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(OSV News) — Local Catholics are planning to hold “dialogues” with members of the transgender community after the Louisiana Legislature overrode the governor’s veto of a ban on gender reassignment surgery or hormonal treatments for minors.
When Louisiana’s Republican-majority Legislature overturned Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ recent veto of the ban on July 18, the state was positioned to join, as of early next year, 20 other states that have enacted similar bans, although some have been blocked by judges amid legal challenges.
Tom Costanza, executive director of the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops, told OSV News in an email on July 21 that the group plans to hold “dialogues and listening sessions with this community.”
The Vatican in its document ‘Male and Female He Created Them’ calls for a path of dialogue,” he said.
“That document states that sexuality is “a fundamental component of one’s personhood,” but called for dialogue toward “a deeper understanding of the ways in which sexual difference between men and women is lived out in a variety of cultures.”
In guidance on health care policy and practices released March 20, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine said it opposed interventions that “involve the use of surgical or chemical techniques that aim to exchange the sex characteristics of a patient’s body for those of the opposite sex or for simulations thereof.”
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When Louisiana’s Republican-majority Legislature overturned Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ recent veto of the ban on July 18, the state was positioned to join, as of early next year, 20 other states that have enacted similar bans, although some have been blocked by judges amid legal challenges.
Tom Costanza, executive director of the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops, told OSV News in an email on July 21 that the group plans to hold “dialogues and listening sessions with this community.”
The Vatican in its document ‘Male and Female He Created Them’ calls for a path of dialogue,” he said.
“That document states that sexuality is “a fundamental component of one’s personhood,” but called for dialogue toward “a deeper understanding of the ways in which sexual difference between men and women is lived out in a variety of cultures.”
In guidance on health care policy and practices released March 20, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine said it opposed interventions that “involve the use of surgical or chemical techniques that aim to exchange the sex characteristics of a patient’s body for those of the opposite sex or for simulations thereof.”
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Catholics plan 'dialogues' with trans community after Louisiana Legislature veto override
Local Catholics are planning to hold "dialogues" with members of the transgender community after the Louisiana Legislature overrode the governor's veto of a ban on gender reassignment surgery or hormonal treatments for minors.
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