Posted on 02/03/2024 12:21:55 PM PST by nickcarraway
Republican Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte told The National Desk (TND) Monday state officials acted within their legal limitations by removing a child from parents who objected to their transitioning gender identity.
Montana Child and Family Services (CFS) officials took custody of the 14-year-old from parents Krista and Todd Kolstad this month, according to Reduxx. The teenager is reportedly a biological female and recently began to express suicidal thoughts.
While being treated at a hospital in August, doctors began using the child's preferred name and pronouns, which do not correspond with the child's biological sex, according to Reduxx. The parents reportedly opposed and noted allowing their child to undergo any form of gender transition, socially or medically, was a violation of their "values, morals, and ... religious beliefs."
Doctors reportedly later moved the 14-year-old to a specialized residential treatment facility in Wyoming despite the parents preferring a facility in Billings, Montana. Krista and Todd claim they were given no information as to their child’s well-being or treatment during that time, according to Reduxx.
In September, the 14-year-old was returned to Montana and placed in a group home, according to Reduxx. After four months, Krista and Todd were reportedly notified that custody was being granted to CFS and the agency would be allowing the child's birth mother in Canada to ultimately assume care.
“We were told that letting [the child] transition and live as a boy was in her ‘therapeutic best interest’ and because we aren’t willing to follow that recommendation, the court gave CFS custody of [the child] for six months,” Krista told Reduxx. "The judge said to us ‘you need to expect that reunification with your family may not be what you are expecting.'
The parents reportedly say they are now exploring their "limited" legal avenues to fight CFS and the hospital where their child was treated.
When asked to comment on the matter, Gov. Gianforte told TND that children's rights to "grow up in happy, healthy homes with loving families" are "not always realized."
“Upon hearing recent allegations related to a child welfare case, I asked Lieutenant Governor Kristen Juras – an experienced attorney, constitutional conservative, mother, and grandmother – to review it,” Gov. Gianforte said. “Consulting with the director of DPHHS and personally examining case documents, Lieutenant Governor Juras has concluded that DPHHS and the court have followed state policy and law in their handling of this tragic case.”
Gov. Gianforte continued, noting a Montana law prohibiting medical gender transitions for minors.
“Our administration will continue to advance policies that strengthen our families and protect Montana kids, like what we have done to promote adoption and to ban permanent, invasive, life-altering medical procedures on children, like puberty blockers, hormonal treatments, and sex-reassignment surgeries," he said.
Republican Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte told The National Desk (TND) Monday state officials acted within their legal limitations by removing a child from parents who objected to their transitioning gender identity.
That certainly clarifies things.
At some point people will die over this.
Can no one rid us of this troublesome guv’na?
No, not a threat, idiots. A suggestion that someone think about this. He has betrayed his soul, and it is oriented towards diddling kiddies — which is the goal of all tranny BS.
Both with the crazy Covid mandates and this “transgender” epidemic, my question is not: “What is wrong with these confused children and confused parents?” My question isn’t even: “What is wrong with these politicians and officers of the state?”
My question is: “Where are all the doctors and scientists who could easily settle this score if they had the courage and character to do so.
A boy cannot become a girl, nor visa-versa. They can dress like the opposite sex. They can behave like the opposite sex. They can identify with or fantasize about being the opposite sex. But they cannot become the opposite sex.
The surgery and hormone therapy being used in these futile attempts to change sexes is highly destructive.
Please, doctors and scientists who know better - the world desperately needs you to stand up and tell us the truth about all this.
“...state officials acted within their legal limitations by removing a child from parents who objected to the transitioning gender identity...Gov. Gianforte continued, noting a Montana law prohibiting medical gender transitions for minors.”
Most people could spot the contradiction in those two statements, but I suppose some people are just too stupid to spot it and the people of Montana just too stupid to even protest.
“I never knew Montana was such a radical left state.”
Pop a nuke into Missoula and it won’t be.
Or Missoula. Pretty flaming place when I visited in 2006.
Typical Repuke.
Words escape me. The evil in this world keeps growing. Surely the Return of Jesus is nearer than ever before.
“I never knew Montana was such a radical left state”
They can be like West Virginia, wishy washy. Presidential they go right. But they can’t seem to get Senators right. This country would be in much better shape had we not had to deal with RATS like Manchin and Tester coming from those two States.
As with most states; the population centers (cities) drag the rest of the state into the marxist sewer.
Montana law prohibits medical gender transitions for minors.
So CFS got custody and then facilitated transferring the girl to a compliant parent in a country that will medically transition her.
All while obeying the letter of the law and ignoring the spirit of the law.
Rino Greg has been paid off.
This started with those worthless welfare workers, and was escalated by stupid psychologist doctors.
Clearly the governor of Montana is a stupid dumbass because he believes this clap trap.
There is evidence now. "Trans-gendering" someone just leads to misery and a horrible life. It is absolutely *NOT* in the best interest of a mixed up child.
The Governor is an idiot. The Courts are idiots, and many doctors are idiots, and of course the stupid social workers are idiots.
Maybe the coward of a governor should be forcibly transed with a rusty, dull knife.
This is a rational response. If this happened more often, we would have a better world.
I don't know if you realize this, but Canada will not extradite any criminal to the U.S. unless they will not even try to execute them. Even serial killers.
I guess Canada has more conviction than Montana.
People who know how this crap works can ignore this. Bottom line, some pencil headed medical idiot is claiming this is in the girl's best interest.
*THAT* is where the problem lies. That, and the fact the court is too stupid to realize they are dealing with an idiot quack doctor who needs a beating for proscribing such a stupid result.
Get rid of your bad information, and there is nothing wrong with complying with the legal policies and law.
The lynchpin of this idiocy is the idiot medical people claiming this is beneficial.
Yup, and that "doctor" needs a visit with a baseball bat. He needs to go to the hospital.
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