Though it has happened in other states, I had not heard of any in florida yet.
So there IS that.
The concept of ‘trans children’ makes no sense to me...
So you would side with persons wanting to mutilate children because Governor DeSantis said such mutilations were part of so called “gender affirming care”? You assume he was lying but it could well be he was not speaking to Florida specifically but what generally constitutes such treatment.
Notice the author of the article claims banning such treatment denies health care to transgender children from getting health care. No bias there.
What exactly was the lie? That bottom surgery isn’t mutilation? Or that it doesn’t actually happen to anyone? Or that it has never happened below a certain age? The article doesn’t specify (probably deliberately).
I’m sorry that you and your trans gendered friends (not that there’s anything wrong with that) feel as though the governor is being too sanctimonious, but all parents this side of Hollywood are against trans surgeries without parental consent.
Trump and his creepy pac buddies tried to get DeSantis off of the ballot in Florida over the law that specified that yes a governor can run for president and that sad ploy went absolutely nowhere. I’m guessing that it is these very same clowns have this sad trick up their blouse sleeves in order to vainly make RDS look bad for actually siding with families and parents lol. Good luck with that!
News flash, Brendan: There is no such thing as "trans children".
The Judge is a left wing traitor, and you are praying him?
Prasing.
His way was the right way, sorry you don’t feel that way.
At least a dozen child genital mutilations done in Florida over a year period, and that is the just the Medicaid/taxpayer paid for ones...additional private insurance or cash pay ones not tracked.
DeSantis is right on with this issue.
Do we live in a republic where the elective legislatures make the laws or where black-robed philosopher-kings get to tell the people what laws they can have or not have. The law was duly passed and signed; this judge can take a hike.
Can the judge honestly state it’s never happened in FL? Or that it can’t or won’t happen?
How many mutilations need to be performed before it’s a thing?
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?
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?
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.
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.