In a near-unanimous display of Parliamentary arrogance, Labour, the Greens, ACT, the Māori Party, and National voted overwhelmingly Aye. Only eight National MPs voted no. Five of those are no longer in our Parliament.
The Act criminalises any “sustained effort” with the intention of changing or suppressing a person’s gender expression. A parent who gently but persistently guides their distressed 13-year-old daughter away from irreversible medicalisation — through conversation, prayer, or simply affirming biological reality — now risks prosecution. The family dinner table has become a potential crime scene.
Our MPs voted for that.
The safeguards? Prosecutions require Attorney-General approval. Parents should take no comfort. The Attorney-General is a politician, not a neutral guardian of liberty. When the activist lobby demands scalps, the politicians will fold.
Meanwhile, schools, counsellors, and state-funded groups face zero restrictions as they push the opposite ideology: “born in the wrong body,” puberty blockers, and the erasure of sex-based reality. Parents are forced to fund, through their taxes, the very apparatus undermining their authority over their own children. And to push back is to risk jail
This law does not protect vulnerable youth. It weaponises the state against the family. It tells loving parents that their natural instinct to protect their child from hasty, life-altering decisions is suspect. It chills open discussion and hands ideological enforcers the power to intimidate.
Parliament did not advance compassion. It delivered authoritarian overreach. The family — the fundamental unit of a free society — is now under surveillance. This disgraceful law must be repealed. Parents, not politicians, not activists, should raise their children.
The Act criminalises any “sustained effort” with the intention of changing or suppressing a person’s gender expression. A parent who gently but persistently guides their distressed 13-year-old daughter away from irreversible medicalisation — through conversation, prayer, or simply affirming biological reality — now risks prosecution. The family dinner table has become a potential crime scene.
Our MPs voted for that.
The safeguards? Prosecutions require Attorney-General approval. Parents should take no comfort. The Attorney-General is a politician, not a neutral guardian of liberty. When the activist lobby demands scalps, the politicians will fold.
Meanwhile, schools, counsellors, and state-funded groups face zero restrictions as they push the opposite ideology: “born in the wrong body,” puberty blockers, and the erasure of sex-based reality. Parents are forced to fund, through their taxes, the very apparatus undermining their authority over their own children. And to push back is to risk jail
This law does not protect vulnerable youth. It weaponises the state against the family. It tells loving parents that their natural instinct to protect their child from hasty, life-altering decisions is suspect. It chills open discussion and hands ideological enforcers the power to intimidate.
Parliament did not advance compassion. It delivered authoritarian overreach. The family — the fundamental unit of a free society — is now under surveillance. This disgraceful law must be repealed. Parents, not politicians, not activists, should raise their children.
Rodney Hide is a former Minister and leader of the ACT Party. This article was sourced from HERE.
1 comment:
This disgraceful legislation - giving as it does the green light to gender-bender ideologues to cajole young kids into thinking they are "in the wrong body" - must surely come under pressure now that the wind is starting to blow in the opposite direction. It is not compatible with the proposed legislation (Legislation [Definitions of Woman and Man] Amendment Bill) that affirms what 'man' and 'woman' mean, based as those definitions are on biology rather than ideology. Should that Bill turn into law, those among us who are still sane should mount a legal offensive against this pernicious social engineering agenda from which no kid is currently safe.
Post a Comment
Thank you for joining the discussion. Breaking Views welcomes respectful contributions that enrich the debate. Please ensure your comments are not defamatory, derogatory or disruptive. We appreciate your cooperation.