New York Threatens to Throw Catholic Nuns in Jail for Not “Affirming” Transgender Ideology
For 125 years, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne have provided free care to patients with terminal cancer in upstate New York. But now, thanks to a new law which enjoyed a shameful amount of bipartisan support, the sisters could be facing jail time for refusing to “affirm” patients who believe they are transgender – despite the fact that doing so would violate core Catholic teachings.
The assault on the sisters’ First Amendment rights began back in 2023 when Empire State Democrats introduced something called the “Long-Term Care Facility Residents’ Bill of Rights for LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers and People Living with HIV.” Governor Kathy Hochul signed the bill into law, and it went into effect in May 2024.
Although Democrat legislators spearheaded the bill, New York Republicans barely raised any opposition to it, and dozens of GOP members appallingly voted for it. The final tally was 144-2 in favor in the Assembly and 55-7 in favor in the Senate. It received hardly any media coverage at the time.
Supporters of the law claim that it prohibits “discrimination” against individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ in nursing homes and adult care facilities. In reality, it criminalizes dissent against transgender ideology, trampling the religious liberty and free speech rights of Christians and other religious New Yorkers
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