In State of the Union, Biden Vows to Help Trans-Identified Youth Reach Their 'God-Given Potential'
President Joe Biden's first State of the Union address touched on many hotly-debated issues Tuesday night, both domestic and global, as he vowed to stand up to Russia as well as states that pass laws limiting abortion and who can participate in women's sports.
Biden delivered his first State of the Union Address since taking office last year, given to a joint session of the 117th United States Congress gathered in the U.S. House Chamber, which he called a “citadel of democracy.”
The president maintained that numerous rights were “under assault” as he encouraged lawmakers to rally behind his domestic agenda.
Biden lamented that “the constitutional right affirmed by Roe v. Wade, standing precedent for half a century, is under attack as never before.”
Despite being the second Catholic to be elected president of the United States, Biden expressed disappointment with the myriad of pro-life laws passed at the state level a day after the U.S. Senate killed the Women’s Health Protection Act. The bill would have codified the legal precedent of Roe, the 1973 Supreme Court decision establishing a right to abortion nationwide, into federal law.
The 79-year-old former senator from Delaware slammed “the onslaught of state laws targeting transgender Americans and their families” as “simply wrong.”
He delivered a message to “our younger transgender Americans,” telling them “I’ll always have your back as your president so you can be yourself and reach your God-given potential.”
When highlighting what he viewed as the plight of the LGBT community, he called on Congress to pass the Equality Act. Supporters of the Equality Act view the measure as necessary to codify nondiscrimination protections for the LGBT community into federal law while critics express concern about its implications for religious liberty.
Story by Ryan Foley, Christian Post reporter. Cover image a still from social media (Youtube) video of event.
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Watch Post Commentary: It comes as an unwelcome slap in the face to be lectured by our president about left-leaning social agendas while so many Americans are struggling to put food on the table and fill up their gas tanks to go to work due to the inflation caused by this administration's policies. What do you think about the president's address? We'd love to hear from you. Leave a comment below!
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