Democrats in the Colorado legislature invoked
House Rule 16 on Sunday to avoid debate ahead of a vote on a controversial new bill that would effectively classify “misgendering” and “deadnaming” as child abuse. The bill is now headed to the Democrat-controlled Senate, where it is likely to pass.
Republican state Rep. Jarvis Caldwell, among those “robbed” of the opportunity to speak on behalf of their constituents with regard to
House Bill 1312, noted in a video shared to X, “I believe they did this to silence us because they know how much negative attention this has been getting nationwide.”
‘If your child is confused about their gender identity, and you don’t affirm that confusion, that delusion, then you are guilty.’
When Caldwell raised the matter of whether non-LGBT parent groups were consulted during a committee meeting last week, Democratic state Rep. Yara Zokaie said, “A well-stakeholdered bill does not need to be discussed with hate groups,”
reported Fox News Digital.
“We don’t ask someone passing civil rights legislation to go ask the KKK their opinion,” the radical added, securing applause from her fellow travelers.
“House Bill 1312 says that if your child is confused about their gender identity, and you don’t affirm that confusion, that delusion, then you are guilty of child abuse and you can lose custody of your children,” said Caldwell.
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previously reported that the Democratic legislation would classify “deadnaming or misgendering” as a form of “coercive control” that courts must consider when making child custody decisions.
“Misgendering” means using an individual’s reality-based pronouns — “he” and “him” in reference to a boy, “she” and “her” in reference to a girl. “Deadnaming” is the practice of calling transvestites by their original names — for example,
Brian for Colorado state Rep. Brianna Titone or Tim for U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.).
‘Help good candidates unseat these radical people.’
Under the legislation that passed the Colorado House Sunday in a
party-line vote, “deadnaming and misgendering” would be both defined as discriminatory acts in the “Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act” and prohibited in most private businesses. Under the bill, local schools would not only be required to honor students’ “chosen names” for any reason but would also be prohibited from enforcing sex-based dress codes.
“I wanted to say it is not me, it is not my constituents, it is not the people from my side of the aisle who are pushing this gender identity crap on the kids of Colorado.
They are,” continued Caldwell. “What they want to do with this bill is say that if they confuse your children and you don’t affirm that confusion, they will take your child from you.”
Caldwell implored his fellow Coloradans to reach out to their state senators as well as to their radical governor, Jared Polis, to let their opposition to the legislation be known. He
noted elsewhere that to prevent the furtherance of this sort of cultural imperialism and erosion of parental rights, it will be essential to “help good candidates unseat these radical people.”
‘A cure for “deadnaming” isn’t an emergency justifying late-bill status.’
The editorial board of the Denver Gazette blasted the Democratic bill on Sunday,
stating, “This late-night concoction turns hyper-sensitivity into a crime and meddles in matters best left to common courtesy, families, and local school boards.”
“Colorado lawmakers and courts have better things to do than police pronouns and dress codes. Our state’s cratored [sic] roads need their attention,” continued the board. “Our soaring crime and housing shortage cry for solutions. A cure for ‘deadnaming’ isn’t an emergency justifying late-bill status.”
In addition to indicating that the Democratic legislation would likely force its transvestite dress code mandate on religious elementary schools, the editorial board noted that the bill’s “26 pages of jargon don’t distinguish intent. Anyone making an accidental slip would break the law.”
“This isn’t about safety or civil rights,” continued the board. “This is the far-left majority — much of it handpicked and appointed by Colorado’s Democratic machine — dictating how people talk and bring up children.”
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