Kentucky Gov. Uses Bible As Support for Mutilating Children – RedState
Don’t do it. Don’t do it.
I say this as a pastor, not an expert.
When I first saw this clip of Andy Beshear on The View, invoking his faith to defend the medical mutilation of children, my stomach dropped. Not because I was surprised. Because I was distressed.
Unreal.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear went on “The View” to use the Bible as a defense to mutilate children with gender dysphoria:
“My faith teaches me that all children are children of God and I didn’t want people to prey on these children. »
– Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) February 9, 2026
“My faith teaches me that all children are children of God and I didn’t want people to prey on these children. »
I buried children. I prayed with parents in the intensive care waiting rooms. I have been around teenagers drowning in confusion and shame. I have accompanied families through seasons where the pain was unbearable. So listen to me clearly. The love of children is not theoretical for me. It’s personal. It’s pastoral. It’s sacred.
And this is why this argument does not fail; it goes against every ounce of true care that can be given to a child.
Yes, all children are children of God. Amen to that. But in what world does this truth lead us to sterilize them, to open them or to affirm each feeling as the final truth? In fact, the opposite is true. If children belong to God, then we are stewards, not experiencers. Protectors, not defenders of confusion. Shepherds, not butchers.
I have never met a single hurt child who needed less truth. I have met many who needed more patience, more presence, more stability, and more adults willing to say, “I love you too much to lie to you.”
The left loves to cite mercy. They rarely mention justice. They cling to love while quietly rejecting the truth. But Scripture never separates these things. God’s love is holy. His mercy is just. His compassion does not contradict his purpose.
This selective theology is not accidental. Satan has distorted God’s Word from the very beginning. He never outright denies God. He redefines it. It takes an attribute, isolates it, and uses it to clandestinely destroy it. “Did God really say it?” is still the most effective question in his arsenal.
When politicians invoke faith to defend policies that permanently harm children, pastors have a responsibility to speak out. Silence is not kindness. It’s cowardice.
To be in the middle of the Epstein dossier releases, and then to hear a sitting governor invoke “faith” to promote ideologies that attack the innocence of even the most vulnerable among us… I honestly don’t know where to begin. Perhaps in the words of a simple man born in Bethlehem:
But if you cause one of these little ones who trust in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a great millstone tied around your neck and to drown yourself in the depths of the sea.
Sign me up for the millstone assembly team.
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Let me be frank. Protecting children from bullying doesn’t require puberty blockers. Stopping mean words doesn’t require a mastectomy. Preventing cruelty does not require lifelong medical dependence. It’s not a problem. These are abuses committed by hands that claim to help. The psychological damage caused can be as irreversible as the surgical interventions.
And this puts parents in an impossible situation. They either affirm a narrative that they know is false, or they are labeled as hateful. They either give up their authority or are told they want their child to suffer. It’s coercion, not worry.
In my years of ministry, I have learned something painfully simple. The feelings are real. They are not reliable. A loving adult helps a child deal with their feelings without abandoning the truth. We don’t let kids drive cars, vote, or sign contracts because we understand development. Yet somehow we are told they can consent to irreversible medical decisions during their most vulnerable years.
This should alarm all parents, believers or not.
The Bible does not call us to affirm confusion. This calls us to accompany people towards wholeness. This does not ask us to redefine the body. This tells us that the body is a gift. This does not command us to eliminate suffering at all costs. He commands us to endure, make disciples, heal, and speak the truth in love.
I’m not interested in winning the culture wars. I am interested in the protection of sheep. Especially the little ones. So no, Andy Beshear, when you use God’s name to justify policies that leave children scarred for life, I will not applaud that sentiment. I will challenge the lie.
True love does not mutilate. True mercy does not lie. And true faith does not twist Scripture to make it seem like sin is compassionate.
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