@austeni *note that

@profmcmillan @ryanburge it’s possible that folks switch between “agnostic” and “nothing in particular” fairly easily, making the pair of retention rates artificially low.

@RosalynAnnK @ryanburge Possibly, but it could also just be a deeper commitment to engaging in Christian activities.

@bluzoan @Aja1764741Aja @VinaigretteGirl @babybeginner @SaltzSher 3. Note too that sex is not a product of identity. Like the rest of the physical world it’s something that is received instead of perceived. It justifies itself as a phenomenon, vs gender which requires internal justification.

@bluzoan @Aja1764741Aja @VinaigretteGirl @babybeginner @SaltzSher But most people with syndromes like CAIS don’t identify as transgender, and most transgender folks don’t have developmental disorders. Or ARE you claiming that the 2 must overlap? I’m glad we agree that chromosomes are binary. But these are directly related to sex.

@bluzoan @Aja1764741Aja @VinaigretteGirl @babybeginner @SaltzSher 4. Also, note that gate keeping is now considered a positive thing! Marginalized communities engage in gatekeeping to preserve their identities and access to resources.

@bluzoan @Aja1764741Aja @VinaigretteGirl @babybeginner @SaltzSher But most scientists agree that it is binary. Folks with intersex conditions have chromosomes in various combinations of X and Y. Thus reinforcing the binary. There is no Z that develops even in abnormal conditions.

@Gablesgreen134 @Aja1764741Aja @babybeginner @bluzoan @SaltzSher It’s fair to say the university recognizes the student as a variety of woman to the extent it doesn’t infringe others’ rights. Like adoption, it’s a legal fiction, which conforms to reality in many ways but ultimately is unreal.

@Aja1764741Aja @VinaigretteGirl @babybeginner @bluzoan @SaltzSher When men aren’t allowed into XX-only spaces, it doesn’t deny their existence. Just means they can’t take up our space. This can be activating/triggering if they have gender dysphoria, which deserves support to help them take ownership of their discomfort and cope with it.

@danealanfafo @tonyannett it doesn’t.

@danealanfafo @tonyannett Maybe he should, if people don’t realize anyone can be blessed. The blessing is not a stamp of approval, it’s medicine given to make the soul stronger. Anyway traditional theology sees murder at a very different level than sexual sin. See Dante’s Inferno for a depiction.

@danealanfafo @tonyannett The Pope didn’t bless same sex marriage. He wrote a document saying gay people can receiving a blessing like anyone else (like “God bless you.”) Catholicism (like Christianity) is ontologically permanent.

@tonyannett @danealanfafo Catholicism is received in baptism. He is probably a bad Catholic, but nothing can take the Church away from him.

@tonyannett @JDVance The Pope didn’t reject him, he’s coming along side him to disciple him the way a good father does.