The Presbyterian Church in America will consider an overture that will formally petition states and the federal government against transgender procedures for minors.
WARNING: Graphic content — Fox News host Tucker Carlson reacts to the Nashville school shooting on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'in the U.S. will consider a formal petition urging states and the federal government to"renounce the sin" of permitting transgender procedures for minors.submitted by the Alabama-based Evangel Presbytery when it convenes in June.
Citing the Bible and the 17th-century Westminster Standards that form the basis of Presbyterianism, the PCA overture argued that God created human beings male and female. "We who love our nation, in the name of God who alone is sovereign in his good and perfect design of men and women, call upon you to renounce the sin of all medical and surgical sex change procedures in minors by the American healthcare system because they result in irreversible harm."
The overture also mentions studies that indicate a psychological trauma-based origin of gender dysphoria in many minors and lists some of the medical complications that arise from such procedures, such as sterility, cardiovascular disease, diminished bone density and other irreversible changes.admonition for churches to petition civil authorities"in cases extraordinary."
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