Last week, the James Younger case caught nationwide attention, as the seven-year-old boy from Texas was caught in a custody battle between a father trying to protect his son from a manipulative mother.

The case involves James’s alleged decision to identify as a transgender girl.

James’s father, Jeff Younger, argues that James prefers to be a boy and only pretends to act feminine around his mother, Anne Georgulas.

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The father believes that James’ thoughts on transgenderism are the result of his mother’s influence.

A video of Jeff questioning James about his gender recently surfaced on the Internet. The son answered that he is a girl because his mother said so.

“You’re a boy, right?” asked Younger.

“No, I’m a girl,” replied James.

“Who told you you’re a girl?” Younger questioned his son.

“Mommy,” replied James.

The father continued by asking, “And what does mommy tell you?”

“She tells me I’m a girl,” said James.

The father continued asking his son about his preferences, which included how “mommy puts you in a dress and puts nail polish on you?” The son responded affirmatively, revealing that his mother purchases dresses, hairbands, and hairclips for him.

On “The Luke Macias Show”, Younger said “My three-year-old son tells me — he’s at my home — he tells me that he’s a girl. And I had the presence of mind, thank goodness, to pull out my iPhone and videotape me asking him about that. And that was literally the first time that I really understood what was happening to my son.”

“That was the first time I noticed. He was just past his third birthday,” Younger added.

Younger claimed that his ex-wife, Anne Georgulas, was “only giving [James] love and affection if he acted like a girl,” and “was putting my son into time-outs and she would lock him in his room and say that monsters only eat boys.”

After a 11 of 12 jury decision in court, Georgulas was granted sole managing conservatorship of James and his twin brother Jude. Additionally, he was forced to affirm James’s status as a transgendered person by calling him “Luna” with feminine pronouns.

This case has attracted national attention.

On October 23, 2019, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that Child Protective Services was investigating this incident.

FYI the matter of 7 year old James Younger is being looked into by the Texas Attorney General’s Office and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. #JamesYounger

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) October 23, 2019

Even Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has chimed in on the matter. On Twitter, Paul stated “We don’t let kids drink alcohol til 21. People want to move smoking age to 21. But we will allow a 7 year old to have his life and body altered like this? This is child abuse and the state should side with the father who is trying to protect the child.”

We don’t let kids drink alcohol til 21. People want to move smoking age to 21. But we will allow a 7 year old to have his life and body altered like this? This is child abuse and the state should side with the father who is trying to protect the child.” https://t.co/fNXF50qQEY

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) October 24, 2019

Cooler heads have prevailed for now after judge Kim Cooks granted the parents joint custody of James Younger.

This will likely turn into a larger battle nationwide, as social conservatives across the nation will seek to contain any more encroachments on the family unit by the radical Left.