<div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4">Art, I find your argument a little disturbing. I wonder if you have ever been close to a transgender person and walked through their exeriences with them? This business about trangendered people is to bring them out of the closet. They are not freaks of nature and the situation is not funny. There is a difference between those who are homosexual (male or female) and those who feel they are transgendered. They were born into the wrong body.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">My dearest and oldest friend in the world is a man who was born into a woman's body. When I first met him, he was living a woman and preparing himself for his eventual transition. I was one of the few people around him who knew about this (long story behind that!) Anyway, he is now 70, has been happily married for 35 years to a heterosexual woman and it's been a long time since he felt he needed to destroy himself. You may have met him if you were at the Sunday Community mass where my daughter had her first communion. He is a Catholic and sponsored my entrance into the church 45 years ag</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">I was shocked to hear from him that in the U.S. doctors can refuseto treat a patient for any condition or disease if the patient is transgendered. This relates even to something oike cancer.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">I don't think there is any conspiracy here. I only know that this person who has meant so much in my life (and hundreds of others) has had a rewarding and peaceful life since his transition and he is a truly God-loving person who now feels comfortable in his body. I might add that transphobia in the world is something he has to deal with, too, especially in the American church.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Thanks for your honest and thoughtful input, Mario.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><i>Patricia Smiley<br></i></div><div><i>email: <a href="mailto:smileypatricia76@gmail.com" target="_blank">smileypatricia76@gmail.com</a><br></i></div><i>mobile: 647-517-1599<br></i></div><i> <br></i></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 1:00 PM Arthur Blomme via Sundaycommunity <<a href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca" target="_blank">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Below is an NCR article that is being circulated by leftish
friends who consider the article scientifically and theologically
correct. This surprises me because i see it as quite the
opposite; a regurgitation of trans-humanist transgender dogma.
The author in no way provides evidence for his key statements.
What is this "reality of transgender" and how does it supersede
the reality of "being born male or female"? The author talks
about the necessity of sex change surgery and hormone therapy but
why is it necessary? Studies show that the incidence of sexual
dysphoria in our public schools correlates directly with the
introduction of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identification
curriculum. Sexual dysphoria or sexual confusion is caused by the
TRANS AGENDA. Blind support for transgender ideology is rather
thoughtless in my opinion. <br>
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<p>This transgender issue is of critical importance in our society
at this time and we should be discussing the issue. The following
Youtube lecture is a much more scientific and theological
treatment of this issue than the NCR article critiquing the US
Bishops. It is evidentially based and not a trans-humanist faith
statement.<br>
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<h3><a href="https://youtu.be/tLXdoqXbC6k" target="_blank">Jennifer
Bilek | Who is Behind the TRANS AGENDA?-<font size="2">https://youtu.be/tLXdoqXbC6k</font></a></h3>
<p>Jennifer Bilek is an investigative journalist, a feminist and a
leading voice really looking behind the curtain at who is
pushing this TRANS AGENDA!<br>
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In this interview, we discuss one of the most controversial
subjects of our time: the massive effort to promote
transgenderism and to push "gender-affirming care" on children.
Everyone has heard of the documentary "What is a Woman" but that
film didn't dare ask: "Who is behind this?"<br>
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<p>The truth will set us free(John 6)<br>
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<p>Art<br>
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