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Parents, not Meta, should be responsible for children

The greedy trial lawyers going after Meta are an embarrassment. Where do they get off on suing for billions to treat a few thousand teens who do not even know they are sick? Where is that money really going? Will it be used as kickbacks to support Democratic agendas, donors and political campaigns? The cradle-to-grave power play is at work here. Parents should have been held accountable for the lack of oversight of their own children. We truly are a poorly run state run by poorly thinking people.

Gary Hays

Bernalillo

Our differences are our strength 

Thank you for the article about New Mexico's support of the transgender community in the May 3 Sunday Journal.

It is a sign of maturity to acknowledge and accept diversity in all things. As children, we want to be just like everyone else. When we have reached adulthood, we should be able to discern and appreciate the many nuances in life.

With diversity comes unexpected gifts. We grow when we can see differences and appreciate them 鈥� this is where art, science and innovation come together. Demanding conformity is the essence of fearfulness. Whether we find joy in cooking or painting or fashion, our communities flourish when individuals are free to be as individual as they can imagine. The suppression of female education and the mistreatment of Black and immigrant communities stifled genius that should have been supported. Transgender people are another community that is 鈥測earning to breathe free.鈥�

We must do everything we can to allow everyone to express their full individuality. In gardening or farming, a unique seed may become the most resilient crop. In humanity, it may be the artist who sees in a new way. It may be unfamiliar, but we must make room for new possibilities. We are made poorer when we do not see life becoming more inclusive as a better future for all of us. 

Sandra Penn

Albuquerque

 True transgender care requires honesty

The front-page article in the Sunday Journal on May 3 about transgender care concludes with an appeal we all should agree on: 鈥渂asic human dignity鈥� for those personally involved in the issue. However, it鈥檚 critical to consider a fundamental, irreversible truth. It is not possible to change a person鈥檚 biological sex. Appearance and behaviors can change, but biological sex is a stable property of humans, present at conception and remaining constant for life. (See 鈥淵ale School of Medicine, Every Cell Has a Sex: X and Y and the Future of Health Care.鈥�) Modern research continues to confirm these differences.

Critical for our understanding is that a person remains male or female despite surgeries and hormone treatments. Why is this critical? Think of the vital importance of being an integrated human being, of being whole and undivided. The modern separation of the concept of gender from sex to allow the deception that one鈥檚 sex could be changed was the first step in disintegrating a fundamental identity. Disintegration causes problems.

The article mentions suicide as a grave concern. Rightfully so. It indicates, however, that affirming a person鈥檚 choice for transgender identity is care that leads to decreased depression (no statistics given), hence the misnomer 鈥渢ransgender care.鈥�

It can never be caring to further a falsehood. A belief that one can change his or her sex is a falsehood. Care is certainly needed, however.

You should care enough to give them the truth, and always treat people with dignity.

Douglas Price

Albuquerque

It鈥檚 time to take Uncle Sam鈥檚 matches away

Federal employees literally set Mora and San Miguel counties on fire.

Not metaphorically. Literally. The Hermits Peak Fire began when the Forest Service lit a fire in dry spring conditions on a windy day and lost control. Calf Canyon was a federal pile burn, which survived underground and reemerged months later. The two merged into New Mexico's largest wildfire.

New Mexico had seen this movie before. In 2000, another federal burn idea gone stupidly wrong became the Cerro Grande Fire, which burned through Los Alamos, destroyed more than 200 homes, forced 18,000 evacuations, threatened the lab and scarred the landscape that made the town feel like home.

Twenty-two years later, Uncle Sam still had not learned how to avoid setting New Mexico on fire. Then our all-Democratic congressional delegation wrote a law that sent victims into the Federal Emergency Management Agency鈥檚 claims maze and called that close enough for government work.

Congress set aside $5.4 billion for Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon compensation. Nearly four years after the fires were contained and the mudslides began, FEMA had paid $3.4 billion. Nearly 40% still has not been paid while families, ranchers and communities fight red tape. 

Money was never enough. A senator鈥檚 job is not to announce a fund, then complain later that the money is trapped in the maze they built. The job is to write a law that solves the problem the first time.

After Cerro Grande and Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon, it is time to take Uncle Sam鈥檚 matches away, march him back to New Mexico, and teach him how to apologize properly: Admit what you did, pay what you owe, stop making victims beg and don鈥檛 you dare do it again.

Matt Channon

Albuquerque

The foundation of our democracy is cracking

The Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 didn't happen in a vacuum. Black and brown Americans spent generations fighting 鈥� and dying 鈥� for access to the ballot. The act was the result of that struggle. The court has been quietly dismantling it ever since.

We are a pluralistic democracy 鈥� a nation of many races, faiths, languages and political philosophies. That only works if everyone actually gets to participate. Our strength has never come from uniformity, but from the idea that every person's voice matters. A vote suppressed anywhere weakens the whole system 鈥� and that includes yours, regardless of your politics.

I'm asking people across the political divide to get behind this. Call your senators and representatives 鈥� let them know this matters. Support organizations working to protect ballot access in our state. Talk to your neighbors, especially the ones you disagree with. Show up at town halls. Share what you know. Fair elections aren't a left or right issue 鈥� they're the foundation on which everything else is built. The right to vote is the one right that protects all the others.

Susanne Hinkle 

Cochiti Lake

It鈥檚 time to pay legislators, and expect results

Recently I learned that New Mexico legislators don't get paid. They receive per diem when the Legislature is in session and when they attend interim committee meetings, but otherwise they are not paid. We're the only state that doesn't pay its state assembly people.

We are sitting almost dead last in almost every measure a state is assessed on. These legislators have to support themselves. Having both a job and state business to do on the side probably means there isn't nearly enough time to focus their attention to address the many problems New Mexico has. No one reading this (who isn't volunteering) is not being paid to do their job. It's outrageous to expect these people to work on our behalf and not be paid for the work they do. It shows. It's crazy to expect our legislators to work on a volunteer basis. Our low rankings on nearly everything are reason enough to provide a salary to these people, and to expect results.

Dara Southerland

Albuquerque