OutKick host Dan Dakich offered a fiery response to a social media post by Indy Star columnist Gregg Doyel, who was reacting to a federal court allowing Indiana to ban gender surgery for minors.
Doyel reacted to X by saying, “History will not be kind to this decision.”
“History will not be kind to many things,” he added.
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Dan Dakich (Rich Barnes/Getty Images/File)
Dakich, on Thursday's episode of “Don't @ Me,” trashed Doyel's opinion.
The former Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball star and Bowling Green Eagles men's basketball head coach said he didn't think the columnist knew what he was talking about.
“He literally doesn't know anything he's talking about. He's literally trying to get you, you and others to talk about it. And congratulations, he did it. But gender-affirming attention is also genital mutilation.”
“Now, understand this. Kids can't smoke, kids can't drink, kids can't drive a car until a certain age. But somehow, somehow, Gregg Doyle and the rest of these crazy liberals want them children to be able to cut up their garbage, we want children to be able to mutilate their bodies.
Dakich said there are parents and children who have admitted it was “the worst thing they've ever done.”
“No [know] Why would anyone think that a 6, 5, 8, 9, 10 year old child should be allowed, and their parents should be allowed to cut or cut their private parts? I don't know why that's even a thing. “It's almost as if people are so stupid that they defy logic.”
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, center (AP Photo/Darron Cummings/File)
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The Indiana ruling was handed down by a panel of judges from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. It was the latest ruling in a legal challenge the ACLU of Indiana filed against the ban.
The initial laws were supposed to go into effect on July 1, 2023. But a month earlier, U.S. District Court Judge James Patrick Hanlon issued an injunction preventing most of them from going into effect. Hanlon stopped the state from banning minors' access to hormone therapies and puberty blocks, but allowed the ban on gender surgery to take effect.
Hanlon's order also blocked provisions that would prohibit Indiana doctors from communicating with doctors in other states about gender surgery for patients under 18 years old.
“As we and our clients consider our next steps, we want all transgender youth in Indiana to know that this fight is far from over,” the ACLU of Indiana said in a statement. “We will continue to challenge this law until it is permanently defeated and Indiana becomes a safer place to raise all families.”
Protesters stand in front of the Senate chamber at the Indiana State House in Indianapolis on February 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita called the state law “common sense” in a post on X.
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“Our common sense state law, which prohibits dangerous and irreversible gender transition procedures for minors, is now enforceable following the most recent order from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. We are proud to win this fight against the radicals who continue imposing this horrible practice on our children for a long time. ideological and financial reasons,” he added.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
