I just don't get it, is the Republican Party now so isolated in its own ideological bubble that it can't see anything outside it?
Is this what the voters really want? Along with Abortion, IVF I think they are going to lose the votes they need.
in Missouri
"House Bill 2885 would make it illegal for schoolteachers or counselors to support or contribute to the social transitioning of a transgender minor. Offenders would be placed on the sexual offender registry. Put in a more humane way, teachers who refuse to shame and insult trans kids will be classified as sex offenders. The bill defines what it calls “social transitioning” as when an individual adopts a name, pronouns and gender expression — such as clothing or a haircut — that does not match their assigned sex at birth.
So if a student named Samantha begins to experience “gender dysphoria” (which is what
health officials call it) and wants to be called Sam, and the teacher calls them Sam, suddenly the teacher is a sex offender?"
The Latest Salvo In The Anti-LGBTQ+ Range Wars: Criminalizing Teachers (yahoo.com)