Pre-Filed Kentucky House Bills 45 & 49

WHEREAS, the Boone County Republican party recognizes that mental health issues are major concern today, especially among youth and young adults, AND

WHEREAS, parents are responsible for their minor children, and there is a definitive pattern of legislative attempts to remove parents from critical medical decision-making for their children, AND

WHEREAS, progressive Democrats continue to push an agenda that exacerbates confusion around sexual orientation and prevents appropriate care be provided to those suffering from gender dysphoria. These decisions should be between children, their parents, and their doctors, or between adults and their doctors, AND

WHEREAS, any attempt to prevent appropriate care, or criminalize people seeking care is abhorrent and abusive, AND

WHEREAS, the pre-filed bill 49 would criminalize parents, teachers, spiritual directors, medical professionals, and individuals who seek mental healthcare for themselves or their loved ones, AND

WHEREAS, the Kentucky KRS 344.010, relating to civil rights, is already comprehensive and appropriate. Discrimination on the basis of one’s gender is already prohibited, and there is no need to add additional language which will open the doors to persecuting parents, faith leaders, and medical professionals, AND

WHEREAS, for millennia, the foundation of a free, civil society is Traditional marriage and the Family. Bill Requests 45 & 49 attempt to break the structure of our Traditional support systems undermining family, religious leaders, and doctors. This is a serious mistake that will help usher in a Socialist/Communist support structure that will further erode our American freedoms, AND

WHEREAS, uninfringed lines of communication between the Family, Religious leaders, and doctors are critical to the health and well- being of all Kentucky citizens. A signature move of Socialist is to present legislation or rules as “helpful” when, in fact, it will end up hurting all of us in the long run, AND

WHEREAS, solidifying the rights of Parents and allowing professionals to speak freely on behalf of those in need assistance is a pillar of the Republican Party and a free and Conservative society,

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the members of the Boone County Republican Party, encourage any Republicans supporting this effort to realign with their party, and specifically call on Representative Kim Banta to withdrawal her co-sponsorship of pre-filed House Bills 45 and 49