This is terrifying.
There’s a California bill that could ban the sale of books advocating Christian sexual morality and theological orthodoxy? Seriously? Yes, seriously. A grotesquely unconstitutional bill is sailing through the California assembly: https://t.co/OFNco4DAvH
— David French (@DavidAFrench) April 17, 2018
From the National Review:
Assembly Bill 2943 would make it an “unlawful business practice” to engage in “a transaction intended to result or that results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer” that advertise, offer to engage in, or do engage in “sexual orientation change efforts with an individual.”
The bill then defines “sexual orientations change efforts” as “any practices that seek to change an individual’s sexual orientation. This includes efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions, or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same sex.” (Emphasis added.)
Whether or not you agree with the goods in question, that any government would knowingly work to ban any such goods is a huge red flag.
Even in California.
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/986985956489224193
That’s not what David said.
California law already rightly bans torture. This is about speech, but you know that. https://t.co/cZZVDQnreL
— David French (@DavidAFrench) April 19, 2018
She does know that.
Or does she?
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/986987012707233792
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Huh?
The bill deals with more than just kids, but you know that. It goes beyond “conversion therapy,” but you know that. https://t.co/74xwkMFtaJ
— David French (@DavidAFrench) April 19, 2018
It’s about government overstepping and banning the sale of any good; any person who supports free speech and free ideas should absolutely condemn this bill regardless of their personal beliefs around the LGBTQ community. Imagine the fit they’d throw if a state was banning books or goods promoting the gay community.
They’d lose their minds.
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/986988318788390913
We feel like we’re saying, ‘Oh boy,’ a lot today.
Oh boy.
The bill is broader than that. But, again, you know that. https://t.co/2LqlinOmng
— David French (@DavidAFrench) April 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/986989064862797825
What does Parker think goods are? Books are absolutely a good.
Books are “goods.” The bill pertains to the sale of goods. https://t.co/f0eKLxwtLj
— David French (@DavidAFrench) April 19, 2018
But she knows that.
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/986989269754490881
The bill encompasses efforts to change behavior, not just orientation or identity. A book urging gay celibacy would be covered. Look at the definition of “sexual orientation change efforts.” (By the way, even the book you describe below would be protected by the First Amendment.) https://t.co/0xV05rFK0q
— David French (@DavidAFrench) April 19, 2018
We’ll say it again … but she knows that.
Heh.
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