Don't. Just don't.
I say this as a pastor, not a pundit.
When I first saw this clip of Andy Beshear on The View, invoking his faith to defend the medical mutilation of children, my stomach dropped. Not because I was surprised. Because I was grieved.
Unreal.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear went on “The View” and used the Bible as a defense for mutilating kids with gender dysphoria:
“My faith teaches me that all children are children of God, and I didn’t want people picking on those kids.”
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“My faith teaches me that all children are children of God, and I didn’t want people picking on those kids.”
I have buried children. I have prayed with parents in ICU waiting rooms. I have sat with teenagers drowning in confusion and shame. I have walked families through seasons where the pain felt unbearable. So hear me clearly. Love for children is not theoretical for me. It is personal. It is pastoral. It is sacred.
And that's why this argument doesn't just fail; it is against every ounce of true care one can have for a child.
Yes, all children are children of God. Amen to that. But in what world does that truth lead us to sterilize them, cut them open, or affirm every feeling as final truth? In fact, the opposite is true. If children belong to God, then we are stewards, not experimenters. Protectors, not affirmers of confusion. Shepherds, not butchers.
I have never once encountered a hurting child who needed less truth. I have met many who needed more patience, more presence, more stability, and more adults willing to say, “I love you too much to lie to you.”
The left loves to quote mercy. They rarely mention righteousness. They cling to love while quietly discarding truth. But Scripture never separates those things. God’s love is holy. His mercy is just. His compassion does not contradict His design.
This selective theology is not accidental. Satan has been twisting the Word of God from the very beginning. He never denies God outright. He redefines Him. He takes one attribute, isolates it, and uses it to smuggle in destruction. “Did God really say?” is still the most effective question in his arsenal.
When politicians invoke faith to defend policies that permanently harm children, pastors have a responsibility to speak up. Silence is not kindness. It is cowardice.
To be in the middle of the Epstein file releases, and then hear a sitting governor invoke "faith" to push ideologies that attack the very innocence of the most vulnerable among us... I honestly don't know where to begin. Maybe with the words of a simple man born in Bethlehem:
But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Sign me up for the millstone tying team.
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Let me be blunt. Protecting kids from bullying does not require puberty blockers. Stopping mean words does not require mastectomies. Preventing cruelty does not demand lifelong medical dependence. That is not care. It is abuse done by the hands that claim to be helping. The psychological damage done can be as irreversible as the surgeries.
And it puts parents in an impossible position. Either affirm a narrative they know is false, or be labeled hateful. Either surrender their authority, or be told they want their child to suffer. That is coercion, not care.
In my years of ministry, I have learned something painfully simple. Feelings are real. They are not reliable. A loving adult helps a child navigate feelings without surrendering truth. We do not let kids drive cars, vote, or sign contracts because we understand development. Yet somehow we are told they can consent to irreversible medical decisions during their most vulnerable years.
That should alarm every parent, believer or not.
The Bible does not call us to affirm confusion. It calls us to walk people toward wholeness. It does not tell us to redefine the body. It tells us the body is a gift. It does not command us to eliminate suffering at all costs. It commands us to endure, to disciple, to heal, and to tell the truth in love.
I am not interested in winning culture wars. I am interested in protecting sheep. Especially the smallest ones. So, no, Andy Beshear, when you use God’s name to justify policies that leave children scarred for life, I will not applaud the sentiment. I will challenge the lie.
Real love does not mutilate. Real mercy does not lie. And real faith does not twist Scripture to make sin sound compassionate.
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