Letter: North Dakota can do better on LGBTQ+ legislation

The anti-LGBTQ+ laws focusing on trans residents in our state smacks of Christian Nationalism. The one testimony in favor of any of these payments are both from religion primarily based organizations or residents and legislators speaking about their religion primarily based reasoning for these payments to cross. In distinction, the opposition is full of testimony from the medical group, scientific group, social staff – all proof primarily based – AND religion primarily based testimony as properly. And but, that testimony is ignored in favor of non secular perception.

North Dakota Republicans, I really feel, are being excessive in how they try to pressure their private religion primarily based beliefs on all North Dakotans by the regulation. And so they’ll in all probability achieve success if Republicans stay spineless. I’ve a born and raised North Dakotan non-binary younger grownup baby who’s afraid of the rhetoric coming from the Republican celebration in our state. Their whole group is appallingly misrepresented by excessive rhetoric of the Republicans who select to stay blind to the details and reality as a result of it doesn’t serve their agenda and thru their willful ignorance they may solely obtain hurt for North Dakotans. I used to be raised Republican however greater than that I used to be raised American and the Republican celebration is falling woefully wanting something resembling the dream that’s our nation. North Dakota can do higher. Do higher.

Christina Feldmann, Seashore