For now ‘troubling trend’ is here for parents who refuse to say ‘xe/xir’

(American Family News) The ongoing legal battle involves the Cox family, a devout Catholic family led by husband and wife Mary and Jeremy Cox. Their ongoing fight is with a state agency, Indiana Department of Child Services, which removed their teenage son from the home in 2021 after the parents refused to recognize him as a female.

Lori Windham, senior counsel with Becket Law, tells AFN the parents refused to use pronouns and a female first name because of their religious faith. Their appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which laid out a First Amendment argument, came after a federal appeals court ruled against them in 2022.  (Read More)

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