There is a look into the Republican future if the Republicans win this November, they have introduce a national “Don’t Say Gay” bill!
A national 'Don't Say Gay' law? Republicans introduce bill to restrict LGBTQ-related programs
The bill’s definition of “sexually-oriented material” includes anything that relates to sexual orientation or gender identity.
NBC News
By Jo Yurcaba and Jay Valle
October 19, 2022
Congressional Republicans introduced what some are calling a national version of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill — or what critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana and 32 other Republican members of Congress on Tuesday introduced the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act of 2022, which would prohibit the use of federal funds “to develop, implement, facilitate, or fund any sexually-oriented program, event, or literature for children under the age of 10, and for other purposes.”
The bill defines “sexually-oriented material” as “any depiction, description, or simulation of sexual activity, any lewd or lascivious depiction or description of human genitals, or any topic involving gender identity, gender dysphoria, transgenderism, sexual orientation, or related subjects.”
The sweeping legislation would affect all federally funded facilities and programs, which would include public libraries, federally funded schools, military bases and hospitals. It would prohibit schools, for example, from providing sex education or library books that include LGBTQ topics to children under 10. It would also bar public libraries from using funds to host Drag Story Hour events — a national program started in 2015 in which drag performers read children’s books to kids.
This is our future if the Republicans win and Trumps pack courts we will have no legal recourse, we will see a rush to pass national anti-trans, anti-LGBTQ, and anti-abortion legislation.
Some critics on social media have called the bill a version of Florida’s recently enacted Parental Rights in Education law “on steroids.”
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But some advocates say the federal bill would actually go further than Florida’s measure, because its impacts would extend outside just classrooms to any institution, program or event that receives federal funding or takes place on federal property.
There are court cases that challenge the Republican Florida legislation and court cases challenging Arkansas ban on trans healthcare for trans youth.
Landmark trial begins over Arkansas' ban on transgender youth care
The families of four transgender youths and two doctors who provide gender-confirming care want a federal judge to strike down the law.
NBC News
By Associated Press
October 17, 2022
The nation’s first trial over a state’s ban on gender-confirming care for children begins in Arkansas this week, the latest fight over restrictions on transgender youth championed by Republican leaders and widely condemned by medical experts.
U.S. District Judge Jay Moody will hear testimony and evidence starting Monday over the law he temporarily blocked last year prohibiting doctors from providing gender-confirming hormone treatment, puberty blockers or surgery to anyone under 18 years old. It also prevents doctors from referring patients elsewhere for such care.
The families of four transgender youth and two doctors who provide gender-confirming care want Moody to strike down the law, saying it is unconstitutional because it discriminates against transgender youth, intrudes on parents’ rights to make medical decisions for their children and infringes on doctors’ free speech rights. The trial is expected to last two weeks.
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Arkansas was the first state to enact such a ban on gender-confirming care, with Republican lawmakers in 2021 overriding GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s veto of the legislation. Hutchinson, who had signed other restrictions on transgender youth into law, said the prohibition went too far by cutting off the care for those currently receiving it.
Multiple medical groups, including the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, oppose the bans and experts say the treatments are safe if properly administered.
As I wrote this morning about Fantasia Fair Florida is writing its own standard of care for us.
But advocates of the law have argued the prohibition is within the state’s authority to regulate medical practices.
The question is: can they write discrimination into the regulations? If so, can they do it nationally?
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It is two faced Republicans who cheered the Supreme Court ruling on abortion saying it is the state’s right to ban abortion, that the Constitution doesn’t grant the federal government the right to ban abortions, and then push for national legislation. The Washington Post wrote…
When the Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade, which in 1973 established a nationwide right to an abortion, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his majority opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson that the legality of abortion would now be up to individual states. “The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion,” Alito said. “Roe and Casey [in 1992] arrogated that authority. We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives.”
Many Republican foes of abortion celebrated the ruling as a victory for states’ rights. Yet since Alito’s draft opinion was leaked on May 2, 28 lawmakers have also signed onto a proposed nationwide ban — one that would impose abortion restrictions even in Democrat-led, pro-abortion rights states.
Vanity Fair wrote, "Just a month ago, Lindsey Graham framed abortion as an issue for the states to settle. But now, with more states bucking the GOP's abortion agenda, the South Carolina lawmaker is set to propose a federal ban."
The Republican do not believe in laws, they just go ahead do it anyway to win votes from their minions and then pack the courts later.
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