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Wave of anti-transgender bills in GOP-led states divides U.S. faith leaders

By DAVID CRARY
AP National Writer
As Republican-governed
states across the nation
advance myriad bills tar-
geting transgender young
people, America’s faith
leaders are starkly divided
in their assessment. Some
view the legislation as re-
flecting God’s will; others
voice outrage that Chris-
tianity is being invoked to
justify laws they view as
cruel and hateful.
In one camp are many
legislators who have cited
their conservative religious
beliefs while promoting
these bills, as well as lead-
ers of America’s two larg-
est denominations — the
Catholic Church and the
Southern Baptist Conven-
tion.
U.S. Catholic bishops have
rejected the concept of
gender transition; they is-
sued guidelines in March
to stop Catholic hospitals
from assisting in such transi- In this photo provided by Dirk Bolle, the Rev. Pat Langlois, senior pastor of MCC Church of Christ of the Valley, speaks at an interfaith
tions. rally in Pasadena, Calif., on March 31, 2023, protesting the wave of anti-transgender bills being enacted in numerous Republican-
governed states.
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