Colorado Democrats have jumped the political shark with a dangerously radical bill that authorizes courts deciding child custody cases to consider if a parent can’t keep their pronouns straight.
The summary of HB25-1312 passed on a party line vote in the House Sunday reads;
“Section 1 of the bill creates the “Kelly Loving Act.” Section 2 provides that, when making child custody decisions and determining the best interests of a child for purposes of parenting time, a court shall consider deadnaming, misgendering …” and something about publishing that doesn’t make sense so we didn’t include it here.
Call us old fashioned, but physical abuse should top the list of limiting a parent’s custodial rights to their own flesh and blood, not misusing the English language to appease radical psychological trends by referring to their singular child by a plural pronoun.
It’s truly madness. But this isn’t the only damage Democrats did on Sunday when voters weren’t paying attention.
In addition to taking children away from parents over transgender politics, they also mandated insurers pay for transgender surgery no matter the child’s age and put into law controversial school policies over transgender naming and dress codes.
The bill states that children can change their names on a whim, and that name must be used by school officials in addressing the child as well as on the student’s permanent record.
Before Democrats ban them from doing so, parents should warn their children what happens after they graduate and try to get a job when their school transcript is registered to Mr. Rainbow McBubble Farts.
Also, dress codes would not be enforced on any one gender if the bill passes the state Senate and gets signed into law by Gov. Polis.
The lawmakers should have added a provision advising school staff to just ignore all the 14-year-old boys who most assuredly will think it’s funny to start wearing cheerleader-length skirts to school. They will live to regret this any many a number of things should this bill be taken seriously and passed into law.
Finally, the bill would qualify misgendering and so-called deadnaming — calling someone by their legal name — as official discrimination under Colorado law and prohibited in matters of employment and housing.
Changes one’s name between jobs and housing and screaming discrimination if challenged sounds like anarchy.
And that’s how you Colorado.