What’s in a name

The Ohio Republican party and the Heritage Foundation need to get a room already. If anyone gets pregnant from that hookup, be careful what you name the baby.Coming to a Statehouse near me is House Bill 190, the Given Name Act. This bill, with language gifted from the Heritage Foundation, would prohibit teachers from calling students by a name or pronoun different from their birth certificate, and would prohibit educators from asking the same of students.I guess my teachers should’ve called me, Baby. I was not given a first name at birth and my original birth certificate says Baby and my biological mom’s last name.But nobody puts baby in the corner.The ironic thing about this is that organizations leading the anti-trans crusade are largely Christian and the Bible is full of name changes. Abram becomes Abraham, Sarai to Sarah, Jacob wrestles with an angel until given a new name, Jesus renames Simon to Peter, Saul gets knocked off a horse and becomes Paul.In Revelation 2:17, those who overcome are given a new name on a white stone.Are the Heritage Foundation and friends going to say, “hey God, this doesn’t match my birth certificate.”Laws like this have nothing to do with morals or faith, they are completely about disrespect.Intentionally calling someone by the wrong name or pronoun is nothing more than an act of disrespect.God does not disrespect gender diverse people. In Isaiah 56, God honors the genderqueer saying:I will give within my temple and its wallsa memorial and a namebetter than sons and daughters;I will give them an everlasting namethat will endure forever. Get full access to TransPreacher at transpreacher.substack.com/subscribe