing forth the truth.
right.
One, it is genital mutilation.
Two, what does the "law was sold as" have to do with anything. You mean the "Affordable Care Act" could have been struck down on that basis?
When you hate someone you hate them...
The law was sold as defending children from mutilation...
And that is EXACTLY what it leads to so DeSantis is right.
The judge is WRONG it is NOT about preventing trans children from getting health care.
It’s another case of ‘It never happens so you cannot ban it’. Bull
EC
You Canadian Cuban Cruz bots are cray cray .... Talk about LIES candidate Donald Trump did NOT author the National Enquirer article about preacher Cruz being as pictured in Dallas on the date of the JFK assassination ...
Further you really slow minded cray cray ignore who it could have possibly been to have fed the National Enquirer ‘state secrets’ .... hint it sure was NOT Donald J. Trump.
I watched LIVE as the Foxes interviewed candidate Donald J. Trump and they asked him what he thought about the article..
NOW IF your lies would be correct then why did not HARVARD lawyer, Canadian, Cuban, Texas lawyer sue the National Enquirer ????
Cruz bots are cray cray...
I’m not a DeSantis fan, but you overstep by taking the obviously biased article at face value.
Well, I will have to adamantly disagree. For it is mutilation, and it is well documented as being mutilation with long term pain associated with the various surgeries. But, you DeSantis fans, you are no seeing what it is like to be attacked by lawfare, and just how pernicious it can be.
Judge is wrong, DeSantis is correct, and DeSantis is not lying at all.
You are the cultist who can’t stand criticism of your cult leader, so you go off on some tangent for others having Freedom of speech and on who they “supposedly” support. Your worship of DeSanties makes you very ugly.
Your insanity has led to you siding with the sexual mutilation crowd.
You want people to vote for Trump ... so you side with queers.
Wow ... you’re doing a good job of discrediting your man. I’m sure he appreciates it.
The law does nothing about any ongoing cases, so the judge’s complaint is irrelevant. The law prevents future child mutilations. If none are occurring then there can be no problem with having the law.
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