You Have the Power to Define Your Own Gender (in NYC)
This is a story about New York City allowing people to define their own gender on their birth certificates. Yes, it seems New York believes that human beings have the right to choose whether they are men or women. This type of thinking is, according to one person, a "move away from American culture's misguided fixation on genitals as the basis for one's gender identity." (my emphasis)I know there is a lot of background to the issue of people struggling with transsexualism, and the ways that medical science handles it. There's a good article here called "The Biblical Ethics of Transsexual Operations" about this from a Christian perspective. Some people have suffered a great deal.
Nevertheless, New York's answer to this issue is to allow human beings to define themselves, according to their desires. This is another example of our culture's proclivity to arrogantly assume the "right" to create our own reality. We have turned to worship ourselves, and we refuse to admit that there are external standards, a created order, realities with which we have no right to trifle. It is as Paul says in 2 Tim. 3:1-2, people will be "lovers of themselves." It's interesting that that characteristic is the first one listed among characteristics of "terrible times" in the last days. Those who worship and serve themselves believe that their desires should be able to rule supreme over any other reality. It is a terrible thing to be enslaved this way.
God's answer is always, "Turn to Me, learn the Truth, and I will set you free through My Power." In our culture's unbelief and arrogance, we will not turn to God, so we have to design "solutions" on our own.
With "solutions" like these, and tampering with God's created order, it really makes me wonder how long it will be before God ceases to withhold His judgment.
UPDATE: The NY Health Dept. finally figured out that this wasn't going to work, thankfully.
posted by Rob @ 9:54 AM
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