by Ashley Sadler, LifeSite News:
‘It is not “sinful” to prohibit the mutilation of minors,’ DeSantis said. ‘It is not acceptable for the federal government to mandate that procedures like sex change operations be allowed for kids.’
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis struck back at President Joe Biden on Tuesday after the president suggested DeSantis’ moves to protect kids from transgender ideology in Florida were almost “sinful.”
“It is not ‘sinful’ to prohibit the mutilation of minors,” DeSantis shot back in a Tuesday tweet. “It is not acceptable for the federal government to mandate that procedures like sex change operations be allowed for kids.”
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It is not “sinful” to prohibit the mutilation of minors.
It is not acceptable for the federal government to mandate that procedures like sex change operations be allowed for kids. https://t.co/YhPrrU5Poi
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) March 14, 2023
DeSantis’ made the comments in response to remarks by Biden in a Monday interview with actor Kal Penn on The Daily Show. During the interview, Biden spoke about Florida’s moves to shield children from the predations of radical sexual and gender ideology.
Under DeSantis, Florida’s Board of Medicine has consistently voted against the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or mutilating gender “transition” surgeries for minors. Last year, the governor also signed the “Parental Rights in Education” Act, prohibiting sexual and gender-ideology content in schools for students in kindergarten through third grade. Any such content for older children must be “age appropriate.”
“What’s going on in Florida is, as my mother would say, close to sinful,” Biden said, arguing that laws opposing the spread of transgender ideology are “cruel” and hinting at national legislation to prohibit states like Florida from making laws affirming biological reality.
“And the way we do it is we make sure we pass legislation like we passed on same-sex ‘marriage,’” he said, referencing the Respect for Marriage Act signed in December which compels all states to recognize as “marriage” unions between members of the same sex.
“You mess with that, you’re breaking the law and you’re going to be held accountable,” Biden said.
