1 00:00:03,697 --> 00:00:05,924 Welcome to faith and freedom. We hope to 2 00:00:05,924 --> 00:00:08,945 inform, inspire and encourage you to stand up 3 00:00:08,945 --> 00:00:11,430 for faith and freedom. As we discuss victories 4 00:00:11,430 --> 00:00:14,323 and challenges in the courts in public policy 5 00:00:14,461 --> 00:00:16,774 and in the culture. Faith and freedom is 6 00:00:16,774 --> 00:00:19,348 brought to you by Liberty Counsel, a litigation 7 00:00:19,645 --> 00:00:20,800 education and policy 8 00:00:21,339 --> 00:00:23,899 organization. Join us now as we address the 9 00:00:23,899 --> 00:00:27,420 latest cultural issues across America and around the 10 00:00:27,420 --> 00:00:27,795 world 11 00:00:30,133 --> 00:00:31,401 2 major rulings, 12 00:00:31,876 --> 00:00:34,412 regarding medical mutilation, We're gonna be talking about 13 00:00:34,412 --> 00:00:36,728 them on faith Freedom, My Matt S, founder 14 00:00:36,728 --> 00:00:38,792 and Chairman of Liberty Counsel joining me is 15 00:00:38,951 --> 00:00:40,539 Holly Meade. We can know recently in an 16 00:00:40,539 --> 00:00:42,603 8 to 1 decision this to Texas supreme 17 00:00:42,841 --> 00:00:43,341 Court 18 00:00:43,715 --> 00:00:44,112 upheld. 19 00:00:44,604 --> 00:00:47,236 The state's new law that protects children from 20 00:00:47,236 --> 00:00:51,325 these harmful puberty blockers, hormones and medical mu 21 00:00:51,463 --> 00:00:53,537 surgeries, and it's so refreshing matt to see 22 00:00:53,537 --> 00:00:53,936 a court. 23 00:00:54,668 --> 00:00:55,487 Actually rule 24 00:00:55,863 --> 00:01:00,642 against this horrendous ludicrous gender ideology and protect 25 00:01:00,642 --> 00:01:02,713 children and let them be children. Yeah. The 26 00:01:02,713 --> 00:01:05,113 court determined that law did not violate the 27 00:01:05,193 --> 00:01:08,211 State's constitution and allowed Texas to remain 1 28 00:01:08,211 --> 00:01:12,104 of 25 states that restrict parents from accessing 29 00:01:12,104 --> 00:01:14,924 and doctors from prescribing experimental 30 00:01:15,458 --> 00:01:16,356 and often 31 00:01:16,731 --> 00:01:19,833 irreversible gender procedures for children. The Texas Supreme 32 00:01:19,992 --> 00:01:23,600 Court Justice Rebecca Huddle, who offered the majority 33 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,299 opinion emphasize that children 34 00:01:25,997 --> 00:01:29,121 with gender confusion, deserve support and appropriate treatment. 35 00:01:29,279 --> 00:01:32,058 But noted the types of treatment for this 36 00:01:32,058 --> 00:01:34,440 condition are hot debated throughout the world. The 37 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:34,940 laws 38 00:01:36,043 --> 00:01:38,831 challenger in this case are several parents seeking 39 00:01:38,831 --> 00:01:40,901 these procedures for their children, as well as 40 00:01:40,901 --> 00:01:41,401 doctors 41 00:01:42,016 --> 00:01:44,700 seeking them for their minor patients just to 42 00:01:44,819 --> 00:01:47,546 Hud stated the court only evaluated the case 43 00:01:47,921 --> 00:01:51,660 from a distinctly legal perspective on whether fit 44 00:01:51,660 --> 00:01:54,143 parents have a right under the law to 45 00:01:54,143 --> 00:01:57,255 access these novel medical procedures for their children 46 00:01:57,255 --> 00:01:59,489 and whether doctors have the right to administer 47 00:01:59,489 --> 00:02:02,718 them. And the justice Hud said 48 00:02:03,097 --> 00:02:04,935 that fit parents have a right to raise 49 00:02:04,935 --> 00:02:07,251 their children without government and interference, but noted 50 00:02:07,251 --> 00:02:09,759 the right is not apt salute to demand 51 00:02:10,054 --> 00:02:12,359 illegal procedures. You don't mind. I've never walked 52 00:02:12,359 --> 00:02:14,663 in those shoes, but it's it's truly astounding 53 00:02:14,663 --> 00:02:16,809 to me that a parent would actually go 54 00:02:16,809 --> 00:02:18,678 through these to steps 55 00:02:19,136 --> 00:02:21,472 to have their child 56 00:02:22,249 --> 00:02:25,202 take these puberty blockers hormones and even go 57 00:02:25,202 --> 00:02:28,092 to the extent of cutting off healthy body 58 00:02:28,092 --> 00:02:30,729 parts, but I think this justice is really 59 00:02:30,729 --> 00:02:32,647 good and saying, we're not taking away your 60 00:02:32,647 --> 00:02:35,376 parental rights, your authority. But this is crossing 61 00:02:35,376 --> 00:02:37,440 the line. Yeah. Well, at least 25 states 62 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:38,654 now have passed similar 63 00:02:39,186 --> 00:02:40,536 legislation protecting children. 64 00:02:41,092 --> 00:02:42,997 The other states include, and I'll give a 65 00:02:42,997 --> 00:02:45,241 list of them, but it's quite significant. And 66 00:02:45,241 --> 00:02:46,678 way, by the way, have a list of 67 00:02:46,678 --> 00:02:47,417 all of these 68 00:02:47,875 --> 00:02:50,110 on our website, l c dot org forward 69 00:02:50,110 --> 00:02:52,995 slash help kids forward slash. Help kids. Mh. 70 00:02:53,233 --> 00:02:56,812 So these include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, 71 00:02:57,050 --> 00:02:57,448 Idaho, 72 00:02:57,925 --> 00:03:02,473 Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, help Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, 73 00:03:02,791 --> 00:03:04,222 Nebraska, North Carolina, 74 00:03:04,779 --> 00:03:08,516 North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, 75 00:03:08,755 --> 00:03:10,186 Tennessee, Texas Utah, 76 00:03:10,917 --> 00:03:13,943 West Virginia and Wyoming. You know, and it's 77 00:03:13,943 --> 00:03:15,455 just astounding to me that we're at the 78 00:03:15,455 --> 00:03:17,764 place where we have to pass laws and 79 00:03:17,764 --> 00:03:18,662 go to court 80 00:03:18,974 --> 00:03:19,715 over this 81 00:03:20,094 --> 00:03:22,275 subject of whether we 82 00:03:23,215 --> 00:03:25,295 destroy our children for the rest of their 83 00:03:25,295 --> 00:03:26,515 lives and 84 00:03:26,828 --> 00:03:29,294 go down this gender ideology road, 85 00:03:29,771 --> 00:03:32,555 but unfortunately, we are here now and kudos 86 00:03:32,555 --> 00:03:34,502 to these states that are passing 87 00:03:34,876 --> 00:03:36,307 legislation to protect them. Yeah. So it's a 88 00:03:36,307 --> 00:03:38,214 great decision from the Texas Supreme Court. They 89 00:03:38,214 --> 00:03:40,678 tried to challenge us under Texas law in 90 00:03:40,678 --> 00:03:43,238 the Texas constitution. They got slammed 8 to 91 00:03:43,238 --> 00:03:46,738 1. Mh. Great decision. In September 20 23, 92 00:03:46,897 --> 00:03:49,641 the federal 6 a court of appeals ruled 93 00:03:49,699 --> 00:03:52,090 2 to 1 to uphold similar laws protecting 94 00:03:52,090 --> 00:03:55,198 minors in Kentucky and Tennessee. And last August, 95 00:03:56,249 --> 00:03:59,040 the eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that 96 00:03:59,439 --> 00:04:02,252 Alabama can fully enforce its 20 22 vulnerable 97 00:04:02,470 --> 00:04:05,341 child compassion and Protection Act, which also makes 98 00:04:05,341 --> 00:04:06,414 it a felony 99 00:04:06,951 --> 00:04:08,728 to provide any of these procedures 100 00:04:09,186 --> 00:04:11,180 to a minor. That's the same court that, 101 00:04:11,739 --> 00:04:13,469 ruled in favor of us for our... Our 102 00:04:13,589 --> 00:04:16,214 Christian counseling cases. Right? The eleventh circuit? That's 103 00:04:16,214 --> 00:04:16,692 right. Yeah. 104 00:04:17,726 --> 00:04:19,556 So it's the same it's the same court 105 00:04:19,556 --> 00:04:21,796 of appeals for sure. Mh They ruled twice 106 00:04:21,796 --> 00:04:23,780 in favor of us. We're making it the 107 00:04:23,780 --> 00:04:25,527 first decision in the country to strike down 108 00:04:25,527 --> 00:04:28,487 these counseling bands. Yeah. That 109 00:04:28,860 --> 00:04:29,416 Forcing the kids. 110 00:04:30,470 --> 00:04:32,629 Forcing the kids really. Yeah. Pushing them into 111 00:04:32,629 --> 00:04:36,230 this gender confusion, affirming their genetic confusion, pushing 112 00:04:36,230 --> 00:04:38,709 them into the medical mutilation. Right. Just the 113 00:04:38,709 --> 00:04:40,636 opposite of what these laws are doing. Mh. 114 00:04:41,193 --> 00:04:42,069 So this 115 00:04:43,661 --> 00:04:45,970 is a big big issue that's happening around 116 00:04:45,970 --> 00:04:47,895 the country. But also course, you know, the 117 00:04:47,895 --> 00:04:50,543 biden administration in this law or hospital. 118 00:04:51,157 --> 00:04:53,782 Trying to weapon the federal government against individuals 119 00:04:53,861 --> 00:04:55,702 Well. Of you know, they are trying to 120 00:04:55,702 --> 00:04:58,899 push the health and human services rule to 121 00:04:59,193 --> 00:05:01,176 force this issue on the states. But and 122 00:05:01,176 --> 00:05:03,418 they want taxpayers to pay for Yeah. And 123 00:05:03,418 --> 00:05:05,816 this is under, you know, Xavier Pac who 124 00:05:05,816 --> 00:05:08,692 was the attorney general in California, and he's 125 00:05:08,692 --> 00:05:10,690 the 1 who brought the bogus 126 00:05:11,104 --> 00:05:12,243 Politically charged 127 00:05:13,262 --> 00:05:16,458 indictment against Sandra Merit David, and we're continuing 128 00:05:16,458 --> 00:05:17,677 to defend Sandra 129 00:05:18,056 --> 00:05:19,335 in the criminal charges, 130 00:05:19,988 --> 00:05:22,301 from the aftermath of Be, and before him, 131 00:05:22,461 --> 00:05:23,200 his predecessor, 132 00:05:23,976 --> 00:05:27,326 Kamala Harris. Mh So now he's been tapped 133 00:05:27,326 --> 00:05:29,342 and has been at the very beginning by 134 00:05:29,893 --> 00:05:32,440 The biden administration, Joe Biden because of his 135 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:33,975 very radical pro abortion 136 00:05:34,510 --> 00:05:34,908 ideology, 137 00:05:35,625 --> 00:05:37,750 but that has now issue 138 00:05:38,429 --> 00:05:40,506 there's an injunction against this Hhs rule. 139 00:05:41,544 --> 00:05:44,121 Federal judge in Mississippi has ordered a nationwide 140 00:05:44,340 --> 00:05:44,795 injunction 141 00:05:45,555 --> 00:05:48,375 blocking a new Biden administration rule from forcing 142 00:05:48,435 --> 00:05:50,835 states to use taxpayer dollars to pay for 143 00:05:50,835 --> 00:05:51,955 harmful puberty blockers, 144 00:05:52,528 --> 00:05:53,028 hormones 145 00:05:53,483 --> 00:05:53,983 and 146 00:05:54,358 --> 00:05:54,836 surgeries. 147 00:05:55,393 --> 00:05:57,780 So 15 states had sued the Us Department 148 00:05:57,780 --> 00:05:59,849 of Health and Human services alleging that the 149 00:05:59,849 --> 00:06:01,384 new final rule 150 00:06:01,935 --> 00:06:04,995 would require state health plans to pay for 151 00:06:05,055 --> 00:06:06,594 unproven and costly procedures 152 00:06:07,134 --> 00:06:09,214 that can harm and mutilated a person according 153 00:06:09,214 --> 00:06:10,995 to the ruling the judge agreed 154 00:06:11,389 --> 00:06:14,349 that the Hhs was attempting to form a 155 00:06:14,349 --> 00:06:15,729 regime of health regulators 156 00:06:16,669 --> 00:06:19,889 committed to gender ideology over medical reality 157 00:06:20,364 --> 00:06:22,907 and applied the injunction to all of the 158 00:06:22,907 --> 00:06:24,735 states. This is a great ruling. It sure 159 00:06:24,735 --> 00:06:26,801 isn't and then separate from this ruling, the 160 00:06:27,278 --> 00:06:29,758 Hhs new rule that also operates. As if 161 00:06:29,758 --> 00:06:32,711 the definition of sex includes gender identity, 162 00:06:33,908 --> 00:06:36,622 15 states alleged that the rule would have 163 00:06:36,622 --> 00:06:37,475 empowered those 164 00:06:37,831 --> 00:06:40,314 with gender confusion to d sex 165 00:06:40,686 --> 00:06:43,224 discrimination for being denied under 166 00:06:43,700 --> 00:06:47,527 insurance coverage for so called gender transition for 167 00:06:47,527 --> 00:06:47,925 procedures. 168 00:06:48,402 --> 00:06:50,391 The states claim the rule would force, 169 00:06:50,948 --> 00:06:52,221 state health care plans, 170 00:06:52,873 --> 00:06:55,027 under a threat of losing billions of dollars 171 00:06:55,027 --> 00:06:56,165 in federal funding 172 00:06:56,542 --> 00:06:59,892 to pay for these interventions that cause irreversible 173 00:06:59,892 --> 00:07:02,285 harms on these gender confused children. 174 00:07:02,779 --> 00:07:05,180 Yeah. The ruling here in this case, marks 175 00:07:05,180 --> 00:07:07,660 now the fourth federal court. Mh. In the 176 00:07:07,660 --> 00:07:09,360 last several weeks to strike down 177 00:07:09,832 --> 00:07:11,971 the final rules from the Biden administration in 178 00:07:12,050 --> 00:07:14,689 May 20 24, the Us Department of Education 179 00:07:15,061 --> 00:07:18,009 modified its title 9 final. Role by redefining 180 00:07:18,009 --> 00:07:20,309 the word sex to include gender identity into 181 00:07:20,309 --> 00:07:21,975 sex based discrimination protections. 182 00:07:23,085 --> 00:07:25,084 So we have a number of lawsuits that 183 00:07:25,084 --> 00:07:26,910 are happening from a number of states and 184 00:07:26,910 --> 00:07:29,293 thank goodness for these attorney generals that are 185 00:07:29,293 --> 00:07:30,270 bringing these lawsuits. 186 00:07:31,199 --> 00:07:32,255 Law Biden 187 00:07:32,708 --> 00:07:35,136 administration that that is using 188 00:07:35,832 --> 00:07:36,572 Hhs rules 189 00:07:37,268 --> 00:07:39,204 and using title 9 rules 190 00:07:40,140 --> 00:07:44,165 to tried to push this gender ideology on 191 00:07:44,542 --> 00:07:48,131 on schools, on hospitals, on insurance companies, on 192 00:07:48,131 --> 00:07:51,100 private individuals and employees and employer. Alright. I 193 00:07:51,100 --> 00:07:52,480 mean, when have you ever seen a president 194 00:07:52,540 --> 00:07:52,860 push, 195 00:07:53,660 --> 00:07:55,100 and I use our president Loosely, 196 00:07:55,580 --> 00:07:56,080 push 197 00:07:56,460 --> 00:07:57,439 you know, transgender 198 00:07:57,819 --> 00:08:00,864 visibility day and things like... That... On Easter 199 00:08:00,864 --> 00:08:03,246 sunday Yes. I mean, talk about bla me 200 00:08:03,246 --> 00:08:05,470 there. But you just see their agenda. They're 201 00:08:05,470 --> 00:08:07,161 pushing this so hard 202 00:08:08,189 --> 00:08:10,270 number 1 to mu children and they're making 203 00:08:10,270 --> 00:08:12,430 a lot of money off of this. Well, 204 00:08:12,830 --> 00:08:15,242 this is, you know, 2 good developments. Obviously, 205 00:08:15,401 --> 00:08:17,703 the Texas Supreme Court, Mh. A ruling that, 206 00:08:18,259 --> 00:08:21,275 allows the Texas law to protect children to 207 00:08:21,275 --> 00:08:22,069 go into effect. 208 00:08:23,673 --> 00:08:27,169 That now is 1 of 25 states that 209 00:08:27,169 --> 00:08:28,917 have passed similar laws. So half of the 210 00:08:28,917 --> 00:08:31,659 states in the nation, and you can basically 211 00:08:31,795 --> 00:08:33,864 judge which half. It's the red states versus 212 00:08:33,864 --> 00:08:37,286 the blue states. Absolutely. You know, politics does 213 00:08:37,286 --> 00:08:41,076 matter. Voting matters. Elections matter. Elections consequences. 214 00:08:41,615 --> 00:08:44,492 And, you know, you really have this as 215 00:08:44,492 --> 00:08:46,544 a red state versus blue state 216 00:08:47,220 --> 00:08:49,206 distinction. That's why you have 25 states. Mh. 217 00:08:49,445 --> 00:08:52,011 It should not be. No. It should cross 218 00:08:52,226 --> 00:08:54,787 political ideology. This is not a political ping 219 00:08:54,787 --> 00:08:54,947 pong. 220 00:08:55,825 --> 00:08:56,623 But unfortunately, 221 00:08:57,101 --> 00:08:59,894 there is a party that has been captured 222 00:08:59,894 --> 00:09:01,625 by the abortion and 223 00:09:02,065 --> 00:09:04,225 Lgbt lgbtq gender ideology. 224 00:09:04,865 --> 00:09:07,504 That is very radical, and it provides very 225 00:09:07,504 --> 00:09:08,784 little room in those, 226 00:09:10,076 --> 00:09:12,626 situations for anybody with a dissent view. Right. 227 00:09:12,785 --> 00:09:13,843 I mean, this this 228 00:09:14,698 --> 00:09:18,860 agenda, this administration hates our country hates the 229 00:09:18,860 --> 00:09:19,360 church 230 00:09:19,898 --> 00:09:22,372 and hates children, but they wanna make money 231 00:09:22,372 --> 00:09:23,969 off of this on the other hand. Well, 232 00:09:24,128 --> 00:09:26,299 it's a it's an awful situation. You know, 233 00:09:26,379 --> 00:09:27,100 when you look at, 234 00:09:27,820 --> 00:09:29,340 Joe Biden, he ran. He says he was 235 00:09:29,340 --> 00:09:30,860 gonna be the president of all people. And, 236 00:09:30,940 --> 00:09:31,259 in fact, 237 00:09:31,980 --> 00:09:33,980 you know, when you start pushing this kind 238 00:09:33,980 --> 00:09:35,272 of stuff on people, 239 00:09:36,149 --> 00:09:36,548 abortion, 240 00:09:37,425 --> 00:09:38,781 Lgbtq, and you just put it in their 241 00:09:38,781 --> 00:09:41,014 face and push it. And you constantly get 242 00:09:41,014 --> 00:09:43,008 knocked down by the courts. Thankfully, we do 243 00:09:43,008 --> 00:09:43,805 have the court system. 244 00:09:44,456 --> 00:09:46,518 It's no wonder why Joe Biden doesn't like 245 00:09:46,518 --> 00:09:48,263 our court system. And it's no wonder why 246 00:09:48,263 --> 00:09:50,167 he wants to put the United States under 247 00:09:50,167 --> 00:09:52,803 the World Health organization so that we wouldn't 248 00:09:52,803 --> 00:09:54,979 be governed by our federal 249 00:09:55,436 --> 00:09:57,670 constitution in our Us courts, but be governed 250 00:09:57,670 --> 00:09:59,585 by some United Nations charter, 251 00:10:00,479 --> 00:10:02,157 and we'd have to take up our grievances, 252 00:10:02,317 --> 00:10:04,415 not in the United States, but some foreign 253 00:10:04,474 --> 00:10:05,993 nation that's hostile to us. 254 00:10:06,872 --> 00:10:08,845 The good thing is that these fights are 255 00:10:09,202 --> 00:10:10,951 continuing. We are winning these battles. 256 00:10:11,666 --> 00:10:14,368 It can be tiring to have all these 257 00:10:14,368 --> 00:10:16,490 battles happen. But the good news is are 258 00:10:17,006 --> 00:10:18,995 you never give up. 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