{"id":2050784,"date":"2023-09-30T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T17:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/controversial-church-funds-transporting-kids-for-puberty-blockers-sex-change-mutilations\/"},"modified":"2023-09-30T13:03:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T17:03:07","slug":"controversial-church-funds-transporting-kids-for-puberty-blockers-sex-change-mutilations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/controversial-church-funds-transporting-kids-for-puberty-blockers-sex-change-mutilations\/","title":{"rendered":"Church funds used for transporting children for puberty blockers and gender-affirming surgeries spark controversy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcontroversial-church-funds-transporting-kids-for-puberty-blockers-sex-change-mutilations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2050784&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Controversial Church Funds Transporting Kids For Puberty Blockers, &#8216;Sex-Change&#8217; Mutilations<\/h2>\n<p>A Texas group that identifies itself as a church is actively \u200dworking to transport children out of state to give them access to puberty blockers and \u201csex-change\u201d mutilations.<\/p>\n<p>The Galileo Church\u200c in Fort Worth \u2064has \u200cset up an initiative\u200d known as the North Texas TRANSsportation Network (NTTN) to\u200d provide children from 19 different counties who identify as\u200c \u201ctransgender\u201d or\u2062 \u201cgender-diverse\u201d with a \u2063$1,000\u2062 travel voucher to seek treatment outside their home state.<\/p>\n<p>The church\u2019s website identifies it as part of the denomination called Christian Church \u200d(Disciples of Christ)\u2064 and its Facebook page\u2063 describes it as a \u200c\u201cquirky, LGBTQ-friendly\u2064 church seeking spiritual refugees in Fort Worth,\u2064 Texas, and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NTTN part of the church\u2019s website reads, \u201cGalileo Church has, as its first missional priority,\u2064 to \u2018do justice for LGBTQ+ people and support the people who love them.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NTTN was reportedly \u2062set up in response to legislation signed into law by Texas\u200c Gov. Greg \u2062Abbott back in June that prohibits the carrying out of any \u201csex-change\u201d\u2063 operations \u200don minors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, because the law does not define child gender mutilation as child abuse, Galileo Church\u2019s\u2064 program does not \u2064explicitly violate the law,\u201d Texas Scorecard explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy\u200d road or air\u2063 \u2014 either\u200d way, it\u2019s expensive to get\u2064 out of Texas,\u201d \u200cNTTN\u2019s website reads.\u2064 \u201cHealth care is a human right, and withholding necessary care \u2062for trans kids\u2064 is state-sponsored cruelty. As neighbors to one another, we\u2062 seek\u2064 ways to help each other\u2019s families flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program has \u200dreceived\u200c praise from LGBT sites \u2063including PinkNews and LGBTQ+ Nation, the\u200c latter of which published the\u2064 story under its \u201cGood \u200bNews\u201d section.<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone agrees that the formation of such \u2062a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/controversial-church-funds-transporting-kids-for-puberty-blockers-sex-change-mutilations\/\" title=\"Church funds used for transporting children for puberty blockers and gender-affirming surgeries spark controversy.\">program \u2063constitutes \u201cgood news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A number of \u2062Christians on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnie-mouse-to-shed-iconic-dress-for-a-pantsuit-for-womens-history-month\/\" title=\"Minnie Mouse to Shed Iconic Dress for a Pantsuit for Women's History Month\">social media responded<\/a> with \u200bconcern, not just regarding\u2064 the transportation program, \u2063but to its sponsor calling itself a \u201cchurch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is hard to process that a Church would \u2062immerse itself into something like this,\u201d one commenter\u2064 on X, formerly Twitter, observed.\u2063 \u201cThis \u2063is an amazing display \u200cof human stupidity, moral decay and the societal collapse of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It is \u200chard to process that a Church \u2063would immerse itself \u200binto something like this. This is an amazing display of \u2063human stupidity, moral\u200b decay and the societal collapse of America<\/p>\n<p>The Galileo Church\u2063 (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Galileo_Church?\">@Galileo_Church<\/a> )Ft Worth \u200cTx\u200b Pays To Send Minors\u2064 Across State Lines For Genital\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SheilaG2024 (@SheilaG2024) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheilaG2024\/status\/1707395697019076849?\">September 28, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey\u200b are of the apostate church, either backslidden or never saved,\u201d another responded. \u201cThey are a fake\u2062 church. They are not a part of the Body of \u200dChrist. Jesus will spew them\u200b out of his mouth. He will say, \u2018Depart \u2064from me. I never\u200b knew you!\u2019 They are NOT Christians. They are led by Jezebel.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They\u200b are\u2062 of the apostate church,\u200b either backslidden or never saved. They are a fake church. They are not a part of\u200d the Body of Christ. Jesus \u2063will \u2064spew them out of his mouth. He will say, \u201cDepart from me. I never knew you!\u201d They are NOT \u200dChristians. They are led by Jezebel.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joyreaper (@joyreaper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joyreaper\/status\/1707411188005437485?\">September 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More than a dozen Republican states have passed bans on transgender surgery over the past few years\u2063 as conservatives seek to stem the explosion of child sex\u2064 mutilation across the United States. Polls on the subject have repeatedly found that a majority\u2062 of Americans support such measures.<\/p>\n<p>In July, 19-year-old detransitioner Chloe\u200d Cole testified before Congress \u2062about the risks of transitioning\u200c minors such \u200das herself, outlining the \u200d\u201clifelong, irreversible harm\u201d \u2062that her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-activists-rebrand-sex-changes-as-gender-affirming-medical-care-to-bully-state-officials-into-allowing-the-mutilation-of-children\/\" title=\"Liberal Activists Rebrand Sex Changes As \u2018Gender-Affirming Medical Care\u2019 To Bully State Officials Into Allowing The Mutilation Of Children\">sex change operation<\/a> has caused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to \u200cstop telling children that\u2062 puberty is an option, that \u200bthey can choose what kind of puberty they will go through, just like they can choose what clothes to \u2062wear or \u200bwhat music to listen to,\u201d Cole said at\u2062 the time. \u201cPuberty is a rite of passage to adulthood,\u2062 not \u200ba \u2063disease\u200b to be mitigated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an analysis released last year, Reuters found that the number of\u200d minors identifying as transgender has tripled since 2017.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>A Note from our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What if you woke up one morning and half of the people you count on\u200d had just vanished overnight?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That happened to me\u2064 recently. 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Please\u200d help us. Please\u200c <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">subscribe today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sincerely,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Josh Manning<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Western Journal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/controversial-church-funds-transporting-kids-puberty-blockers-sex-change-mutilations\/\">Controversial Church\u200b Funds Transporting Kids For Puberty Blockers, &#8216;Sex-Change&#8217; Mutilations<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the arguments for and against the church&#8217;s\u200b initiative to transport children for puberty blockers and &#8220;sex-change&#8221; mutilations?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Controversial Church Funds Transporting Kids For Puberty Blockers, &#8216;Sex-Change&#8217; Mutilations<\/p>\n<p>In \u200ca highly\u200b controversial move, a church in Texas \u200chas\u2063 organized an initiative \u2063to transport children out of state in order to provide them with puberty blockers and &#8220;sex-change&#8221; mutilations. The Galileo Church in Fort Worth, which identifies itself \u2062as an inclusive and \u2064LGBTQ-friendly church, has set up the North Texas TRANSsportation Network (NTTN), which offers \u200ca $1,000 travel voucher to children from\u200b 19\u2062 different \u2064counties who \u200bidentify as transgender or gender-diverse.<\/p>\n<p>The NTTN program \u200dwas \u2062established in response \u2064to \u200clegislation signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in June, which prohibits \u2064&#8221;sex-change&#8221; operations on minors. However, because the law\u2062 does not define these procedures as\u200b child abuse, \u2063the church<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas church group, called Galileo Church, is helping children access puberty blockers and &#8220;sex-change&#8221; surgeries by transporting them out of state. The North Texas TRANSsportation Network (NTTN) is an initiative set up by the church in Fort Worth, as reported by Texas Scorecard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2195,"featured_media":2050785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2050784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2050784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2050785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2050784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2050784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2050784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}