(WND)—California wasn’t always anti-family. Not even 20 years ago voters there approved Prop 8 which defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
That, of course, fell quickly in the courts before the combine juggernaut of the Democrats, the LGBTQ community and leftist judges.
But the latest anti-family move is so extreme it is raising eyebrows anew: A plan to let children decide if they want to “divorce” their parents.
A report at RedState explained, “California is many things, a lot of them not so great in modern times under the regime of extremist Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democrat machine that has run both chambers of the legislature for the last 15 years.
“One thing they are not, however, is friendly to nuclear families. Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, and the wild-eyed lawmakers in Sacramento are constantly pushing things like boys in women’s sports, schools keeping students’ gender transitions secret, and basically trying to remove parental influence as much as possible. They evidently subscribe to Hillary Clinton’s theory that it ‘takes a village’ to raise a child — and it doesn’t matter if the biological parents are part of that village.”
The report cited Assembly Bill 1967 authored by Pro-LGBT activist Rick Zbur.
It would “allow children of any age to initiate state dependency proceedings against their own parents. The parents will not even know this has happened until the die is already cast.”
Specifically, it would let any minor in any residential facility to file an application against their parents, without any evidence.
A critic charged it will create a “massive pipeline” to move children “from loving homes into a state network of financially incentivized organizations.”
The report noted, “Imagine your drug-addicted 14-year-old is finally in treatment. Under AB 1967, he can secretly file to get out. Just because. But the real purpose of this bill is removing children from parents who refuse to ‘affirm’ a child’s cross-sex identity.”
The organization Women are Real said Zbur invoked the, “LGBTQ child. A phrase that should make every adult’s blood run cold. Children are not mini-adults with fixed sexual identities. This bill is written broadly, but the political purpose is obvious. Activists wish to create a pathway for children to escape parents who refuse to affirm a cross-sex identity.”
Post Millennial reporting said the bill’s details are chilling.
“Residential facilities include drug rehabilitation programs, boarding schools, wilderness therapy programs, faith-based residential programs, and runaway shelters. It does not matter whether the facility is safe and an appropriate placement chosen by the parents. The child can petition the court to strip the parents of custodial authority and substitute county child welfare control or foster placement. The application need not be corroborated by any adult and need not be served on the parents. The child’s statement alone is sufficient to trigger a mandatory assessment of the parents’ home. This assessment can occur without the parents’ knowledge.”
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