Letter: North Dakota legislators are acting like 'little gods'

Are there not any members of the North Dakota Republican Party who are people of faith? If so, where are their voices?

So many are acting like "little gods” by making judgments that belong to God alone. Every single person is a child of God. All this legislation against transgender persons currently being considered by these little gods goes against everything revealed in Jesus' teachings and the Christian faith.

As straight persons, my wife and I would never let ourselves be in the position of destroying precious children of God, and that is exactly what is happening on Bismarck.

John A. Jorgensen is a retired ELCA pastor and a resident of Fargo.

This letter does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Forum's editorial board nor Forum ownership.

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