It's well-settled law in America that you can say just about anything you want –
unless, of course, you live in California, where the new trend is to
force you to say things you don't want to say.But in California, the new trend is to force people to say things they don't want to say.
Calif. state sealThe first example of the California Legislature's buffoonery is SB 219, a bill that is allegedly designed to protect the rights of LGBT people in "long-term care facilities" (i.e., nursing homes). According to the pending bill, authored by California Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), LGBT seniors face discrimination, including in long-term care facilities. The bill attempts to address this perceived discrimination, and several provisions in the proposed bill would not be considered objectionable by most evangelicals.
However, there is also a glaring provision that forces employees of long-term care facilities to "use the resident's preferred pronoun." Simply put, a man who chooses to identify as a woman and wants to be referred to by the feminine pronoun "she" must be referred to as "she," regardless of religious beliefs of the employee, biology or common sense. Violation of the provision is a crime under this proposed legislation.
Yes – use the wrong pronoun, go to jail.
This must be a first in America –
referring to people by their genetic, biological gender constitutes a crime. If only James Madison, Father of the Constitution, were alive to see how America has devolved.
The second example of California compelling speech is the "Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency Act" (FACT).
This is a law directly targeting pro-life crisis pregnancy centers.
FACT requires all facilities with the primary purpose of "providing family planning or pregnancy-related services" to post in a "conspicuous place" – in a least 22-point type – a disclaimer that California has programs that provide "abortion for eligible women," and adding, "To determine if you qualify, contact the county social services office at [insert the number]" – requiring a pro-life facility to provide a telephone number for abortion referrals.
Illinois has a similar law, and Hawaii's Democrat-controlled legislature is about to approve its own version. The California law was challenged in federal court, but the law's constitutionality was upheld by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last October. Three other states have struck down similar laws, so the issue will likely be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
California is ground zero in efforts to create a brave, new secular world. Its latest efforts to compel speech are affirmation of what Dostoevsky wrote in his famous novel The Brothers Karamazov: "Without God, everything is permitted."
https://www.onenewsnow.com/perspectives/guest-commentary/2017/03/28/the-golden-state-ground-zero-for-a-brave-new-secular-world
