NC's Dem Governor Vetoes Bills to Protect Children from LGBT Ideology, Trans Surgeries, But Republicans Are Expected to Override Him

Calvin Freiburger : Jul 7, 2023
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"...This bill encourages collaboration, promotes transparency, and keeps classrooms focused on educating, not indoctrinating. The Democrats and Gov. Cooper think the government can co-parent, but Republicans will always stand strong to defend parents and families." -Republican state Senators Amy Galey and Michael Lee

(Raleigh, NC) — [LifeSiteNews.com] North Carolina Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a trio of Republican-backed bills on Wednesday concerning transgenderism and minors, setting up yet another veto override showdown with the GOP legislature. (Screengrab image: Gov. Roy Cooper /via Twitter)

The first bill forbids "gender transitioning" surgical or chemical procedures from being administered to anyone under age 18. The second excludes males from middle- and high school as well as collegiate sports' teams meant specifically for women and girls. The third prohibits LGBT material from school curricula and requires that parents be notified if their children begin identifying as the opposite sex.

Cooper vetoed all three measures Wednesday, WRAL reports, accusing Republicans of "using government to invade the rights and responsibilities of parents and doctors, hurting vulnerable children and damaging our state's reputation and economy like they did with the harmful bathroom bill."

"Parents know what is best for their children," responded Republican state Sens. Amy Galey and Michael Lee. "Gov. Cooper continues to mislead the public about the Parents' Bill of Rights so he can drum up manufactured outrage and rake in donations. This bill encourages collaboration, promotes transparency, and keeps classrooms focused on educating, not indoctrinating. The Democrats and Gov. Cooper think the government can co-parent, but Republicans will always stand strong to defend parents and families."

Evidence shows that "affirming" confusion about one's biological sex carries severe harms, especially when such affirmation takes the form of physically transformative procedures on impressionable children who cannot fully grasp the long-term ramifications of the decisions being pushed on them.

Studies find that more than 80% of children experiencing gender dysphoria outgrow it on their own by late adolescence and that even full "reassignment" surgery often fails to resolve gender-confused individuals' heightened tendency to engage in self-harm and suicide—and may even exacerbate it, including by reinforcing their confusion and neglecting the actual root causes of their mental strife... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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