Mia Wong

This was not like some narrow victory by the conservative faction.

No, it was almost everyone.

It passed 206 to 7.

Yeah.

Jesus Christ.

Interestingly, it was interesting listening to some of the proceedings of this, which may not be great for mental health, but was quite informative.

And one of the bishops involved, Robert Barron, cited Pope Francis, who was held out even sadly by some queer media as being this step forward for queer and trans rights, which I think was completely a farce.

held out his rampant transphobia, which he was always very clear about, and quoted him saying that, viewed the existence of trans people, they used the far-right term gender ideology, as, and I quote, repugnant to the Bible and to our tradition.

You could not ask for a more clear statement of hatred and extermination against trans people.

Yeah.

I mean, that's it.

This is not an institution that, you know, is slowly but surely getting better.

This is an institution that, outside of the PR— It's getting worse.

Yeah, is digging in on doing real, very reactionary harm.

And so the effects of that were pretty devastating and immediate.

I mean, we'll get into some folks who dealt with stuff later that same month due to this ban in a little bit.

But, like, the Catholic Church's healthcare networks are massive, right?

By some estimates, one in six, one in seven of all people in the U.S.

go through a Catholic health care system at some point in a given year.

It doesn't just include a few hospitals.