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   From: gay-child-molesters@colorado.com   
      
   Under the guise of “protecting” minors who claim transgender status,   
   Democrats in Colorado are on the verge of passing a new law that would   
   strip away parental rights – potentially even taking kids away from   
   parents – and effectively criminalize Christian teachings on gender.   
      
   HB 25-1312, the Kelly Loving Act, passed the Colorado House on April 6 and   
   will soon be presented in the state senate. The bill is named after a   
   transgender woman who was killed in the 2022 Club Q shooting that left   
   five people dead and five more injured.   
      
   While proponents of the bill claim that it simply “protects” individuals   
   who identify as transgender, the text of the legislation reads more like   
   an anti-parent, anti-Christian manifesto. If signed into law, HB 25-1312   
   would officially make misgendering (not using someone’s “preferred   
   pronouns”) and deadnaming (referring to a transgender individual by their   
   birth name instead of their chosen name) acts of discrimination under   
   Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act.   
      
   While those provisions alone raise serious First Amendment concerns, even   
   more alarming are the bill’s provisions when it comes to children who   
   believe they are transgender. According to the legislation, misgendering   
   and deadnaming should be considered acts of “coercive control” which can   
   be used to determine parental custody of a child in custody disputes.   
      
   “When making child custody decisions and determining the best interests of   
   a child for purposes of parenting time,” section 2 of the bill’s summary   
   states, “a court shall consider deadnaming, misgendering, or threatening   
   to publish material related to an individual’s gender-affirming health-   
   care services as types of coercive control. A court shall consider reports   
   of coercive control when determining the allocation of parental   
   responsibilities in accordance with the best interests of the child.”   
      
   In other words, if a parent refuses to affirm their child’s gender   
   confusion, courts can use that as justification to deny that parent   
   custody or visitation rights. This may not just apply in custody battles,   
   either – children from loving, two-parent homes could be ripped away from   
   their family by Colorado courts if a judge determines that a child’s   
   parents are not “affirming” enough. The bill would essentially force   
   parents to pledge allegiance to far left gender ideology or else risk   
   losing their kids.   
      
   As critics of the bill have noted, similar legislation in Canada has led   
   to parents being arrested for refusing to allow their children to undergo   
   permanent, life-altering gender surgeries and drug regimens. In 2018,   
   Robert Hoogland was jailed and fined under Canada’s Infants Act for   
   “misgendering” his daughter (in other words, referring to her as a girl)   
   as well as preventing her from receiving testosterone.   
      
   HB 25-1312 has unsurprisingly garnered strong backlash from parents and   
   Christian groups throughout Colorado and the entire country. The Ethics &   
   Religious Liberty Commission, Colorado Baptists, and the Family Research   
   Council have all publicly expressed opposition to the bill.   
      
   J. Chase Davis, a pastor at The Well Church in Boulder, Colorado, has   
   noticed the outpouring of opposition from Christian leaders and pastors   
   across the state and encouraged more fellow Christians to follow suit in a   
   post on X. “We’re seeing a groundswell of otherwise disengaged Christians   
   waking up and joining the fight against Colorado HB 25-1312,” Davis wrote.   
   “This fight needs more support. We need the big churches with the loudest   
   voices to get involved.”   
      
   Greg Schaller, director of the Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian   
   University, also expressed his deep concern that Colorado’s bill will   
   force Christians to abandon their own convictions in an interview with The   
   Christian Post. “HB25-1312 sets a dangerous precedent by punishing those   
   who live out their biblical convictions,” Schaller told the outlet.   
      
   But it’s not just Christians who are voicing their opposition. In an   
   article for City Journal, Colin Wright, an evolutionary biologist and   
   fellow at the Manhattan Institute, expressed his deep concerns over the   
   fact that the Colorado bill would silence parents, write radical left   
   gender ideology into state law, and deny children the “affirming” care   
   they really need – affirming the permanent reality of their biological   
   sex.   
      
   “Instead of ensuring children’s safety, this bill would mandate speech,   
   codify a radical ideology into law, and weaponize family courts to enforce   
   compliance,” Wright argued. “If Polis signs the bill, Colorado will   
   enshrine into law the notion that protecting a child from irreversible and   
   unnecessary medical treatments constitutes abuse. This is precisely the   
   opposite of the truth. Kids with gender dysphoria—and the parents who   
   refuse to lie to them—deserve better.”   
      
   In response to backlash from Christians and conservatives, Colorado   
   Democrats have doubled down – even comparing opponents of the bill to the   
   Ku Klux Klan. Democrat state Rep. Yara Zoakie described Christian   
   organizations as “hate groups,” saying that “we don’t ask someone passing   
   civil rights legislation to go ask the KKK their opinion.”   
      
   Unfortunately for Colorado parents – and kids caught up in the lies of   
   gender ideology – the bill looks well on its way to final passage.   
   Democrats currently have a 23-12 edge in the state senate, and Democratic   
   Governor Jared Polis has garnered a reputation as one of the most far-left   
   governors in the country.   
      
   Nonetheless, every Democrat who supports HB 25-1312 will have to face   
   voters and answer for their actions. At the very least, Christian and   
   conservative opposition to the bill can warn Americans in other states   
   about the perils of far-left governance and how it threatens to destroy   
   children and rip apart families.   
      
   https://amac.us/newsline/society/colorado-bill-seeks-to-strip-away-   
   parental-rights-trample-christian-teachings/   
      
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