We don't exclude anyone; our gay friend who grew up in Texas completely agreed with her. This lead to an extremely informative conversation with everyone at the table. Ironically, I heard at a youth group in high school that "you are who you hang out with" and I absolutely cherish the people I hang out with. We all shared little parts of our lives. The two gay men at the table (who are not dating each other) both commented on their dislike of all female anatomy. I was the only person at that table of eight who loves women. Clearly, I was the winner at dinner tonight. My other friends, all females, were honest about their love of male anatomy, save one of them. Our Christian.
As I've read more and more frequently, schools on the east coast are pushing for transgender protection. I'm on the fence about the locker and bathroom sharing because that would be an excellent place for a bully to corner a trans child and torture them. That is a great concern of mine and I'm not sure what would ease my concern. When I was in middle school, we had a girl play on the football team. She was good, too. She earned her keep on the team and, to the best of my knowledge, made history as the first female on the Cougars football team. This will be a provision in the new doctrine schools are to adapt.
But there are many Catholics who believe this doctrine is making "each person a god" by being honest about which gender they identify with.
I can't say I'm outraged, but I am disturbed by their claim. I am in no way a god. Now, I can lie to myself all I want and say I'm the most amazing man in bed, that my stamina rivals that of Hercules, but that in no way makes me "a god." This apparently "insidious" plan is apparently the complete demise of Christianity. Are you kidding me? Protecting our transgender children is going to be the ruin of Christianity? How is protecting ALL children in a middle school creating "hostility to basic truths" set forth by the church? Where is separation of Church and State?
Do you really expect me to believe that the Catholic church is being singled out here? That by creating an environment in New York schools where using the incorrect "pronouns and name ... [asking] inappropriate, unnecessary questions about [a child's] gender identity, anatomy, and / or any medical treatment that is related to their gender identity" falls under bullying is a bad idea? If I had half the protection in this idea when I was in middle school, my life would have bee SO much different. I may have come out much earlier, thus starting my transitioning before puberty set in as opposed to my early 20s. Listen here, ANYONE who is against this. NOBODY here is putting you in a corner. Nobody is challenging your religious views. If you don't approve, take your child to another school or to private school. If you want to rob them of getting to know a potentially amazing child who may change their life, that's on your head. Just remember, being transgendered is not a cross you have to bear. Don't make your child carry the cross of your judgment.
If being transgendered is so "immoral", explain to me how you justify your judgment. Doesn't the Bible SPECIFICALLY say in Luke 6:37 "Stop judging, and you'll never be judged. Stop condemning, and you'll never be condemned. Forgive, and you'll be forgiven." [International Standard Version ©2012] Based off your beliefs, you are allowed to judge a child? Is this also why there are so many claims of child abuse in the Catholic church? That's not something I'm going to touch. No pun intended.
Your argument is invalid, Catholicism. Being born a male who feels like he is a female does not mean they are denying any truth. In fact, most people will hide their feelings for years, if not decades. I watched a show where a man admitted 14 years into his marriage that he was more than a cross dresser, he was meant to be a woman. He was not saying that God made a mistake, because God is perfect, am I right? God makes no mistakes. That's something I firmly believe, as a self-proclaimed Spiritualist (not a fan of established religion and their hypocrisy), to be very true across the board. I am not a mistake. My mom is not a mistake. Pope Benedict said "man too is stripped of his dignity as a creature of God" if they deny God made them as He meant when they deny who they are. Let's think about this. I was born a female, but I am a man 100% in my mind. By denying my female body, I am denying God? No, I am not denying God, Pope, sir. I am embracing a very arduous road because I know the outcome will be far more in align with the plan God has for my life than if I do it myself, succumb to depression and possibly suicide.
This is a matter of civil rights being given to EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN. This is our FUTURE. Do you really want a child who was forced to deny themselves for the sake of one religious groups inability to cope to be responsible for your intolerance? The anger that these children may feel, the depression, the loneliness...did God intend for human beings to be so destitute? No, I sincerely believe He did not. Because your God, is my God.
References:
"Will 'Transgender' Rights Drive Catholics Out of Public Schools?". Catholic Stand, Mary Rice Hasson, 2013
http://catholicstand.com/will-transgender-rights-drive-catholics-out-of-public-schools/
Bible Suite, Biblos, Luke 6:37
Bible Suite, Biblos, Luke 6:37
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