It's getting hard to keep track of all the transformations happening nowadays. A white woman transforms herself into a black woman. A man transforms himself into a woman. Our society transforms itself into a twisted self-caricature.

First, Rachel Dolezal. Some biologists claim that race doesn't exist in a biological sense at all while others insist that it does. For a summary of this rather curious debate, see this article: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/does-race-exist.html. Whether or not race exists biologically, however, it does exist culturally.

Dolezal's story may be illustrated by an example from the world of fiction. Lt. John Dunbar, the main character in "Dances With Wolves" came to self-identify as a Sioux Indian. He took on all of the cultural accoutrements of those people and, in effect if not in reality, became a Sioux. But he did so with the full knowledge and acceptance of the people whose cultural identity he adopted. Dolezal did not. In fact, she lied about it repeatedly, even bouncing back and forth between races when it suited her. She's a fraud, though apparently a well-intentioned one, and she may also be delusional.

And, speaking of delusional, there's Bruce Jenner.

All human embryos automatically develop female unless the "SRY" gene carried in embryos with a Y chromosome tells them to develop male by producing a specific protein. This doesn't apply to XX genotypes (females) but is critical for XY genotypes (males). If the gene or the Y chromosome receptors are defective, the message doesn't get through and the body develops as female despite the XY chromosome pattern. This condition is extremely rare but those who have it, while genetically male, will physically develop as females. They, and those suffering from other equally rare conditions like Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS) are truly "transgendered" because their bodies have made a genetic mistake.

Individuals whose genes function properly, however, yet who still self-identify as the other sex, are not transgendered no matter what they think or feel. Their minds, not their bodies, have made the mistake. As he apparently does not have a genetic disorder, Jenner is simply a cross-dresser who has had a lot of surgery. His fake breasts don't make him a woman any more than his mental confusion does. That normal Y chromosome says otherwise. But, in our transformed society, one may suggest therapy for Jenner's obvious mental problem only at the risk of being attacked as a bigot. Instead, we're supposed to "celebrate" Jenner's feelings, and even praise him for his "courage." Nonetheless, his Y chromosome isn't a bigot. And Bruce Jenner isn't a woman.

Amusingly, however, he's a Republican which really bugs progressives because it negates part of their victimhood fable.

And so we come to another transformation, the tragic oxymoron of "same-sex marriage."

Today's trendy narrative is that marriage has no inherent male-female structure and is mostly just about the "feelings" of the participants. Until now, humanity has known better. Even the ancient Greeks, comfortable with open homosexuality, never understood marriage as anything other than a male-female union with a fundamental procreative function for society. But, hey, we've progressed beyond that primitive thinking, right?

Wrong. That thinking is eminently sensible. But five "progressive" Transformers on the Supreme Court, Decepticons all, went with ideology over Constitutional responsibility and redefined this most ancient of human institutions. Their decision is as broken as a defective SRY gene and every bit as harmful. And American society is as confused as Bruce Jenner.

Alas, our historical, traditional understanding of marriage is now legally irrelevant, and even is condemned as bigotry. The predictable efforts to silence criticism and demand "marriage equality" for polygamy, group marriage, and other perversions have already begun. Supreme Court logic says they must be accepted. Can the first transgendered Episcopalian bishop be far behind?

Our Decepticon-in-Chief said he would fundamentally transform America. And has he ever!

Where are the Autobots when we really need them?