Tue Mar 14, 2023 – 2:36 pm EDTTue Mar 14, 2023 – 3:20 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – President Joe Biden claimed Monday it is “close to sinful” for Florida Republicans under conservative Gov. Ron DeSantis to work to prohibit the surgical and chemical “transitioning” of minors suffering gender dysphoria, and indicated support for a national law forcing every state to allow the practices.
Biden made the remarks during an interview with actor Kal Penn, who was guest-hosting The Daily Show.
“What’s going on in Florida, is as my mother would say, ‘close to sinful,’” the president claimed. “I mean, it’s just terrible what they’re doing […] It’s not like… a kid wakes up one morning and says, ‘you know, I decided that I want to become a man or I want to become a woman […] I mean, what are they thinking about here? They’re human beings, they love, they have feelings, they have inclinations. It’s cruel.”
“And the way we do it is we make sure we pass legislation like we passed on same-sex ‘marriage,’” Biden added, invoking the Respect for Marriage Act that forces all 50 states to recognize any two-person “marriage”
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