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And in that case, one of the constraints could be along the lines of "any policy that sets the state above the policy is morally wrong," and another could be that "each family should prioritize their own wellbeing."
Thus, when we get to a policy where the state overrides the family, that is wrong.
The US government need not put my children above all others, but neither should it believe that it knows what's better for them than I do.
Sure. But I never said you couldn't oppose pro-trans policies on moral grounds. I said that there had to be (in principle!) a level of evil from the other side such that you would deem the side with pro-trans policies to be the lesser evil, even if that evil did not affect you personally. Say, you're a brown-haired man with a brown-haired wife and children; Candidate A wants to trans children to the same extent that current Dems do; and Candidate B wants to torture all redheaded children to death but will leave your brown-haired children alone. I think you don't have to be a shrimp-loving utilitarian to admit that in such a hypothetical, Candidate B is more evil than Candidate A and you should therefore vote for Candidate A, even though B's evil wouldn't affect your family personally while A's lesser evil might.
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