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April 04, 2017  
Greetings from FRC Action! 
We wanted to share the following information with you from  our friends at 
California Family Council. If you have previously  received this message, 
please simply disregard this second  contact. We did, however, want to make 
certain that you, your  friends, and your neighbors would be aware of this 
very critical  information. 
We encourage you to join California Family Council in making  your voice 
heard today!  
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[This afternoon], a California senate committee will  consider a bill to 
radically redefine the meaning of the words  "male" and "female," and 
officially recognize a third gender,  "non-binary." SB 179, authored by Senator 
Toni 
Atkins (D-San  Diego) and Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) will  
streamline the process for people wanting to change their  gender on government 
documents, such as driver's licenses and  birth certificates. If the bill is 
approved, the gender listed  on these documents will no longer need to 
reflect biological  reality, but will be determined by personal preference and  
feelings.... 
At a _press conference_ (http://bit.ly/2n7F3Yh)  earlier this  year, Atkins 
described her excitement over this proposed law.  "It is moving us forward 
into a new world," Aktins declared.  "Where acceptance is the very 
foundation of letting people be  who they tell you they are." 
While sympathetic to the difficulties of those experiencing  gender 
dysphoria, California Family Council CEO Jonathan  Keller has grave concerns 
about 
this bill's impact. 
"We believe government documents need to reflect  biological facts for 
identification and medical purposes,"  Keller said. "Secondly, the bill 
advances 
a falsehood; that  being male or female, or no gender at all is a choice 
each  person must make, not a fact to celebrate and accept. Laws  like this 
will simply erase any meaningful gender  definitions, if being male or female 
is completely divorced  from biological facts."
A simplified process for parents to change the gender of  their children, 
even toddlers, is also a feature of this  bill.... 
_The American College of  Pediatricians (ACP)_ (http://bit.ly/2n7GZAi)  has 
publicly condemned changing the  gender of minors calling it "abusive." The 
organization  explained their position in an article on their website  
titled, "_Gender Ideology Harms  Children._ (http://bit.ly/2n7N4N4) " It 
states, 
"When an otherwise healthy  biological boy believes he is a girl, or an 
otherwise healthy  biological girl believes she is a boy, an objective  
psychological problem exists that lies in the mind not the  body, and it should 
be 
treated as such." 
The article goes on explain that many as 98% of gender  confused boys and 
88% of gender confused girls eventually  accept their biological sex after 
naturally passing through  puberty. 
"The [APC] maintains it is abusive to promote this  ideology, first and 
foremost for the well-being of the  gender dysphoric children themselves, and 
secondly, for all  of their non-gender-discordant peers, many of whom will  
subsequently question their own gender identity, and face  violations of 
their right to bodily privacy and  safety."
Under current California law, individuals can change their  sex on their 
birth certificate, but they must make the request  in person before a judge. 
Additionally, a doctor has to verify  an individual is receiving gender 
transitioning medical  treatment before making the change. SB 179 would remove 
both  of these requirements. Choosing a new sex on a driver's  license will 
only require a person to check one of three  boxes: male, female, or the new 
third gender option  "non-binary" for those who do not want to identify as 
either  sex. 
The bill will be heard in the Senate Transportation and  Housing Committee 
[today] at 1:30 p.m. Let the _members of this committee_ 
(http://bit.ly/2n7DFoL)   hear your thoughts about this troubling bill.
 
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Thank you for standing with us and California Family Council  to protect 
and defend Faith, Family, and Freedom! 
_Let the members of this committee  hear your thoughts about this troubling 
bill.  _ (http://bit.ly/2n7DFoL)                      
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