If you want to see a well-oiled machine, watch a conservative-led Legislature.
It’s refreshing to see politicians actually do what they said they would do, without excuse or delay. I guess that’s what happens when you fill the Legislature with common folks instead of establishment bureaucrats.
The “Five and Dime Plan” brought forward by the Freedom Caucus is sailing through the steps of passing law in the Wyoming Legislature. Election integrity bills, anti-DEI efforts, and the defense of women are already up on second reading in the House.
The Five and Dime is right on time, and I would argue, ahead of schedule. But this isn’t from a lack of debate.
The liberals have all had ample opportunity to feign outrage and slam their notepads upon the podium while conspiracy theorizing about genital checks. They’ve worked hard to convince everyone that a vote for logic will somehow lead to an episode of “Handmaid's Tale.”
Never mind that we’ve been living out Orwell’s “1984” for quite some time.
I know that I’ve gotten a ticket or two from the Thought Police.
An interesting moment surfaced in the Labor and Health Committee this week when national group Gays Against Groomers lambasted the state’s most prominent LGBTQ advocacy group, Wyoming Equality, for its dystopian agenda.
Wyoming Equality’s executive director is Sara Burlingame – a former Cheyenne legislator who has lost her race for reelection multiple times, including the most recent cycle.
Wyoming Equality has received support from the State Equality Fund. The State Equality Fund is out of Portland, Oregon and according to the Equality Federation website, “Wyoming Equality is also very pleased and honored to have received a grant from the State Equality Fund to support them in pursuing nondiscrimination laws for their state.”
It’s interesting that never gets mentioned when we are talking about out-of-state money in Wyoming politics.
Wyoming Equality was called out by Gays Against Groomers. The latter group had a member and doctor testify on its behalf.
Dr. Rich Guggenheim spoke in support of the What is a Woman Act, HB32 – a key piece of the Five and Dime plan.
“Wyoming is hallowed ground for the fight for women’s rights. It was here in this very building where the 19th Amendment was ratified,” said Guggenheim.
The doctor is correct – Wyoming was the first state in the United States to grant women the right to vote. If only Louisa Swain could see us now.
“The transgender agenda is fundamentally homophobic, misogynist, and harmful to the freedom and liberties of all of us,” said Dr. Guggenheim.
Agendas are filled with money and out-of-state agitators. Agendas are not people.
“Gender ideology and queer theory seeks to compel our speech and strip women of their right to consent and say no to men…it strips women of their right to privacy and safety,” Dr. Guggenheim testified. “Our rights as gays and lesbians are predicated upon the same rights of women, because our rights are sex based.”
At this point in the testimony, Burlingame grinned, whispering toward the ear of her colleague.
“Women have been reduced to “nothing more than a feeling,” Guggenheim continued. He asked the committee to define women because, “we cannot protect what we cannot define.”
“Children as young as 2 are being subjected to an ideology that suggests a boy who likes pink or a girl who likes to play sports and play with trucks, is born in the wrong body. These are the same regressive, anti-gay, gender stereotypes that gay people have always fought against, and is a modern day form of conversion therapy that ironically, organizations like Wyoming Equality advocate for under the guise of inclusivity,” he shot across the bow.
Burlingame looked up and snickered.
The doctor pressed on, saying, “We are stripping children of their innocence and robbing them of the freedom to grow up as happy, healthy adults.”
This is not a laughing matter or a fun game of out-of-state politics, and the Five and Dime is wasting no time getting that point across.
