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Democrats in the Colorado legislature invoked House Rule 16 on Sunday to avoid debate ahead of a vote on a controversial new bill that would effectively classify "misgendering" and "deadnaming" as child abuse. The bill is now headed to the Democrat-controlled Senate, where it is likely to pass.
Republican state Rep. Jarvis Caldwell, among those "robbed" of the opportunity to speak on behalf of their constituents with regard to House Bill 1312, noted in a video shared to X, "I believe they did this to silence us because they know how much negative attention this has been getting nationwide."
'If your child is confused about their gender identity, and you don't affirm that confusion, that delusion, then you are guilty.'
When Caldwell raised the matter of whether non-LGBT parent groups were consulted during a committee meeting last week, Democratic state Rep. Yara Zokaie said, "A well-stakeholdered bill does not need to be discussed with hate groups," reported Fox News Digital.
"We don't ask someone passing civil rights legislation to go ask the KKK their opinion," the radical added, securing applause from her fellow travelers.
"House Bill 1312 says that if your child is confused about their gender identity, and you don't affirm that confusion, that delusion, then you are guilty of child abuse and you can lose custody of your children," said Caldwell.
Blaze News previously reported that the Democratic legislation would classify "deadnaming or misgendering" as a form of "coercive control" that courts must consider when making child custody decisions.
"Misgendering" means using an individual's reality-based pronouns — "he" and "him" in reference to a boy, "she" and "her" in reference to a girl. "Deadnaming" is the practice of calling transvestites by their original names — for example, Brian for Colorado state Rep. Brianna Titone or Tim for U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.).
'Help good candidates unseat these radical people.'
Under the legislation that passed the Colorado House Sunday in a party-line vote, "deadnaming and misgendering" would be both defined as discriminatory acts in the "Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act" and prohibited in most private businesses. Under the bill, local schools would not only be required to honor students' "chosen names" for any reason but would also be prohibited from enforcing sex-based dress codes.
"I wanted to say it is not me, it is not my constituents, it is not the people from my side of the aisle who are pushing this gender identity crap on the kids of Colorado. They are," continued Caldwell. "What they want to do with this bill is say that if they confuse your children and you don't affirm that confusion, they will take your child from you."
Caldwell implored his fellow Coloradans to reach out to their state senators as well as to their radical governor, Jared Polis, to let their opposition to the legislation be known. He noted elsewhere that to prevent the furtherance of this sort of cultural imperialism and erosion of parental rights, it will be essential to "help good candidates unseat these radical people."
'A cure for "deadnaming" isn't an emergency justifying late-bill status.'
The editorial board of the Denver Gazette blasted the Democratic bill on Sunday, stating, "This late-night concoction turns hyper-sensitivity into a crime and meddles in matters best left to common courtesy, families, and local school boards."
"Colorado lawmakers and courts have better things to do than police pronouns and dress codes. Our state's cratored [sic] roads need their attention," continued the board. "Our soaring crime and housing shortage cry for solutions. A cure for 'deadnaming' isn't an emergency justifying late-bill status."
In addition to indicating that the Democratic legislation would likely force its transvestite dress code mandate on religious elementary schools, the editorial board noted that the bill's "26 pages of jargon don't distinguish intent. Anyone making an accidental slip would break the law."
"This isn't about safety or civil rights," continued the board. "This is the far-left majority — much of it handpicked and appointed by Colorado's Democratic machine — dictating how people talk and bring up children."
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After all the mechanical malfunctioning in its Boeing 737 planes, you'd think United Airlines would be doing everything in its power to keep customers coming back. But apparently that's not the case. In fact, United Airlines is booting people off planes.
Recently, a woman and her 16-month-old baby were kicked off a United Airlines flight when the mother accidentally misgendered a nonbinary flight attendant.
In a video, which has since gone viral, the mother explains how she, her mother, and her baby were “denied boarding" because while “speaking to one of the flight attendants, [she] got their pronouns wrong.”
Woman & Family Kicked Off This Airline for Saying This?youtu.be
If that wasn’t bad enough, the plane crew “took [their] luggage,” which contained vital medications for both the woman and her mother.
“I said ‘I'm really sorry ... I'm not very versed with pronouns,”’ she recounts in the video. “I was holding my son. He was having a temper tantrum. I had the car seat on my back. I wasn't really focusing on anything except getting my son's car seat on the flight and getting him comfortable and safe.”
The United crew deemed the situation a “hate crime” and allegedly barred the woman from flying United ever again.
“We don't even know how we're going to get back today,” she told the camera. “I don't know what to do ... I don't know what my rights are here.”
While Dave Rubin “can't speak to the legitimacy of her claims,” he does think it’s highly probable the mother was “not causing a real problem on the plane" — not to mention it’s a scenario we’ve seen a hundred times before.
“That is why these woke things are so dangerous,” he says. “They are breaking down the very fabric of society.”
To see the footage of the mother recounting her nightmarish United Airlines experience, watch the clip above.
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As the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars rage on and illegal aliens cross into the U.S. through its porous border with Mexico at alarming rates, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently carved out time to warn State Department staffers against "misgendering," National Review reported.
What are the details?
Blinken told employees in a Feb. 5 cable that assuming gender based on appearance “can be problematic” and sends a “harmful, exclusionary message" and to avoid using terms such as “mother/father,” “son/daughter,” and “husband/wife," National Review said, adding that it obtained the text of the “Modeling DEIA: Gender Identity Best Practices" cable and confirmed its authenticity.
The outlet said Blinken's cable suggested that employees state their pronouns in email signatures and when introducing themselves in meetings “to show respect and avoid misunderstandings.”
“Commonly used pronouns could include she/her, he/him, they/them, and ze/zir,” the cable noted, according to National Review. “This is a personal decision that should be respected."
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The cable also instructs staffers to use “gender-neutral language whenever possible.” Problematic terms like “manpower,” “you guys,” “ladies and gentlemen” and even “mother/father,” “son/daughter,” and “husband/wife” should be avoided. Better to use terms like “labor force,” “everyone,” “folks,” “you all,” and “parent,” “child,” and “spouse” or partner” instead, the cable says.
“When speaking, avoid using phrases like ‘brave men and women on the front lines,’” the cable adds, suggesting that staffers “use more specific language such as ‘brave first responders,’ ‘brave soldiers,’ or ‘brave DS agents.’”
The cable also instructs State Department employees not to “pressure someone to state their pronouns,” to handle mistakes with “subtlety and grace,” and to remember that gender identity “may be fluid, so remain attuned to and supportive of shifts in pronouns.”
National Review said the State Department replied to its request for comment saying that it doesn’t comment on leaked internal documents.
How are folks reacting?
Reader comments underneath National Review's report weren't exactly sympathetic to the sentiments expressed in Blinken's cable:
- "Blinken's pronouns are nitwit/moron," one commenter wrote.
- "I’m left to wonder what any of this has to do with foreign policy," another commenter pointed out. "Tell the ninnies to show up for work, and leave their sex lives at home for the day. Or find another job."
- "The left is all about social deconstruction," another commenter opined.
- "IDIOT. And not even remotely useful," another commenter declared.
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