Baptism until becoming an adult should be banned, too
Mr PP said that puberty blockers are an adult decision and shouldn't be made for children. As a member of the ex-Mormon community, many of us have argued that being forced into a cult at a young age with life long consequences is wrong. Baptism should be an adult decision when you can make better informed consent.
Parents already have extraordinary power to force their children into their worldview. Smith and the UCP are actually stripping parent rights, and of course children's rights, rather than strengthening them. As you can see, it already has slippery slope implications.
Edit: maybe I should have added a sarcastic flair, especially since there's a lot of different views on baptism. So, I'll share some of the ways it affected me.
I was taught black people were not as righteous as white people before they were born. I was taught that the indigenous peoples were given their skin color as a rebellion against god. I was taught that indigenous people could turn white if they joined the church. Baptism was used as a control mechanism to remind you that at 8 years old you made that choice to follow all these laws and rules that you knew nothing about. My parents vowed to slit their own throats if they revealed the secrets. I was taught that through my sinning I chose to be gay. I was sent to therapy and told I wasn't gay but just had a problem. This led to marriage. This led to children. This affects their lives too even though none of us are involved anymore.
One last edit: I never said these were the same. I said it's a slippery slope when you attack rights. Evidence suggests that for the well-being of a transgendered child, puberty blockers can be effective. Is there the potential for harm? Absolutely. We must be careful. This ban doesn't reflect evidence and is justified because there could be problems. My comparison was to show that baptism (not simple dunking or sprinkling in Mormonism - it is a control mechanism). So, baptisms can cause problems. Most of the time it probably doesn't.