The ‘leaning tower of Dallas’ and Dwayne Wade on his child’s gender: When ‘sacred’ rights became ‘self-evident’

The “Leaning Tower of Dallas” has made national news.

Developers imploded an eleven-story building in our city Sunday morning to make way for a $2.5 billion development project, but nearly three hundred pounds of dynamite couldn’t finish the job. The middle core is still standing, though it is thirty-five feet shorter and listing at fifteen degrees. It will be demolished later this week with a crane and a wrecking ball. 

The core was built as an elevator shaft and was designed to resist earthquakes and tornadoes. When demolition “experts” decided to turn it into rubble, it stubbornly refused to cooperate. As a construction management professor said, “definitely something went wrong.” 

Metaphorically, when we choose to contradict our created purpose, something usually does. 

“She’s leading us on this journey” 

Dwayne Wade led the Miami Heat to three NBA championships and was named to the All-Star team thirteen times. However, the now-retired athlete is making headlines today for a different reason. 

Yesterday, he talked with Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts about his twelve-year-old child’s transition from son to daughter. “Myself and my family, we love the fact that she doesn’t have to hide who she is,” he said. He added that Zaya, who was originally named Zion and born a boy, has “known it for nine years, since she was three years old.” 

He explained that “it was a process for us to sit down with our daughter and find out who she is and what she likes and not put something on her—we decided to listen to her and she’s leading us on this journey.” 

“HOW did NO ONE see this????” 

I have no doubt that Dwayne Wade and his wife, Gabrielle Union, want the best for this child. What they are doing is consistent with conventional wisdom in a culture that claims we have the right to determine every dimension of our lives, from our gender identity to the gender we…