Last week, the judge in the case of James Younger, the seven-year-old-boy whose mother wants to turn him into a “transgendered” girl, issued a gag order
preventing James’ father from discussing the case publicly. Ruth Institute President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D. said, “This is an egregious abridgement
of the father’s First Amendment rights.”
James’ divorced parents each sought sole custody. His mother, who’s been making him wear dresses, painting his nails, and telling him he’s a girl named
“Luna” since age three, has been taking him to a “gender clinic.” She wants to use drugs, and possibly surgery, to complete the process. His father
is adamantly opposed.
Morse continued: “If the case hadn’t been publicized, due mostly to the interviews the father did, few of us would have known about what could have been
a terrible miscarriage of justice. I believe the judge’s resolution of the case – including giving the parents joint medical decision-making – was
due in part to an extraordinary public outcry.”
Matt Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, says, “It’s fairly straightforward that you can’t gag a father from talking about his son to the
media.” Staver calls the order “an outrageous decision by the court that’s clearly unconstitutional.”
Morse added: “Family court judges have an astonishing amount of power. Judge Kim Cooks could have given the mother everything she wanted – sole custody
and the unimpeded power to effectively castrate her son. That’s what the jury recommended.If the case was decided in the dark, the judge might have
confirmed it.” A petition in support of the father on Life Petitions has more than 86,000 signers.
In another Texas custody case, where four-year-old Drake Pardo was taken from his family over what was alleged to be medical abuse, a Dallas-area judge
issued a similar gag order against the family.
A week ago, Texas Solicitor General Kyle Hawkins submitted a brief on behalf of the state of Texas calling the gag order “unconstitutional,” writing that
the order “is plainly overboard and cannot be squared with the First Amendment’s free speech guarantees.”
Morse stated: “Injustice grows in the dark. The #SaveJames case deserves the widest possible exposure and unhampered discussion. The father’s freedom of
speech must be restored.”
In a recent webcast of The Dr. J Show on the Ruth Institute Youtube page, Morse revealed the hidden dimensions of the case. “Transgenderism, third-party reproduction, and divorce all increase
the power of the state over the lives of ordinary people. This is the Sexual Deep State at work.”
Morse explained, “Our #SaveJames campaign is part of the Ruth Institute’s overall mission to counter the Sexual Revolution and speak out for its victims.”
The Ruth Institute is a global interfaith non-profit organization equipping Christians to defend the family and build a civilization of love.
Dr. Morse is the author of The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies Are Destroying Lives.
Find more information on The Ruth Institute here.
To schedule an interview with Dr. Morse, email media@ruthinstitute.org.
