Lgbtqi+ Data Inclusion Act
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Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 4176. This horrifying bill would require all Federal agencies that collect demographic data to ask Americans about their sexual orientation or gender identity; and that goes all the way to including the Census, ultimately, affecting every American.
I realize the majority party will claim that you don't have to fill out this form. But we all know, as a practical matter, almost all people presented with a form will fill out the whole thing. There are very people who have the gumption or whatever to say, I refuse to fill out such and such a question.
Now, honestly, this bill affects adults. And I am old enough to remember when the gay rights movement was supposed to be about, we are not going to poke around and see what people are doing in the bedroom. Now we are kind of going in the opposite direction. We are going to require everybody to talk about their sexual orientation which, by itself, is a little bit offensive.
But I am also going to focus more on the fact that this bill requires--doesn't require but asks for responses from people under 18 years of age, which is just almost beyond belief.
If a parent gets randomly selected to fill out the National Survey on Children's Health, Democrats want the Federal Government to ask parents to disclose if their 3-year-old son is attracted to boys or girls. That is why we should call this, steal our children's childhood act.
When public schools report data to the U.S. Department of Education's Civil Rights Data Collection, schools will ask kindergartners through 12th graders what their sexual orientation is or which gender they think they are.
What exactly are you supposed to respond if you are an 8-year-old child?
What are they supposed to do with this question?
Johnny, here we have a question for you. And what is he going to say? I am gay because my favorite cartoon character is gay. I'm trans because I like my mother's dress.
I don't know what they are supposed to do with this question, and I think it is absurd that we would ever expect anybody to ask these questions of a little child. But clearly, that is what the majority party wants.
And we hear about today like people you couldn't tell what they are when they are 6 years old or 5 years old. I mean, really beyond belief.
And like I said, our corrupt popular culture today, we are told people are identifying as something or other when they are 7 or 8 years old.
So in any event, I think it is obvious to vote ``no'' on this bill. I don't know how, as a country, we got to a place where we are asking 7- or 8-year-olds to declare a sexual preference, but that is where we are today; and the majority party thinks it makes perfect sense.
The Democrats must know this is wrong.
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Mr. GROTHMAN. I guess we can about wrap this up.
I want the American public, though, to stop and think where we are today. We are going to pass a bill in which 7- or 8- or 9-year-olds are supposed to declare a sexual preference.
I will close by saying, the clergy of this country should ponder how we got this far and what they want to do about it.
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished majority leader.
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