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For the sake of argument, I'd just ignore what is/isn't a religion and lump it all into "principles" or "beliefs".

That said, (I believe, ha...) there should always be the freedom to not engage with beliefs you find hostile. In the US, the 1st Amendment is critical because you must engage with the government on some level, but you don't need to use Truth Social, 4chan, 8kun, or whatever else.

Where, how, when does Google say there are more that two genders? By the way gender is a spectrum. A narrow spectrum where two genders describes most of the spectrum. But you get exceptions. Maybe being narrow minded is not the way. Expand yourself.

He’s just regurgitating what he heard on Fox News or a Ben Shapiro podcast, he’s not going to respond with sources

The irony in comments like this never ceases to amaze me.

It is amazing to me that we are okay with going along with all kinds of peculiar things that religious people do, even things that inconvenience non-believers (shabbat elevators, kosher/halal laws, closing liquor stores on Sunday (God's day), people walking around with ash on their foreheads, ignoring basic medical advice because it conflicts with your religious beliefs, censoring/banning textbooks, etc, but if someone feels like they don't fit neatly into him/her pronouns, half the country is up in arms over that, mostly the religious people! Just consider it part of their religious beliefs and move on with your life.

Clairvoyance (in this case: mind reading and crystal ball gazing) on the other hand: perfectly rational.

Surely these "peculiar things that Normies do" are completely harmless, in all manifestations...but let's never mind thinking about that - since it's normal, paying attention to such things is <choose from the long list of thought terminating memes that are used to dismiss anyone who makes an observation about the phenomenon>.

I am not necessarily parents opinion and I am also atheist, but no, it depends on your definition on gender and sex. Maybe you should expand yourself.

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