Sorry, while I can sympathize with the struggles of transgender individuals, their quiet desperation is not an excuse for murder. My childhood, like many others, was far from idyllic, even traumatic at times, but that does not justify taking the lives of innocent victims. …

I don’t care how people choose to live their lives. It’s none of my business. If an adult makes the decision to live life as the opposite sex, that’s fine. (But physically altering the bodies of minors who, in many cases, will live to regret their childhood decisions is a bridge too far.)

While transgenderism is an alien idea to me, I would not treat a transgender with disrespect. By the same token, I am a Christian which is likely a foreign concept to some. But I don’t demand that people believe in God, so please don’t ask me to celebrate transgenders.