Kristen Wagoner
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It also reinforces the idea that states have the right and the room to manage their election procedures.
On the other hand, if the RNC and its allies win, it will likely be seen as a win for advocates of election integrity.
I'm quite sure that members of Congress way back when didn't foresee the world in which we live with all the technology.
But what they did foresee and seem concerned about was fraud and establishing a clear rule to prevent it.
In terms of the timing of all this, though, we probably won't get a decision until June or even early July.
It potentially could, yes.
One way or the other, this decision is going to change the election landscape, including possibly the rules that the November midterms will be subject to.
Colorado's description of conversion therapy is very misleading, and I think intentionally so.
It actually, in the statute itself, defines conversion therapy as including any practice that you engage in that helps a client lessen their behaviors or change their behaviors, their affections, their attractions.
And so it includes just simple conversations that we know the science says people benefit from.
Kids need to be heard and be able to talk through things.
And that is actually labeled as conversion therapy in this law.
You can't lump things in that are different.
And again, Kaylee's counseling is simply listening and talking as are a number of therapists that are out there trying to help these kids navigate this issue.
Colorado is saying, look, if you have a client that comes to you, a minor in this case, who's voluntarily wanting to be listened to and to talk to, and they say, I'm uncomfortable with my body.
Can you help me align my identity with my biological sex?
Colorado says it has the power to censor those conversations and say, you can't even talk about that unless you help them transition to the opposite sex.
It's blatant viewpoint discrimination and violates the First Amendment.
It is a one-way ratchet that is designed to push kids down a radical path.
And what the science tells us, and even what has uncontested in this case, is that 90% of kids who are allowed to just go through puberty, who are experiencing gender dysphoria, but they naturally grow comfortable with their bodies naturally.