Spain passes transgender law allowing minors treatment without parental consent | Catholic News Agency

The law will allow transgender genital surgery and hormonal treatments from the age of 16 without parental consent.

Known simply as the Trans Law, it was pushed by the socialist-communist ruling coalition with the backing of LGTBI pressure groups (lesbians, gays, transsexuals, bisexuals, and intersex). The law passed the Congress of Deputies despite opposition from advisory bodies during the legislative process.

The Trans Law passed yesterday establishes the possibility of changing one’s name and sex in the civil registry at the request of the person from the age of 16.

Source: Spain passes transgender law allowing minors treatment without parental consent | Catholic News Agency

Unfortunately, it is physically impossible to change your gender. You can surgically alter your appearance and ruin your health with drugs, but, at best, you can really only dress in clothing you mentally associate with the other gender, and behave as you believe the other gender should stereotypically behave… stereotyped cosmetic styling. These stereotypes change from generation to generation and century to century. For centuries men wore high heels and hosiery. Women used to wear wimples and whalebone corsets. The cosmetics of fashion and gender stereotypes, which are arbitrary and fluid with time and place, cannot change biological truth.

The truth is the only humans who can get pregnant are women. The truth is the only humans who can get a woman pregnant are men. That is why trans-women can get trans-men pregnant. Unfortunately, after a mastectomy, neither can breast feed their child.

Trans couple proves only women can get pregnant and men cannot breast feed

You cannot change your genetics, XX or XY if you are lucky. If you are unlucky, you may suffer XXY or Klinefelter’s Syndrome:

Klinefelter syndrome (KS), also known as 47,XXY, is an aneuploid genetic condition where a male has an additional copy of the X chromosome. The primary features are infertility and small, poorly functioning testicles. Usually, symptoms are subtle and subjects do not realize they are affected. Sometimes, symptoms are more evident and may include weaker muscles, greater height, poor motor coordination, less body hair, breast growth, and less interest in sex. Often, these symptoms are noticed only at puberty. Intelligence is usually normal, but reading difficulties and problems with speech are more common.

Or you could have XYY, Jacobs Syndrome:

Jacobs Syndrome, also know as XYY syndrome, is an aneuploid genetic condition in which a male has an extra Y chromosome. There are usually few symptoms. These may include being taller than average, acne, and an increased risk of learning disabilities. The person is generally otherwise normal, including typical rates of fertility.

Or you could have 48,XXYY Syndrome:

48,XXYY disrupts sexual development, though affected individuals are typically assigned male gender at birth. Adolescents and adults with this condition usually have small testes that do not produce enough testosterone, which is the hormone that directs male sexual development. A shortage of testosterone during puberty can lead to reduced facial and body hair, poor muscle development, low energy levels, and an increased risk of breast enlargement (gynecomastia). Because their testes do not function normally, individuals with 48,XXYY syndrome are infertile.

Or you could have XXX, Trisomy X Syndrome:

With Trisomy X, those with symptoms can have learning disabilities, mild dysmorphic features such as hypertelorism (wide-spaced eyes) and clinodactyly (incurved little fingers), early menopause, and increased height. The average intelligence quotient (IQ) in trisomy X is 85–90. As the symptoms of trisomy X are often not serious enough to prompt a karyotype test, many cases of trisomy X are diagnosed before birth via prenatal screening tests such as amniocentesis. Research on girls and women with the disorder finds that cases which were diagnosed postnatally, having been referred for testing because of obvious symptoms, are generally more severe than those diagnosed prenatally. Most women with trisomy X live normal lives, although their socioeconomic status is reduced compared to the general population

Or you could have 48,XXXX, Tetrasomy X Syndrome:

Tetrasomy X is a chromosome disorder that only affects females and is caused by having four copies of the X chromosome instead of two. Females with Tetrasomy X have a total of 48 chromosomes in their cells, so this condition is sometimes written as 48, XXXX. The signs and symptoms of Tetrasomy X vary, but can include mild to moderate speech and learning difficulties; developmental delay; distinctive facial features; dental abnormalities; hypotonia and joint laxity; radioulnar synostosis; heart defects; hip dysplasia; and problems with ovarian function. An increased risk of childhood infections has also been reported. Tetrasomy X is caused by a random error that occurs during the development of an egg cell and is not caused by anything a mother does during her pregnancy.

Or possibly you could have an extra copy of chromosome 21 for a total of 47 chromosomes instead if 46. That would be Down’s Syndrome. The one thing that you, Mr. XY and Ms. XX, have in common with all these syndromes is that no one… not you… not them… can arbitrarily decide to change their genetics and biology.

Eight Defendants Indicted in Michigan for Obstructing a Reproductive Health Services Facility | OPA | Department of Justice

The Justice Department announced today an indictment charging eight people with federal civil rights offenses and violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.

According to court documents, Calvin Zastrow, Chester Gallagher, Heather Idoni, Caroline Davis, Joel Curry, Justin Phillips, Eva Edl and Eva Zastrow are charged with engaging in a civil rights conspiracy and with violating the FACE Act in connection with an August 2020 blockade of a reproductive health care clinic in Sterling Heights, Michigan. In addition, Idoni and Edl were also charged with violating the FACE Act in connection with an April 2021 blockade of a reproductive health care clinic in Saginaw, Michigan.

Source: Eight Defendants Indicted in Michigan for Obstructing a Reproductive Health Services Facility | OPA | Department of Justice

 Biden’s Justice Department is, again and to the President’s discredit, going after Christians instead of real criminals. Why am I not surprised…

Parents sue Virginia abortion center, social services for pushing 15-year-old daughter to kill her baby… when she wanted to go to term – LifeSite

Although the young woman had ‘informed her mother that she did not want’ an abortion, she was pressured to kill her 11-week baby without her parents being notified. The parents of a 15-year-old girl who had an abortion in January are suing members of a Virginia abortion center and county social services organization for pressuring their daughter to kill her unborn baby.

According to the complaint, the teenager — referred to as CRFM to protect her identity as a minor — was “approximately three months pregnant, which pregnancy occurred as a result of a conscious choice of CRFM.” The girl reportedly “intended to take her child to full term.”

Around January 19, a DSS employee “persuaded CRFM that she needed to abort the baby and coordinated an appointment that day” for the girl at the abortion center in Bristol, Virginia. There, the girl “advised Nickles [facility director] that she did not want an abortion, and that she wanted to keep her baby.” The teenager “initially refused to cooperate with any abortion” but eventually “was persuaded” by the staff, despite the fact that she “could not legally consent to abort the baby.”

Source: Parents sue Virginia abortion center, social services for pushing 15-year-old daughter to kill her baby – LifeSite

Consider this: If non-parental adults in positions of trust and authority can manipulate a pregnant teen into getting  an abortion she does not want, think how easily non-parental adults can manipulate a young teen girl into believing changing her gender will fix all of her emotional, adolescent problems.

Josh Alexander Update

Watch EWTN’s interview with Mr. Alexander here.

Religious University To Ax Religious Studies Program Due To ‘Low Enrollment’ | The Daily Caller

A Catholic university in Virginia is looking to ax theology and religious studies as well as nine other majors for newly enrolled undergraduates to achieve the college’s “strategic goals,” according to the Chronicle for Higher Education.

MU President Irma Becerra rejected attempts to simply revise some of the programs instead of just removing them and sent the proposal to the university’s Board of Trustees, which will vote on the plan on Feb. 24.

Source: Religious University To Ax Religious Studies Program Due To ‘Low Enrollment’ | The Daily Caller

If the school is going to decide to become “not Catholic” perhaps they should return all of the Catholic endowment money in their coffers.

BREAKING: Housekeeper’s Husband Arrested in Murder Case of Bishop David O’Connell| National Catholic Register

In a press conference Monday, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) Sheriff Robert Luna announced that charges would be brought against a Hispanic male, 65-year-old Carlos Medina, the husband of Bishop O’Connell’s housekeeper.

Source: BREAKING: Housekeeper’s Husband Arrested in Murder Case of Bishop David O’Connell| National Catholic Register

Josh Alexander Update: Attorney for teen suspended after opposing trans ideology says religious freedom ‘essentially dead’ in Canada | Fox News

Attorney James Kitchen, who is representing 16-year-old Josh Alexander after he was suspended for opposing transgenderism, said the case indicates eroding freedom in Canada.

Kitchen believes both freedom of religion and freedom of expression are in steep decline in Canada but noted that religious liberty is evaporating more quickly. He said many Canadians do not understand the gravity of the threats their government increasingly poses to religious freedom, which he said is “essentially dead” after withering “for about 10 or 15 years.”

“If you think whatever I’m dealing with is bad right now, just wait until your freedom of belief and thought are outlawed,” Mr. Alexander stated. “It’s time to speak up before it’s too late. Our previous generation has failed to do so and it’s time that we pick up the torch and do it.”

Source: Attorney for teen suspended after opposing trans ideology says religious freedom ‘essentially dead’ in Canada | Fox News

Canada is America’s canary in the coal mine of woke theocracy. They have fallen. We are on the brink if more people do not wake up and push back.

LA Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell shot and killed | Catholic News Agency

Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, 69, was a native of Ireland who had worked with the poor in the South Los Angeles area for 45 years.

Bishop O’Connell, a popular priest in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for many years known for his work ministering to immigrants, the poor, and victims of gun violence in South LA, was shot and killed Saturday, authorities said.

The shooting happened around 1 p.m. local time inside a home in the 1500 block of Janlu Avenue in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County, according to a statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, television station KABC reported.

Source: LA Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell shot and killed | Catholic News Agency

Bishop O’Connell was a strong advocate to end abortion and a supporter of LGB in families.

If Conversion Therapy is Illegal in California, How Can Public School Teachers and Counselors Get Away With Affirmatively Teaching Children They Might Be Homosexual or Transsexual When They Aren’t?

Twenty-six states have bans or partial bans on “Conversion Therapy” for minors. The definition of Conversion Therapy is the attempted psychological manipulation of someone to change their sexual preference or gender identity. It finds its roots in Freudian psychology meant to psychologically reprogram homosexuals. It was widely abused in the late 19th Century through the mid 20th Century by psychiatrists, psychologists, and religious in the attempt to force homosexuals and transgender persons to hurt themselves in order to conform to society. It was really quite horrible, often rising to the level of physical and psychological torture. Looking through the 20/20 lens of hindsight, we were barbaric not too long ago, and modern laws are meant to protect the LGBTQ+ community from the practice.

Today there is a substantial push to ban conversion therapy in all fifty states, with California leading the way in 2012. California’s law prohibits mental health providers from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts (SOCEs) with a minor patient. The state defines SOCEs as “any practices by mental health providers that seek to change an individual’s sexual orientation.” The law, when challenged by a Christian minister, was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2017.

What I find most disturbing about these laws, is they are not being applied evenhandedly. They are certainly effective in shielding homosexuals and transgender youth from coercion, but have absolutely failed in protecting naturally heterosexual children, and children who, if left to their own devices, would never choose a transgender life.

Where is the evidence to support my suspicion?

Over the past fifteen years the number of Americans that identify as LGBTQ+ has just about doubled. The vast majority of this increase is among Millennials and Generation Z, the young and vulnerable. These statistics negate the argument that social acceptance has allowed more closeted LBGTQ+ people to reveal their true nature. There has been no massive surge of reveals in people in their 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s.

Female surgeries, radical mastectomies among young women, quadrupled between 2016 and 2017, an upward trend that appears to be continuing. Historically, until 15 years ago, transgenderism had virtually been exclusive to men, meaning, if there is a biological rather than a psychological cause, it is part of male development, not female. Today, the super-majority of new diagnoses are female. This means there is either a massive evolutionary genetic shift compared to hundreds of thousands of years of human development, or we are dealing with a psychological social contagion that is tricking young girls into self-harm.

The detransitioner Reddit group, one of many new support groups for victims, boasts over 44,000 members since the group was created in 2017. These numbers represent a lot of regret. A lot of young people who feel they were or are being preyed upon by the people they trusted. A lot of young victims who were psychologically manipulated into changing their sexual preference and/or gender identity. A lot of young victims of conversion therapy.

In England the numbers coming out of the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service were horrifying until they were shuttered in July of 2022. In less than a decade the clinic had a 1,460% increase in referrals of boys and a staggering 5,337% increase in girls to the Tavistock for surgery. Thousands of these were children ages 3-17 years. There is no way that children thought this up of their own volition. They had to have been convinced… manipulated… brainwashed. They were victims of institutional conversion therapy. Tavistock is now the subject of a class action lawsuit on behalf of over 1,000 victims, and an upcoming book, Time To Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children, claims that 97.5% of children were misdiagnosed.

My question is, why aren’t parents and detransitioners themselves using these laws to take those people in positions of trust, who are responsible for tricking young, impressionable boys and girls into self-harm, to task legally? The teachers, school counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, physicians, clinics, and hospitals who engage in this child abuse are guilty and need to be held responsible. After all, each detransitioner is a victim of systematic “Conversion Therapy” which is a crime in most of America.

England’s Tavistock Transgender Clinic Referrals for 2018-19. They are all young, innocent, impressionable, easily manipulated children.

UPDATE: Mark Houck cleared of FACE Act charges in rebuke to Justice Department’s aggressive prosecution | Catholic News Agency

Pro-life activist Mark Houck was found not guilty Monday on federal assault charges stemming from a shoving incident outside a Philadelphia abortion clinic.

Source: UPDATE: Mark Houck cleared of FACE Act charges in rebuke to Justice Department’s aggressive prosecution | Catholic News Agency

Of course he was. His arrest was a blatant attempt by our federal government to intimidate Christians nationwide. The FBI, at the direction of the Justice Department, as part of the Executive Branch controlled by the President of the United States, arrested Mr. Houck in order to interfere with and disrupt his life. They had no expectation of actually getting a conviction on the merits of their case. It had no merits. They arrested him merely to intimidate him, cost him time and money, and let him, and every other pro-life citizen in the United States, know there is not a damn thing he can do about it because we live in a two-tier justice system.

Most Women Who Had Abortions Say They Felt Pressure To Do So, Study Finds | The Daily Caller

A recent study from the Charlotte Lozier Institute found that 61% of women who have had an abortion reported that they had faced external pressure.

“[B]y cloaking themselves in pro-women rhetoric, abortion advocates are simply giving a wink and a nod to those boyfriends and parents and employers who value the convenience of abortion over a woman’s physical and mental well-being, which is the opposite of pro-women,” Longbons said. “Surely, the findings of our latest peer-reviewed research underscore one point on which we should all be able to agree. No woman should ever feel pressured into accepting an unwanted abortion.”

Source: Most Women Who Had Abortions Say They Felt Pressure To Do So, Study Finds | The Daily Caller

Read the study here.

Milford’s bathroom battle – The Nashua Telegraph

MILFORD – The Milford School Board heard sometimes tearful testimony about a proposed change that would no longer allow students to use the bathroom and locker room that correspond with their gender identity.

The School Board debated a proposal Monday night to require students to use the restroom and locker room of their assigned sex at birth, which upset transgender, gender nonconforming students and their many supporters.

Source: Milford’s bathroom battle | News, Sports, Jobs – The Nashua Telegraph

The arguments against returning to normalcy (biological males urinating, defecating, showering, and changing in one room, while biological females perform the same tasks in a separate room) are an entertaining use of logical fallacies.

“In some places in the world (implying communist and Muslim nations) LGBTQ+ members [live in fear]. I don’t want my hometown, a place where I grew up to be a place like that.” As though, somehow peeing in a toilet that corresponds to the equipment in they/them’s underwear is equal to torture and beheadings. You bet…

“I didn’t attend high school to have my rights taken away or be undermined or to be treated less than anyone else.” Hmm. So not receiving “special privileges”, such as not having to adhere to the same bathroom etiquette as everyone else, is suddenly discriminatory. It is not a “right” for a biological male of any type to violate the privacy of biological females. You are attending high school at tax payer expense to get an education… learning to read, write, balance your finances, basic biology… that sort of thing, not to promote your personal woke, social justice warrior, CRT, and gender agenda.

“I want my high school experience to be just like everyone else’s.” Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a “standard” high school experience. Every individual has a different experience, even within their social group. To think every trans student is going to have the same high school experience as every other trans student, which will be the same as the nerds, the thespians, the goths, the stoners, and the jocks is ridiculous. Seriously, how many trans-boys are going to make J.V. or varsity football? There is a reason girls wrestling has their own state tournament limited to biological girls only. Pound for pound, they cannot compete against elite male wrestlers.

“If the policy is changed, depression in children and suicide rates will skyrocket.” Oh, really? Show me the evidence. You are saying that transgender children literally have no self-preservation instinct at all, and studies prove it! The truth is, if the adults in the room, the teachers, the councilors, the therapists, and the doctors, gave two shits about suicide rates in teens and young adults, they would recognize that the social contagion that is today’s transgender movement has sent suicide rates through the roof for the trans-population. It will be even worse in another five to ten years as forced conversion accelerates the number of false positives. Having them pee in a proper, gender specific bathroom is not going to push anyone over the edge, but removing the breasts from a young girl who was the subject institutional Cis-Conversion Therapy just might, when she figures out that she was tricked, she is really heterosexual, and now cannot breast feed her children.

“I know no adult wants [these bad things to happen]. The best way to help your children is to not discriminate,” Sorry, but the best way for me to help my children is to protect their rights… their right to grow up in as innocent and safe environment as possible… their right to figure out who they are without a bunch of adults and classmates attempting Conversion Therapy that leads to my child engaging in self-harm.

At the end of the day, the LGBTQ+ community in the school district did get a malicious little win, though. Male students are banned from using male urinals in the name of social justice.

UN Looking To Push Religious Communities To ‘Fully Comply’ With LGBTQ Agenda | The Daily Caller

The United Nations is releasing a report in June regarding the “perceived contradictions” between religious freedom and sexual orientation and gender identity, or SOGI, laws and is looking to push governments to “fully comply with their obligations under international human rights law to protect and empower LGBT+ persons,” according to a U.N. announcement.

Source: UN Looking To Push Religious Communities To ‘Fully Comply’ With LGBTQ Agenda | The Daily Caller

“For cryin’ out loud, it’s just a cake!” They/Them argued. Which puzzled me, because they/them is plural. Which would be okay if I was talking with a group of NeoLiberals, but I wasn’t. I was talking with a single person… not even a DSM 300.14.

“Would you demand a Jewish deli cater mini-bun ham sandwiches to a Neo Nazi awards banquet?” I queried, “Or how about a halal butcher, would you demand he butcher a wild boar you shot on a hunting trip? Would you protest an LDS diner for not serving beer or wine? How about a Polish Catholic florist, would you demand they make an arrangement in the shape of a swastika for an Aryan Nations wedding? Would you grow irate when the little Jehovah’s Witness boy could not come to your child’s birthday party? Why should religious be forced to violate their faith in order to cater to your lifestyle any more than you have to violate… what ever you happen to believe at the moment… to cater to theirs?”

“Those are all different,” They/Them retorted.

“How?” I asked.

“IT’S… JUST… A… CAKE…”screeched They/Them.

“Should a restaurant be able to refuse service to Christians if they made some of the employees uncomfortable?” I asked, “Even if the Christians made no request for special accommodations, did not proselytize and just wanted to eat in peace?”

“Oh absolutely,” replied They/Them, in shock I should even ask such a question. “The staff might be women and/or members of the LGBTQ+ community. Those are people with rights who deserve dignity and a safe work environment. A restaurant should respect their staff’s established rights as humans and strive to create a work environment where they can do their jobs with dignity, comfort and safety.”

“Thank it/it for letting me know where it/it stands,” I replied grimly.

They/Them frowned and called the Ontario Provincial Police.

CAMPUS WATCH: Tampon, pad dispensers installed in Western University men’s room | True North

Tampon and pad dispensers are being installed in men’s washrooms at the University of Western Ontario as part of a student union initiative to accommodate “students who menstruate.”

On its website, the Western University Student Council (USC) claims that females, transgender and “non-binary” peoples are not the only ones who experience periods.

Source: CAMPUS WATCH: Tampon, pad dispensers installed in Western University men’s room | True North

Western University was founded by Anglican Bishop Isaac Hellmuth, so the school has Christian roots. The school has numerous hard science programs including many in the field of healthcare. Personally, I would be very wary of a psychologist or a nurse sporting a degree from Western on their wall. There will be a good chance they/them will believe in the existence of fifty or more genders with all of them capable of menstruation. They/them may even believe biological men can menstruate and misdiagnose colorectal cancer or Crohn’s disease as a sign of fertility. At least the school is keeping up with the rapidly evolving Anglican theology, though I am fairly sure they could not find a single Biblical personality, from Adam to Christ, who would side with them.

Josh Alexander v Renfrew County Catholic District School Board | Liberty Coalition Canada

Case Description

Liberty Coalition Canada is assisting Josh Alexander, a grade 11 student at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School in Ontario. Josh was suspended for 20 days in late 2022 because he expressed his Christian beliefs, during class debates and on social media, that there are only two genders, that students cannot switch between genders, and that male students should not be permitted into the girls’ bathroom. The timing of this suspension also suggests retaliation for Josh organizing a student walk-out regarding the refusal of St. Joseph’s Principal, Derek Lennox, to address the concerns of a female student regarding male students accessing the girls’ washrooms.

Source: Josh Alexander v Renfrew County Catholic District School Board | Liberty Coalition Canada

Follow this link to access the entire summary. You will see that Mr. Alexander attempted to engage in proper discourse with the school before he engaged in his protest. The administration had an opportunity to handle the situation in line with Catholic doctrine quietly and behind closed doors.

Catholic school students kicked out of Smithsonian museum in DC over pro-life beanies | Fox News

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum kicked out a dozen Catholic high school students and their chaperones for wearing beanies inscribed with pro-life messages.

On Jan. 20, students and chaperones from Our Lady of the Rosary School based out of Greenville, South Carolina, traveled to Washington, D.C., for the annual National March for Life. The group members were all wearing matching blue beanies with the words “Rosary PRO-LIFE.”

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), representing the parents of some of the students involved, alleged that the museum staff mocked the students, hurled expletives and claimed the museum was a “neutral zone” where political or religious messages were not allowed.

Source: Catholic school students kicked out of Smithsonian museum in DC over pro-life beanies | Fox News

While the Smithsonian’s deputy director of communications, Alison Wood, later backtracked and said,

“Asking visitors to remove hats and clothing is not in keeping with our policy or protocols. We provided immediate training to prevent a re-occurrence of this kind of incident, and have determined steps to ensure this does not happen again.”

this event speaks volumes about America’s NeoLiberal Left. Washington D.C.’s population is 94% registered Democrats. The one American city that should most represent the Constitution of the United States and be a shining example of freedom and liberty for the rest of the world is actively denying American citizens their Constitutional Rights. Freedom of speech has changed into freedom of approved speech. Freedom of religion has changed to Freedom from religion. The right to bear arms has changed to the right to bare arms. The right to protest has changed to politically approved protest only. Equal protection under the law has changed into a two tier system of justice where “wrongthink” is prosecuted with prejudice and “rightthink” is rewarded for doing evil. Intellectual diversity within the community has been replaced by woke groupthink… intellectual blinders inside an intellectual bubble only ever listening to echoes in the safety of the chamber.

And that is probably why the staff and security at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum were triggered by the presence of pro-life Catholics and believed they were fully justified in discriminating against them. The staff and security likely believed they held the moral high ground… that the optics of the situation painted them as heroes of their woke cause… that Joe Biden might give them the Presidential Medal of Freedom like Megan Rapinoe. Why else would a person do such a thing? They have to believe they are good people and they were doing a public service in removing an imminent danger… like throwing themselves on a hand grenade.

“The Christians are here! The Christians are here! To arms! To arms! Lock the gates, man the walls, indoctrinate the children! The Christians are here!”

The last thing they would have expected was to get taken aside and chastised. They likely are aghast they got in trouble… even indignant. After all, their Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging training never mentioned anything about white, pro-life, conservative Christians.

Ontario police arrest Josh Alexander, who protested boys in girls’ bathrooms, for attending class – LifeSite

Alexander was handed a 20-day suspension on November 23, 2022, after organizing a school walkout in support of girls’ rights to access their facilities without the presence of male students. According to the LCC, Alexander was hoping to return to school on February 6, 2023 (the end of the 20 day suspension). However, after he said he would “continue to adhere to his religious beliefs regarding Biblical sexuality and gender,” the school board responded by “excluding Josh from attending St. Joseph’s for the rest of the school year.” 

‘I chose to attend school regardless of an unlawful exclusion order,’ the teenager told LifeSiteNews.

“The entire class was dismissed while the staff handled my situation,” the boy continued. “Shortly after, Ontario Provincial Police arrived and asked me to leave. Once again, I respectfully declined and they arrested me.”

Source: Ontario police arrest Josh Alexander, who protested boys in girls’ bathrooms, for attending class – LifeSite

Today’s update.

Catholic school board suspends Josh Alexander for rest of the year for opposing gender ideology – LifeSite

Renfrew County Catholic District School Board justified the suspension by saying Alexander’s beliefs constitute the ‘bullying of trans students.’

According to the LCC, Alexander was hoping to return to school on February 6, but because he informed the board he would “continue to adhere to his religious beliefs regarding Biblical sexuality and gender,” the board responded by “excluding Josh from attending St. Joseph’s for the rest of the school year.”

Source: Catholic school board suspends Josh Alexander for rest of the year for opposing gender ideology – LifeSite

This is going to be a fascinating case to watch. To have a Catholic school suspend a Christian student for proclaiming fundamental Catholic doctrine (that there are two genders, male and female, and that males have a God given directive to respect females – i.e. allow females privacy while toileting and changing their clothes, and not steal their sports trophies) certainly appears to be a break from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops position on how to handle gender identity and gender expression. It is also appears to be a break from the Vatican’s directives on gender theory.

I reached out to the Diocese of Pembroke and the Very Reverend Vicar Michael Smith offered some clarity to the incidence. The Catholic school system in Ontario is significantly different than that of the United States. In this case, the Renfrew County District Catholic schools are run by a School Board overseen by a Board of Trustees that is independent from the Diocese of Pembroke. While the Bishop can offer moral advice, he ultimately has no authority to intervene on school matters.

The Renfrew County Catholic District School Board is comprised completely of laity, and laity often believe they know better than the Church. I will admit, it is a trap I have fallen into more than once. People get frustrated when they believe the Church moves too slowly, without recognizing that speed kills. Many protestant denominations have speedily embraced secular humanism, hedonism, and other Woke theologies in the name of love and tolerance, only to find themselves fractured, with no moral compass nor rudder to steer them towards Christ.

Having two children that attended Catholic school, I have a keen understanding of the egos involved with both administration and families. While I strongly believe that St. Joseph’s, whose patron saint is the patron saint of families and fathers, and the School Board and the Board Trustees made a significant error in judgement in allowing a trans-female (a biological male with all the appropriate body parts) access to the traditional safe spaces reserved for young developing girls, I do not know who is responsible for the change in relationship between the school and Mr. Alexander. If reasonable parent and student concerns were arrogantly dismissed by the board in favor of being woke, leaving Mr. Alexander no choice but to make a fuss, then the board is completely in the wrong. However, if Mr. Alexander decided to lead a protest first, and come to the table for discussion second, he necessarily changed the nature of his relationship with the school, backing the adults and their egos into a corner. It will be interesting to see who tells the truth and who bears false witness as this case unfolds.

The bottom line for me is this: Had the School Board simply followed the Church’s teachings on how to lovingly handle transgender students, Mr. Alexander would have never had to protest to protect the rights of his biologically female classmates. I will definitely keep an eye on this case. It is fascinating.

Much more violence against Pro-life people than against Pro-choice since the Supreme Court Leak on May 3rd: 135 Attacks on Pro-life people between the Supreme Court Leak on May 3rd and September 24th, 2022, Only 6 attacks were identified in the other direction

The bottom line is that after the Dobbs decision was leaked, there was over 22 times more violence directed against pro-life groups than pro-choice organizations. However, if the media is less likely to cover violence against pro-life organizations, the 22 times estimate will underestimate the relative violence against these groups.

Source: Much more violence against Pro-life people than against Pro-choice since the Supreme Court Leak on May 3rd: 135 Attacks on Pro-life people between the Supreme Court Leak on May 3rd and September 24th, 2022, Only 6 attacks were identified in the other direction

This number is even worse when you add together ALL Christian churches and pro-life pregnancy centers that have suffered violence at the hands of the pro-abortion radicals and social justice warriors. While Portland, OR has not had any attacks on Planned Parenthood in recent history, violent leftists have attacked at least ten churches and two pro-life pregnancy centers since May of 2020. The same goes for the city of Seattle. Planned Parenthood merely suffers the horrors of peaceful vigils, while churches and pro-life pregnancy centers are torched and vandalized.

Police Shooting Statistics You Won’t See in the Fake News

I am just old enough to remember the hostile reception America’s Vietnam veterans received when they returned home at the hands of the social justice warriors of the day. It remains a national embarrassment, a yellow stain on the Baby Boomer generation. Today’s anti-police, defund the police crusade is cut from the same cloth. Why should any man or woman want to put their life on the line in the name of community safety and the rule of law when so many activists, high profile personalities, and journalists openly hate them? It is a national embarrassment. So the next time you see a police officer take the time to thank them for their service. If all the good ones quit because we treated them like something we just stepped in, what will be left?