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That is your opinion, and you are welcome to it. No one else need pay the least attention to it.

The 14th Amendment has been held by the courts to apply the 'establishment' clause of the 1st Amendment to state governments as well as the federal government . See Everson v. Board of Education (1947)

There is no reliable evidence that Abraham even existed. There is some evidence that King David may have been a real person, but there is no reliable evidence of his ancestry. Do you know the difference between a race, a culture, a religion and a nationality?

Some people think they are. Using statement funds to support sectarian religious indoctrination can be seen as an 'establishment of religion' under the 1st Amendment.

They used to think that about slavery, too.

I think you have mentioned "choice" before. What choice is that? The only choice they really have is whether to try to be "out" or not.

The question is, who decides? OK, I get it. Unless you decide, nothing but linguistic chaos will ensue.

'No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the...

No, it was an over-the-top example, but it showed, I think, that word definitions must be shared or they are meaningless.

You've managed to anger at least four trans women just by using a male pronoun? That may be some kind of a record.

We were discussing how word definitions are formed, and how they might change. No ontological statements were being made.

Maybe they're just tired of being hassled about it. How many trans women have you personally had that experience with?

We would if everybody agreed that in certain limited contexts the word "woman" could sometimes mean male child. You would have to tell me what kind of apple you wanted. "apple" can mean many different things, depending on the context. You might have wanted the apple of your eye. Again, you...

Now they have guilty consciences? You certainly seem to know quite a bit about people you have never met.

On whose authority is it inherently wrong?

The 14th Amendment, though it looks like the Oklahoma Constitution will be harder to wriggle out of.

Let's just say that in certain contexts I expand my usage to include trans woman as well as biological women. No, we can't all have a different one. A definition is only valid if people use it to communicate. And in a scientific context, that is the definition you use. It does not preclude...

Who decides what materials are "inappropriate?" Because public school libraries are public institutions the selection of books are a matter of public policy. You are certainly entitled to an opinion of your own about what is appropriate for your kids, but there is no reason it should be...

Sure, but some politicians are better at it than others,

I think it's too late for Australia--you guys are going to be easy pickings when George Soros sends in the anti-Christian UN Peacekeeping Force to install left-wing totalitarian government. Anyway, didn't you imply that there might be some good in gun control because it reduced the number of...