Gov. Murphy Defends Lawsuit to Block Parents From Knowledge of Kids’ Gender Transition

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy defended a move by his administration to prevent school districts from informing parents that their children are showing signs of gender transitioning.

In June, three New Jersey school districts—Middletown school district, Marlboro school district, and Manalapan-Englishtown Regional school district—approved policies to require that parents be told if their children showed signs of “transitioning” to another gender. Specifically, these signs include students beginning to use a different name, pronouns, or bathrooms that are different from their sex.

Just a day later, Mr. Murphy’s administration announced a move to sue the school districts, with the state contending that these policies entailed “outing” the students and would fail to provide students with a “safe” learning environment.

“Without question, the discriminatory policies passed by these boards of education, if allowed to go into effect, will harm our kids and pose severe risk to their safety,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said after filing emergency lawsuits challenging the school board policies.

During a July 23 appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Mr. Murphy fielded questions from anchor Margaret Brennan about the move, evading directly answering some questions about the proper role of parents in these matters.

Earlier, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, suggested that transgender procedures on minors should be permissible, but emphasized the importance of parental involvement.

Ms. Brennan tied her question to Mr. Christie’s earlier position.

“Why is Mr. Christie wrong when he says parents are the ones who know best here and they should be involved?” Ms. Brennan asked.

“Listen, we took these actions, because it’s the right thing to do to protect these precious young people,” Mr. Murphy replied, accusing Republicans of using the issue to wage “a complete cultural war” as Republicans charge progressives with doing the same.

Mr. Murphy claimed that “parents are always involved. Certainly, in our administration, they’re always at the table, and they always will be.”

But he said that the “rights of children” need to be protected, and suggested that the move to block school districts from telling children’s parents about attempts at gender transition would secure this end.

By Joseph Lord

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