Two Pro-Transgender Bills in Colorado – Glenn Stanton, 5/16/25 (1362)

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

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Glenn Stanton of Focus on the Family Colorado’s Transgender Sanctuary State Bill Is Too Radical For California

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0:00.0	Expressive individualism is a term used today to describe the intuitive way that we think about ourselves as human beings.
0:08.0	Dr. Carl Truman talking about his presentation at the 2025 issues, etc., making the case conference.
0:15.0	We think about ourselves as free, autonomous, self-determining, and we place a great emphasis upon our feelings as being decisive for who we are.
0:25.0	Now, from a Christian perspective, feelings are part of what it is to be human, but also we understand as Christians that made in the image of God, we are dependent creatures.
0:34.8	We're obliged creatures. We don't self-invent or self-create ourselves.
0:40.2	And what I want to do in this talk is analyze the problem and then suggest ways that the church can
0:46.1	combat this within our congregations.
0:49.2	You can meet and hear Dr. Carl Truman making the case against expressive individualism at this year's Making
0:55.5	the Case Conference, July 18th and 19th, at Concordia University Chicago.
1:00.0	Learn more at Issuezc.org. The state of Colorado has the goal, at least currently, of becoming a trans-sanctuary state,
1:20.0	the first in the United States.
1:22.0	That goal is well on its way with the passage of two bills that would enshrine in Colorado law, not only
1:30.8	protections for transgender individuals, but also mandatory insurance coverage of pretty much
1:37.5	any and every transgender treatment, or as they call it, gender affirming treatment in the state. Welcome back to issues
1:46.1	etc. I'm Todd Wilkin joining us to talk about these two Colorado bills. Glenn Stanton, Director
1:51.6	of Family Formation Studies for Focus on the Family and author of a recent column for the Federalist
1:56.3	titled Colorado's Transgender Sanctuary State Bill is too radical for California.
2:01.4	Glenn, welcome back.
2:02.9	It's good to be with you, Todd.
2:04.2	How likely is it that Colorado will become the first quote-unquote trans sanctuary state?
2:11.7	Well, it hasn't happened yet, and so anything could happen, but it looks pretty sure because our governor is like he
2:21.2	just fawns all over the LGBT agenda and the bills are on his desk. And he may just ignore
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