JUST IN: Maine judiciary committee KILLS bill creating a 'sanctuary state' for child sex changes

A Maine legislative judiciary committee killed a bill on Thursday evening that would have permitted minors to travel to the state to seek sex changes and granted the state custody over children.

Edward Tomic for The Maine Wire reported that the present committee members voted unanimously against passing LD 1735 in a 12 to zero vote.

Alvin Lui, president of Courage is a Habit, the group that spearheaded the effort to stop the bill, told The Post Millennial, "My team and I are so incredibly grateful for every single person that wrote emails and shared it with their family and friends. What we do really doesn’t matter if people don’t take action. And this was a loud and clear message by parents across America to the Transgender Cult that their emotional blackmail is coming to an end. Parents don’t care about labels anymore. This cult will not take our children." 

"Every day we are inundated with so many big issues that make the average American feel helpless. This win that they were able to achieve proves that the individual American Patriot is not helpless. 

"This 12-0 defeat of this Transgender Trafficking Bill was done in a blue state that allows 9-month abortions and 16-year-olds can obtain Transgender drugs and surgeries without parental consent. This absolute win is only a glimpse of what can happen when Americans take action and reject those who hate America, our Constitution, and parental rights," Lui concluded.

Opening up the hearing into the bill, Committee Chair Matt Moonen, (D-Portland) who was also one of the sponsors of the bill, said "I feel pretty clear that Maine values standard of care medicine. We also value our providers who offer that care to Mainers.

"They work hard across many fields to care for the health and well-being of all people in Maine."

He later added, "I really appreciate the bill’s sponsors’ intent to show folks in the transgender community here in Maine that we support them. The intent to show our providers in our healthcare system that we value them. And that we will protect Maine from unfounded attacks from other states."

Moonen said that "healthcare bans" were being passed in other states claiming that "some of those bans deny parents’ rights by denying parents the ability to get their kids the healthcare that they need to thrive."

"The initial draft of LD 1735 contained language that is not needed to accomplish any of the core goals that I have just outlined."

Moonen added, "Because that bill contains that language that does not further any of those goals, I would move 'ought not to pass.'"

Senator Eric Brakey (R-Androscoggin) "There are certain lines that need to be respected as far as the authority of the family versus the authority of the state."

"This legislation takes a great leap over that line," noting that he felt the bill allowed the state to take custody of children "in a way that does not feel appropriate to me."

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