horrible
It was passed overwhelmingly in the legislature. So the legislature is going to override the veto, right?
There hasn’t been a veto override in California since 1980 apparently.
democracy in action
Democracy truly dies in darkness.
Shocking? I’m not shocked.
You don’t have to vote for president but you should still support down-ballot democrats to protect vulnerable minorities 🍷 🍷
Death to all transphobes and transphobe enablers
Definitely. They get the wall.
Thank you Mr. Gruesome for protecting a hypothetical stealth-cis child, and all it took was a hundred trans lives.
Mr. Gruesome indeed!
Looked up threads about this on Reddit. Only found three threads on it. Nothing in /r/politics
- /r/transgender was going hard against it
- fucking /r/lgbt was justifying the action and saying its good because blah blah liberal bullshit.
- /r/california_politics used different reasoning but still justified it.
Had brunch with work colleagues (plenty “international” which means mostly anglosphere tech sphere aligned) and the majority defended his actions. Funnily they were all “allies” and the queers on the table were all against it. Which is kinda how it often is. The arguments were those of a “negative peace”, too.
Being an “ally” means absolutely nothing. I have 100% confidence in their total betrayal the second the wind shifts.
I understand your sentiment. I do believe that there are plenty of real allies who would have our backs (as some did show in the past already).
But those are mostly already active and their ally-ship is proven and the “title” isn’t something they claim, it is something proved and thereby given.
“Faith without works is dead”, on other words. An ally isn’t something you claim to be, it’s something you accomplish with your actions. That’s not how libs see it but that’s what it is.
it’s something you accomplish with your actions.
Exactly.
This legislation would require a court, when determining the best interests of a child in a child custody or visitation proceeding, to consider, among other comprehensive factors, a parent’s affirmation of the child’s gender identity or gender expression.
Never mind all the other legislation in other states and nationally that has been used to restrict trans rights that has passed, Newsom is sure that courts will strike down all of those eventually.
A visual of his logic:
Court Legislation Can provide human rights ✅ ❌ Can restrict human rights ✅ ✅ And if they don’t override his veto, he’s effectively correct, in California at least
Newsom let a medicare for all type bill expire on his desk that he has promised to pass
And now this
But neolibs will say it’s better than the alternative!! Which at this point is basically just a gun to our heads
I thought the Medicare-for-All bill never got voted on in the Assembly, despite having nominal support from a supposed majority. Or do they change the way it dies every session just to toy with us?
Oh yeah? Well I just veto’d a bill protecting Gavin Newsom.
we may have to start making excuses for the lack of terror
I think I have to vote harder
The ballot or the also the ballot.
Presidential ambitions