From the Kansas Reflector: When Rabbi Moti Rieber shouted in frustration from the gallery of the Kansas Senate after it overturned the governor’s veto on the state’s anti-trans law on Feb. 17, he turned to an oft-quoted warning about the danger of political complacency.

But he updated it for our time.

As soon as Senate President Ty Masterson announced the veto had been overturned by the chamber’s Republican supermajority, 31-9, and smacked the gavel to signal an end to the matter, Rieber was on his feet.

“First they came for the trans people,” Rieber shouted, “and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t trans. Then they came for …”

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From Rev. Amanda Baker: “At KIFA Day, while we were discussing the lived realities of his vote for SB 244 and again to override the governor’s veto of it, Senator Mike Argabright asked me what I would say to the folks who feel very strongly in favor of it, because it’s “very emotional on both sides.”

I said, “As United Methodists, we sum up the basics of our call to faithful living in three rules: Do No Harm, Do Good, and Stay in love with God…”

Trans people in Kansas began to receive letters yesterday stating that, due to the passage of SB 244, their drivers licenses are void beginning today, and that if they drive on them they risk arrest for a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by up to a $1000 fine or six months in jail. Trans Kansans will have to get to the DMV and pay for their own new identification, which will misgender them. No warning, no grace period -- just that if you DWT (drive while trans) with a gender marker which matches your gender identity, you risk arrest….

In the original Jurassic Park, the Jeff Goldblum character famously says that the scientists “were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” And I think we could say the same about Kansas’ legislative leadership this year…

Pope Francis was, first and foremost, a Christian pastor. Both words are important. He defined himself as a man who knew and loved the person of Jesus of Nazareth. For Francis, Jesus was always the center of everything. Here is how he stated it in his pivotal Apostolic Exhortation, The Joy of the Gospel…

On Tuesday, the hearings on this year’s anti trans bills – SB 63 in the Senate, HB 2071 in the House – were held. The bills impose a comprehensive ban on all gender affirming interventions for minors in Kansas…