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He recounted a specific incident where he felt compelled to speak out against a book promoting the idea that gender could be chosen based on feelings, rather than the way God made us. "I realized it wasn't really right," Shay explained. "The book made it very obvious that it was about gender and how it was forced by feelings. I know that it's not feelings. It's, it's just like people teaching you that you can choose your gender, and I know that that's not right." His unwavering stance underscores a fundamental belief shared by many faith communities: that gender is a divine creation, not something to be redefined based on transient feelings.