So glad i listened to that sermon; part of the title is, "Government Sponsored Child-Abuse." The preacher, who has a brick and mortar church

somewhere in the mid-west, was saying that kids as young as 11 or 12 are being fed pills that retard the natural process of growing.  These pills are known to have side-effects, which come out later.  Well, he pointed out that children haven't experienced life long enough to at least partially understand how decisions made today, can affect the child's every tomorrow, and the day after.  

He pointed out there's (time-validated) reasons why 7th graders don't sign for car loans and such - never mind, a child cannot be expected to pick out a winter coat that will keep him or her warm, and made well enough to last through February.  

They're kids, they've math homework to figure out - math, which by the way, stumps many adults (me included) because, we don't work with it everyday, as 7th graders do.  This expecting kids to make adult decisions is nothing but theft of a boy's or a girl's personhood.

But he said something else.  If 12-year old Tim decides he wants to become Tina, there's things not right been going on in that child's brief life, for some time.   Well, indirectly, he certainly addressed a question i've had on my mind for awhile.  Will have to get into that later.  Lunch is over.