@anshugsharma.myatproto.social
Studying quantum computing and software semantics. YIMBY, anti-ethnonationalisms, pro open borders. ‘Anarchist’ is not a slur. He/him Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anshugsharma/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anshu.sharma.557128
Whenever you are in a vehicle you are responsible for ensuring you do not hurt others through operation or lack of operation of your vehicle www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2ls...
10.10.2025 19:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Licensure and training for foster care providers is essential
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQS5...
I'm so sick of this shit. There's no right to foster children, just commit to not harming them like all the other Christians do that aren't bigots.
They should be asked where in the Bible this is forbidden, and provide an explanation for every rule they happily ignore.
by @catholic4choice.bsky.social. I would love to see a non-cisgender, non-man, non-male, non-heterosexual pope in my lifetime. It won't happen without a lot of pressure but I don't think it's impossible.
10.10.2025 12:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yeah, it's really telling of how coverage of Christians as homophobic or transphobic seems to be just accepted. (I also wonder how many who support this Christian couple laugh at queer people who support Palestine and oppose genocide(s).)
I wish the view of what Christianity is was the one shared
Not to mention, living in denser areas means meeting with more people and learning to live with different kinds of people. That may help people unlearn biases and become less ignorant.
10.10.2025 12:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Quick note: I predict there are many people who are not hateful or ignorant against LGBTQ+ people, who want to be able to foster but cannot because they cannot afford sufficient housing. If we want more children to have good homes, we need to permit the construction of more homes.
10.10.2025 12:23 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Yes. There is no loving way to spread or act on hate or ignorance.
10.10.2025 12:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It doesn't exempt you or your children from having to learn about them at all levels of education. And no, it doesn't mean that our understanding of what civil rights include won't change further in the future. That's not a bad thing.'
10.10.2025 12:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Civil rights need to be fought for aggressively and honestly. Imo it's not a matter of 'what people do in their private lives won't affect you'. It's a matter of 'people make choices you might not expect and that you consider strange but that doesn't exempt you from having to treat them like people.
10.10.2025 12:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yeah I know the state should definitely hand children over to people who are going to abuse and if they turn out to be gay or trans. That's definitely something we should do. That won't have any negative or far reaching consequences.
10.10.2025 12:10 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0In the short(er) term, we need to highlight more stories of what good foster parenting looks like. This includes highlighting LGBTQ+ foster parents. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
10.10.2025 12:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Granted, though, I still need to do more reading on anarchist theories, and consider how they apply to things like public education, government regulations, and public services.
10.10.2025 12:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0a disagreement but the right to persuade others that the thing you are disagreeing with is indeed bad.
A society cannot survive with a universal right to always act in accordance with a disagreement. I think even most anarchists (I'm not using that term in jest) would agree with this.
Put simply: there is no universal right to always act in accordance with a disagreement you may have on an issue. Sometimes you may disagree with something but still have to act as though you agree with it.
What the 1st agreement does offer is not the right to always act in accordance with
speak honestly about the importance of group cohesion on things like gender, sexuality, science (no you should not be able to take your child out of evolution education), and more.
10.10.2025 11:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Odd thing is, in some cases, conservatives say liberals, progressives, and leftists value individualism too much. Whether conservatives value individualism or cohesion seems to be a toggle switch depending on how they view themselves. Imo time for liberals, progressives, and leftists to
10.10.2025 11:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Ronnie London, general counsel of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, said in a statement. “There are other viable, less restrictive means to support LGBTQ children in foster care, as FIRE argued.”
10.10.2025 11:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0“The things Oregon’s rules require prospective adoptive parents to pledge unconstitutionally compel them to express specific viewpoints with which they may disagree,”
10.10.2025 11:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0speech group filed an amicus brief in favor of Bates’ argument in January last year, seeing more strength in efforts like Oregon Foster Children’s Bill of Rights, which protects an individual’s right to determine and express gender and sexuality for themselves.
10.10.2025 11:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Really disappointing to see FIRE treat a case where a parent said she'd deny healthcare as a free speech case.
"The case also tested the boundaries between parental rights over youth, free speech, LGBTQ+ protections and religious liberties. One major nonpartisan national free
"Judge Michael Daly Hawkins, appointed by former Democratic President Bill Clinton, joined Bress [a Trump appointee] in the 2-1 opinion. Judge Richard R. Clifton, appointed by former Republican President George W. Bush, dissented."
10.10.2025 11:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"Bates in her suit contended that her Christian religion and unwillingness to take a young adopted child to get hormone injections or to a Pride parade should not have precluded her from state-backed adoption."
9th circuit sided with a parent who said she'd deny her child healthcare
Fed gov is intent on punishing states who try to do right by children wrt ensuring foster parents aren't queerphobic www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
10.10.2025 11:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Worth noting, the interviewer's final question asked about a child's view on their gender or sexuality, and the husband replied talking about 'DCF's views'. Does this couple not think children have agency to assert their gender and sexuality?
10.10.2025 11:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Worth noting that social conservatives used to be skeptical of religious freedom arguments, see EEOC v Smith. And still are in some cases, see Trump v Hawaii. Difference is who claims they're discriminated against.
What about Mahmoud v Taylor? My guess: queerphobia overruled Islamophobia.
