Glacier Queer Alliance director’s criticism off-base
An article by Taylor Inman in the Nov. 26 Daily Inter Lake detailed the concerns of the LGBTQ community here in Flathead County about their personal safety considering the shootings in Colorado Springs.
As I began reading the article, I realized that those concerns were based on the realization that when seconds count, law enforcement personnel are moments away. Could it be that this group had an epiphany about the 2nd Amendment? The increasing crime and violence in America since 2020, the Black Lives Matter riots and the defund the police movement are enough to make anyone be concerned about their safety.
I understand the concerns of any group of people who feel that they might be singled out for acts of violence. But the LGBTQ community are not the only ones who might be vulnerable to violent attacks. Single women, the elderly, and even, in some neighborhoods, being of the wrong race will make one the object of attack.
More importantly and relevant for those of us here in Flathead County is the danger of the increasing supply and incidences of fentanyl abuse. There are considerably more people dying of fentanyl overdoses in Montana than LGBTQ individuals shot nationwide.
However, since one’s personal safety is their own responsibility, not someone else’s, relying upon someone else to protect them is an immoral standard. The implicit principle there is that someone else’s life is worth less than yours and they should risk it to save yours.
So, I began to think of ways in which I could assist the Glacier Queer Alliance in achieving a greater sense of personal safety and confidence.
But, alas, the article then began quoting the executive director of the Queer Alliance, who quickly began attributing my efforts to protect children from being spayed, neutered and mutilated as hatred of the LGBTQ community. Nothing could be further from the truth. My efforts to protect children have nothing to do with the personal safety of the LGBTQ community.
God gave each of us “free will” and the freedom to live by His commandments or ignore them. The lifestyle of an adult is a personal choice and the decision of how they treat their bodies is theirs upon reaching adulthood. But children need protecting. Society, the state and each community have a vested interest in protecting children from decisions and events that would affect their lives forever.
And in the past few years, it has become increasingly evident that so called “gender affirming health care” for children dooms that child to a lifetime of medical intervention, disastrous side-effects, and does little to solve the underlying psychological problems.
Consequently, to attribute my efforts to save children from life-altering decisions that result in sterilization as hatred is the lowest form of discourse. It does nothing to provide solutions and/or care to confused children.
Yes, “gender dysphoria” is real, and yes, children suffering from such need love, support and care. But to sterilize them, mutilate them and doom them to a lifetime of expensive medical dependency is not only wrong; it should be a crime.
Recently Vanderbilt University Medical Center was criticized for its stance that “gender re-assignment surgery” is a major source of income. Various elective surgeries in the name of “gender transition” that disfigure healthy bodies is looked upon as a vital source of revenue and employees were told that if they had any moral or religious reservations, they should seek employment elsewhere. Has our society and the medical community sunk so low, that they view a child’s sexual confusion as an opportunity to make money?
Must every criticism of viewpoints be attributed to hate? If the LGBTQ community chooses to believe that my motivation comes from hatred, all I can say is that they need to investigate their own hearts. We should join hands and nurture, protect and help our children grow, prosper and mature, not experiment on them.
Rep. John Fuller, R-Whitefish, was elected to represent Senate District 4 in the 2023 Legislature.