“Boys will
be boys,” the old saying goes. But did you know that boys in Massachusetts’
schools who consider themselves to be girls have the protected right to use the
girl’s bathroom, and girls who self-identify as boys enjoy the same right?
Apparently, the
truth about reality is not important anymore. How a child identifies his or her
gender has become the only reliable way to actually determine gender. God's design for male and
female anatomical and physiological distinctives are beside the point.
In July of
last year, New York State approved guidelines that protect transgender
individuals from harassment, which is defined, in part, as “repeated,
deliberate use of pronouns and names that are inconsistent with a student’s
gender identity.” Read that last sentence again. Harassment-- which is
punishable by law-- includes using pronouns that fit a person’s physical
reality.
What’s happened,
and how did we get here so fast? As you’ve heard many Christian leaders say, ideas have consequences.
There is such a thing as cause and effect: when you remove the capital “T” from
the word Truth, nothing makes sense anymore. Up becomes down, wrong
becomes right, and gender is a choice. And there you have postmodernism in a nutshell.
Postmodernism
is a way of thinking that is a catastrophic transition away from the Biblical standard of Truth. In its
place, a new standard is enthroned—the individual’s right to choose their own
truth, regardless of how that truth matches up with reality. This same standard
of truth drives the gay marriage and abortion-rights crusades. But it hits even closer
to home for all of us who are raising children in this upside-down world… Not
only are students confronted with books like “Heather Has Two Mommies” in
their local libraries and public schools, now, Holly is forced to share the girls’
bathroom with “Hope,” who recently decided that he is a she. (Ooops... I better get my pronouns right.)
When Smithtown Christian School
talks about developing students with a mind for Truth, this kind of calamity is
exactly why we’re so passionate about this. Our children are inheriting a
bog-like mess, and only strong leaders with a heart for God, a mind for Truth, and a passion to change the world will be equipped to lead the way out. This kind of leader will navigate the bog with grace, truth, and a Christlike compassion for individuals.
