As medical associations are reconsidering transgender “medicine” for minors, Democrats—even “moderate” ones like Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear—seem to be missing the memo.

Just a few days after a jury awarded $2 million in damages to a detransitioner woman who underwent surgery at 16, and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons subsequently recommended against surgeries for patients under 19, Beshear decided to double down on transgender “treatments” and tie the issue to his Christian faith.

Beshear said on “The View” Monday that “the most authentic thing” that “drives” him is his faith.

“My decisions are based on ‘we love our neighbors like ourselves’ and the parable that says everyone is our neighbor,” he explained. “When I vetoed one of the nastiest pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation that came through my state, I described it in those terms.”

“I said my faith tells me that all children are children of God and I didn’t want people picking on those things,” the governor said.

I find that position rather ironic.

Beshear is right on the basics: Jesus does teach us to love our neighbors as ourselves, and while not all children are children of God, they are made in his image. But when it comes to protecting children, he has the policy exactly wrong.

His policy isn’t about protecting children, it’s about making them vulnerable to the transgender agenda.

As the Democrat governor of a red state, Beshear has vetoed many bills, although the Legislature often overrides him.

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