Mon Aug 7, 2023 – 5:13 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Singer and songwriter “Ne-Yo” is drawing sharp criticism from conservatives for rapidly backpedaling after initially speaking out with common sense against subjecting children to radical transgender ideology.
Shaffer Chimere Smith, known professionally as “Ne-Yo,” gave candid remarks during an August 5 interview with VLADTV about parents who “affirm” the alleged transgender identities of their young children.
“Parents have almost forgotten what the role of a parent is,” the 43-year-old father of five said in the interview. “If your little boy comes to you and said, ‘Daddy I want to be a girl,’ and you just let him rock with that … he’s five.”
“If you let this five-year-old boy decide to eat candy all day, he’s gonna do that. When did it become a good idea to let a five-year-old, let a six-year-old, let a 12-year-old, make a life-changing decision for [themselves]?” he said. “When did that happen? I don’t understand that.”
Ne-Yo also spoke about legislation recently proposed in California that could result in the removal of children from parents who refuse to affirm the child’s gender confusion.
As LifeSiteNews has reported, critics of California’s
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