You said: Join me in making a pledge that every child in South Dakota feels loved, supported and cherished. We can rewrite the narrative of despair and cultivate a culture of empathy, understanding, and resilience.
Remember, hope is the strongest antidote to despair. Let us be the beacons of hope for our children, youth and young adults.
Lest this be a mere "on the bandwagon" platitude (which I do not believe you intend it to be), we must do all we can to build self esteem in all our children. We must therefore, in addition to maintaining loving attitudes towards others and vigilance for these children, carefully examine the harmful effects on the self esteem of minority children (e.g., lgbtq, as well as ethnic minorities) of legislation enacted under the guise of "protecting our children" when the true purpose is to selfishly impose our own conservative values as if those values are right and the values of others are wrong. The effect of enacting legislation which singles out and focuses upon children with conditions and characteristics over which they have no control will inevitably cause them grievous mental and emotional harm to those children as well as to our own character; even more so when the legislation is put into effect in society.
Rep. Rehfeldt; Thank you for your service to South Dakota Citizens, There are several issues that contribute to suicides in our State; on reservations it has and continues to be sexual incest throughout the tribes, next is the internet which people use to demean another person or persons, then illegal and legal drugs that change the personality of users, next the media (which you cannot control) that promotes woke, transgender approval, and finally the education system in the State. South Dakota is not nearly as guilty of teaching liberal ideas and programs as other States, but it is not innocent either. You have a huge responsibility to the citizens of South Dakota to change direction and wild ideas about the causes of suicides in our State. I wish you success. Ken
What a hypocrite Rep. Rehfeldt is. She cries about the high suicide rate but she voted for HB 1080 which bans healthcare for trans youth. Trans youth have the highest rate of suicide of all youth. Denying trans youth access to needed to medical care will result in more suicides. If she really wanted to focus on suicide prevention, opposing HB 1080 is a good starting point.
Can't think of more potent pro-suicide legislation than those bills restricting reproduction healthcare to women and those banning healthcare to children with gender identity issues...
Rep. Rehfeldt,
You said: Join me in making a pledge that every child in South Dakota feels loved, supported and cherished. We can rewrite the narrative of despair and cultivate a culture of empathy, understanding, and resilience.
Remember, hope is the strongest antidote to despair. Let us be the beacons of hope for our children, youth and young adults.
Lest this be a mere "on the bandwagon" platitude (which I do not believe you intend it to be), we must do all we can to build self esteem in all our children. We must therefore, in addition to maintaining loving attitudes towards others and vigilance for these children, carefully examine the harmful effects on the self esteem of minority children (e.g., lgbtq, as well as ethnic minorities) of legislation enacted under the guise of "protecting our children" when the true purpose is to selfishly impose our own conservative values as if those values are right and the values of others are wrong. The effect of enacting legislation which singles out and focuses upon children with conditions and characteristics over which they have no control will inevitably cause them grievous mental and emotional harm to those children as well as to our own character; even more so when the legislation is put into effect in society.
I’m glad you’re interested in saving lives. I hope that will be reflected by voting pro-life for the unborn children as well.
Rep. Rehfeldt; Thank you for your service to South Dakota Citizens, There are several issues that contribute to suicides in our State; on reservations it has and continues to be sexual incest throughout the tribes, next is the internet which people use to demean another person or persons, then illegal and legal drugs that change the personality of users, next the media (which you cannot control) that promotes woke, transgender approval, and finally the education system in the State. South Dakota is not nearly as guilty of teaching liberal ideas and programs as other States, but it is not innocent either. You have a huge responsibility to the citizens of South Dakota to change direction and wild ideas about the causes of suicides in our State. I wish you success. Ken
What a hypocrite Rep. Rehfeldt is. She cries about the high suicide rate but she voted for HB 1080 which bans healthcare for trans youth. Trans youth have the highest rate of suicide of all youth. Denying trans youth access to needed to medical care will result in more suicides. If she really wanted to focus on suicide prevention, opposing HB 1080 is a good starting point.
Can't think of more potent pro-suicide legislation than those bills restricting reproduction healthcare to women and those banning healthcare to children with gender identity issues...
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