Kansas GOP voted to pass a resolution Saturday that indicates the party will oppose all efforts to surgically or hormonally change one’s body based on the notion that the physical form may not correlate with the their identity (or identity of choice).
A committee of roughly 180 Kansas politicians (including delegates from each congressional district in the state) passed the resolution, according to The Wichita Eagle’s Sunday report, which affirms self-perception does not and should not possess the gravity to change one’s biological sex. The document opposes all surgical and hormonal procedures for identity alteration(s).
Kansas Republican Party should advocate for policies and ideas that encourage a healthy society, resolution proposer Eric Teetsel told The Eagle. He noted, “an ideology that says you can determine your own gender identity is broken and it’s going to lead to a lot of pain.”
“Ultimately, we are motivated by love. It is concern for the well-being of others that drives us to seek out what is true and not just for society, but for them personally,” Teetsel added.
Equality Kansas doesn’t see the move as one of love, however, calling it “an undignified and crass assault.” The group purports that it’s mission is to “end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.” This is “yet another attempt to dehumanize those who do not fit inside the narrow, world view of Brownback, his family and his wing of the Republican party,” Equality Kansas director Tom Witt told The Eagle.
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