'Pop' is free to be . . . whatever

But not necessarily the person God made him/her to be. Because that information is being withheld for his/her own good. And to prove an ideological point, or try to.

Lifesite News:

In an interview with newspaper Svenska Dagbladet in March, a Swedish couple said they are refusing to disclose whether their two-and-a-half-year-old child, called "Pop" in the media, is a boy or a girl. They said that their decision, made at the time of the child's birth, was based on the feminist theory that "gender" is a "cruel" "social construct" that forces children into artificial roles.

"We want Pop to grow up more freely and avoid being forced into a specific gender mould from the outset," Pop's mother said. "It's cruel to bring a child into the world with a blue or pink stamp on their forehead." The parents say they never use personal pronouns, referring to him or her only as Pop.

So the inescapable (and potentially politically loaded) realities of pregnancy and childbirth had little effect on these parents, who still declare that "gender is just a social construct." A woman would have to be the queen of denial to cling to that notion after pushing a baby out of her birth canal.

This insanity can't continue much longer. At some point Pop will pop the inevitable question -- Am I a boy or a girl? -- and they won't be able to play God anymore. And Pop's friends will be less willing to go along with this mystery than any of the adults involved.

Quotes from my kids:

"That's pretty much one of the creepiest things I ever heard."

"Freaks."

I don't know where they pick up that hate-speech.

This has to be their first child. Pundit and I saw nature in action when our fourth child (and first boy), one year old, picked up a baby doll and hurled it across the room. He didn't learn that from his sisters, his mother, or even his father.

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