Please get past the intro of facts, and listen to the abuse of the Palestinians, especially the thousands of children over the years. For those who have argued with me in the past (I doubt you read my blogs now) listen to how they treat the child in pretrial prison and how the trial is conducted. Children, yes children are terrified, hurt by being beaten, raped, sexually abused, have been shot, arrested at night in their homes and kept with blind folds and in the dark, they are not given lawyers until the day of court by which time they have been forced to sign fake confessions or plea bargain do to pain or fear. Damn it I was an abused kid, I know the paralyzing fear of hearing the heavy footsteps coming toward you, the mind numbing cascade of desperation of not knowing what they were going to do to me next or would they walk past me. They are tried by the military and have no civil rights! My dogs that love gravy if another country did that to ten of our kids we would go to war with them … OH wait that was what Hamas tried to do with no chance of wining. Listen to this and understand that Israel and their military have been provoking these attacks and lying to the world about it. Please listen to the abuse of these children, these people who have no way to prevent their treatment. Hugs. Scottie
You will have heard this claim said over and over and over again. Here’s why it’s monstrously false.
I love that they say Vermont doesn’t care about vulnerable children when these people want to abuse vulnerable LGBTQ+ children by forcing a religion on them that calls them an abomination. They want the right to force these kids into conversion therapy or to not let them transition. This is seriously scary shit. Hugs. Scottie
They claim it’s religious discrimination to not let them foster children they say they will refuse to accept.
Two Christian families in Vermont, alongside the Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group Alliance Defending Freedom, are suing the state after it stripped their foster care licenses over their homophobic and transphobic beliefs.
“Vermont says they’re unfit to parent any child because of their traditional religious beliefs about human sexuality,” said ADF legal counsel Johannes Widmalm-Delphonse in a press release. “Vermont seems to care little about the needs of vulnerable children, much less the constitutional rights of its citizens. That’s why we’re suing them in federal court.”
Roger Gannam said that trans-inclusive anti-discrimination policy would lead to sexual assaults against women.
The Wuoti and Gantt families filed the lawsuit along with the ADF on Tuesday, initiating a formal complaint against the state.
Vermont changed its policies regarding foster families in recent years to better support LGBTQ+ youth. It requires that foster parents are supportive of young people’s identities – such as properly gendering trans youth or allowing kids to embrace their sexual orientation.
It strictly prohibits “discrimination and bias based on a child or youth’s real or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.”
The lawsuit argues that both families are required by their religion to misgender any foster children, stating that “a person’s sex is binary and fixed by God at conception.” It goes further in arguing that, in the case of the Gantt family, they believe that trans people must detransition and that people should not gender trans people correctly.
The lawsuit also claims that Kaitlyn Wuoti had gender dysphoria as a child, leading her to be filled with “compassion” for children. Both Brian and Kaitlyn Wuoti believe that they cannot even associate with a Pride parade or those in it because “they convey a message about human sexuality that goes against their faith.”
Radke emphasized in a statement that while DCF does not comment on pending lawsuits, the lawsuit was nevertheless filed at the beginning of Pride Month, a time normally dedicated to celebrating LGBTQ+ people.
“It is a human right for all to be valued and supported, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity,” Radke said. “The Family Services Division is here to serve all and upholds that expectation for both its staff, as well as the foster parents who agree to take on the care of the youth in our custody.”
This lawsuit comes at a time when LGBTQ+ youth are especially vulnerable, facing attacks on their healthcare across the world. This atmosphere contributes to stigma against these youths. Moreover, LGBTQ+ youth are more likely to be homeless and in the foster system.
“It’s the role of families to provide that kind of affirmation and validation,” said Amanda Rohdenburg with Outright Vermont. She says it’s impossible to tell who is LGBTQ+ just by looking at them, so LGBTQ+ youth might be placed with anti-LGBTQ+ foster parents. “They are at high risk of experiencing rejection or internalizing homophobia or transphobia that impacts their sense of sense over their lifetime.”
The named defendants in the suit are Department for Children and Families (DCF) Commissioner Christopher Winters, Deputy Commissioner of the DCF’s Family Services Division Aryka Radke, and DCF’s Director of Residential Licensing & Special Investigations Stacey Edmunds.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, Windham Division and has Gretchen M. Wade of Wadleigh, Starr & Peters, P.L.L.C as additional legal counsel.
The Alliance Defending Freedom is known for its ties to the book The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today, which was written by former ADF CEO Alan Sears and ADF member Craig Osten. They group also supports banning LGBTQ+ individuals from the military and the Boy Scouts of America.
The ADF has filed lawsuits across the country, such as in the case of 303 Creative vs. Elenis, where they defend an individual trying to discriminate against LGBTQ+ individuals based on religion.
So for those that may wonder why I may be a bit erratic the next few days … I got trigger point steroid injections into my swollen back muscles. 12 painful muscle shots in the back. I will also have to dump and rest the blogging computer. When I was doing the updates on the reset I had to restart it a few times during the install and it screwed up some of the settings and installation. The start menu is messed up and the power sleep settings wont set properly, plus some other things. Hugs. Scottie
By my dogs that love gravy I love Barry’s post. I can not think of a better way to present the facts. The most needed facts about trans people, facts about pride parades, and about young people knowing who they are. Please read the post. Also please subscribe to Barry’s blog, he present things with a view point that is often refreshing compared to what we normally hear about things. In honor of Barry, Best wishes. Scottie
This maybe one of his most important videos about Christians not forcing their beliefs on others. When I was getting ready for my left hip replacement the PA who was processing me was clearly Christian. She wore crosses and all the ornaments of her faith. When we got to my stay in the hospital she said “And of course you will want a visit from the Chaplin, what Christian denomination would you prefer”. Absolutely none I said. She wouldn’t accept it but then kept asking if I was willing to have this sect / denomination visit. I was getting pissed. Ron stepped in and told her if any clergy enters that room, Scottie will claw his way out of the bed to drive them into the hallway … No way is anyone of any religion welcome. She was upset and angry. She got her revenge. She failed to send my pain medication requirements to the hospital so I went from early afternoon to midnight with no pain medication after surgery, and it was not the fault of the nurses. They called her and the doctor, then just kept called him. Finally he answered at midnight and was so angry. WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME, MY PA HANDLES THESE CALLS. They told them they couldn’t get in touch with her, she was not answering and I was in horrible pain from serious surgery. He told them to put me on my home medications which was the plan as my pain doctors were handling it, so soon I got morphine and other drugs. She got her revenge, no hate like Christian spurned. When I went for my follow up I learned she had been fired. I hope my 10 hours of horrible pain was worth it to her.
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