A Chicago mother has her daughter removed from her by the government all because she believes

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Check it out over at expressvPN.com slash Ben. Well, I've been warning for a very long time that left-wing jurisdictions are going to make it unbelievably difficult to raise your children, that there will come a point where all your kid has to do is mention, for example, that they disagree with you about same-sex marriage or about transgenderism, and the process will begin whereby you are removed from your child. It's going to make it impossible for religious parents to send their kids to religious day school. It's going to be impossible for parents to raise their kids in traditional way. And even in non-traditional ways, as it turns out, there's an amazing story by Kelsey Bollar, who repented the program over at the Independent Women's Forum, that is well worthy of coverage because this is the direction in which the left would like to see the country move. They've already done this in places like Canada where they've made it illegal for you to tell your boy that he is in fact a boy if your boy says that he is a girl. So here's Kelsey reporting, quote, Jeanette Cooper never imagined she'd lose custody of her child. The 44-year-old lifelong educator always considered

herself a loving and responsible mother to her daughter Sophia. But when, at age 12, Sophia

suddenly claimed to be transgender, Jeanette was skeptical. Sophia had never exhibited signs of

gender dysphoria. In fact, Sophia exhibited many more traditionally feminine behaviors and preferences

than Jeanette ever had. To Jeanette, it didn't make sense. But Sophia insisted not only she

was trans, but that she was unsafe around Jeanette. What followed was an almost Kafka-esque series of

court proceedings and therapy sessions in which Jeanette's ex-husband's lawyers, therapists,

and other individuals and institutions supposedly concerned with Sophia's best interest,

worked to erode Jeanette's most basic parenting rights. Nearly three years later,

Jeanette can't even visit the daughter she loves. She lives less than 10 minutes away, but can only communicate with Sophia by the male, all because she says Sophia is a girl.

So what exactly is the story here? Well, it turns out that Jeanette is not exactly a traditional

Christian mom. Jeanette shaves half her hair, but not her legs, often doesn't wear bras, purchases clothing regardless of whether they're in the men's or women's department. She jokes that if you subscribe to traditional gender stereotypes, she's the one people would think as trans. But that's precisely how Jeanette raised her daughter outside the confines of traditional sex stereotypes, which mistake number one. But she says, quote, I don't think there are any bounds on what it means to be a female other than to exist in a female body. There's nothing I have to do to become female. I simply am. Okay, well, this happens to be biologically accurate. She considers herself a radical feminist, does Jeanette. She has voted Democrat in every election since she was 18. When addressing the discrepancy between her political beliefs and her views on sex and gender ideology,

Jeanette said, quote, the difference between libertarianism and anarchy is a fine line.

When Jeanette and her ex-husband divorced in 2015, the parenting agreement granted Jeanette

granted Jeanette, says that Sophia had a tough time with the divorce, but she and her daughter were close. Then, Sophia, 12 years old, went on a regular custodial visit to her dad's house. She had no reason to suspect that Sophia would not come home. But at 8.30 p.m. when Jeanette arrived to pick her up, her ex-husband refused to return Sophia to her custody. The next morning, Jeanette learned that Sophia identified as transgender and did not feel safe in her care. Jeanette had no idea why

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