California law would punish parents who don't affirm gender choice of their children



An amendment to a proposed law in California would make a child's gender choice part of their welfare and punish parents who don't affirm those decisions.

The amendment was added to California A.B. 957, which has already passed the State Assembly and will go to the Senate.

The bill defines the "health, safety and welfare of the child" to include "a parent's affirmation of the child's gender identity" as it pertains to the determination of child custody and visitation in contested legal proceedings.

Critics say the amendment would allow left-wing legislators the opportunity to expand gender-identity rights to all children, regardless of the wishes of their parents.

"When you say that gender affirmation is in the child's best interest for health, safety, and welfare, it takes nothing to say [non-affirmation] is now abuse—because you're not taking care of the health, safety, and welfare if you’re not affirming them," said attorney Erin Friday of the parental rights group Our Duty.

The California Family Council called on residents to contact their state senators to demand they vote against the bill.

"There are numerous religions that believe gender and sex are binary and based solely on a child’s biology. There is no way parents with these beliefs can affirm a child’s chosen gender identity, if it differs from their biology, without violating their religious faith," read a statement from the group.

"In short, this bill enables the state to take gender-confused children from their parents, if those parents want to raise their children to believe in the gender binary or that biology determines gender or sex," they added.

California has taken the lead on legislation meant to implement the LGBTQ agenda. In 2021, the state was the first to mandate that large stores have "gender neutral" toy aisles or face financial penalties. That law is scheduled to go into force in 2024.

"It's not a giant leap–it's a tiny step to get there," Friday said about the new transgender law. "We know exactly where they are going with it. I didn't think the bill could get worse, but it got worse."

Here's more about the transgender agenda:

Trans Lawmaker Compares Puberty to TORTURE; Gets SCOLDED for Vicious Rhetoric www.youtube.com

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Court rules California law requiring use of transgender pronouns is a violation of free speech



The State of California Third District Court of Appeals ruled that a state law requiring the use of preferred pronouns by nursing home workers violated their free speech rights.

The court struck down the pro-transgender regulation on Friday in a unanimous 3-0 decision.

The provision was a part of the LGBTQ Long-Term Care Facility Residents' Bill of Rights passed in 2017 and signed into law by then-Governor Jerry Brown. The bill's author, state senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), released a statement lambasting the decision.

"The Court's decision is disconnected from the reality facing transgender people," said senator Weiner.

"Deliberately misgendering a transgender person isn't just a matter of opinion, and it's not simply 'disrespectful, discourteous, or insulting.' Rather, it's straight up harassment," he continued.

"And, it erases an individual's fundamental humanity, particularly one as vulnerable as a trans senior in a nursing home," Weiner concluded. "This misguided decision cannot be allowed to stand."

The law could have punished a health care provider with a year in prison and as much as a $1,000 fine for "prolonged" abuse involving the violation of the provisions including the misuse of preferred pronouns. Sponsors of the bill defended the bill by saying such a punishment would be rarely enforced in only the most extreme cases.

Equality California, who sponsored the legislation, also released a statement through a spokesperson decrying the unanimous ruling by the court.

"Let's be clear: refusing to use someone's correct name and pronouns isn't an issue of free speech — it's a hateful act that denies someone their dignity and truth," said Rick Chavez Zbur, an executive director of Equality California.

"California's nursing home patients deserve better than this — and we'll be fighting until this decision is overturned," he added.

Here's a debate about the California transgender law from 2017:

Bill proposes punishment for not using preferred pronounswww.youtube.com