Posted on 02/14/2017 11:04:50 AM PST by Morgana
WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) - President Trump is signaling he won't force public schools to adopt Obama's transgender bathroom guidance mandating students be allowed in opposite sex bathrooms and locker rooms.
The White House filed a motion Friday Feb. 10 with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals effectively keeping in place a nationwide injunction that blocked Obama's transgender bathroom "guidance" until the Supreme Court addresses the issue in March. A challenge to the injunction late last year by the Obama administration had been scheduled to go before the court this week but was canceled by Friday's filing.
Sarah Warbelow, legal director for the Human Rights Campaign, expressed disappointment over the filing. "Our concern is that it's a very clear signal that at a minimum the Department of Justice — and possibly more broadly throughout the Trump administration — will not protect transgender students." Dropping the issue Friday left standing a nationwide injunction penned last August by U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor in Austin, Texas, in the wake of a 13 states sueing the federal government over its attempt to push the transgender bathroom mandate on their public schools. The injunction blocking the guidance in all states was in place until the case could be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Judge Reed's injunction temporarily suspended the threat made last May by the Obama administration of withholding federal funding from schools across the country that refused to comply with the White House interpretation of Title IX and its nondiscrimination regulations. The Obama administration had been interpreting the word "sex" as used in Title IX to mean so-called "gender identity" instead of its previously understood meaning of biological sex.
In his ruling last August Judge O'Connor affirmed the meaning of the word "sex" in Title IX regulation is "not ambiguous." He further stated, "It cannot be disputed that the plain meaning of the term sex as used ... following passage of Title IX meant the biological and anatomical differences between male and female students as determined at their birth."
Judge O'Connor made his ruling just two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a similar injunction in blocking a lower court from ordering a Virginia public school to allow students access to opposite sex bathrooms and locker rooms. The Supreme Court's injunction will also remain in effect until the Virginia school's transgender bathroom case is heard by the High Court in March.
After the filing Friday Mara Keisling — executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality — commented, "By refusing to fulfill their responsibilities to protect all the nation's students and defend this life-saving guidance, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Trump administration have attacked the dignity and safety of transgender students."
In the legal brief filed Friday the Justice Department remarked, "The parties are currently considering how best to proceed in this appeal."
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“The Obama administration had been interpreting the word “sex” as used in Title IX to mean so-called “gender identity” instead of its previously understood meaning of biological sex.”
Lewis Caroll call your office.
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That’s it—now they’re REALLY going to get mad!
It’s actually a terrible loss. Winning would be to have the Supreme Court nullify Obama’s order, OR have it uphold Obama’s order, but THEN have Trump rescind it.
What about the dignity and safety of those you impose upon??
I saw this or a similar remark about three weeks ago. The remark was followed two days later by a disavowal of it. An article said Ivanka and her husband convinced Trump to ‘let it be’, not change Obama’s LGBT directives for schools and businesses. This time, I’ll be standing by to review any coming changes or walk backs. Hopefully, there won’t be any walk backs this go round.
What a load of horse squeeze. The BHO policy had NOTHING to do with protecting 'transgender' students and more with the disintegration of the established societal order.
The abnormal sex group will be REALLY mad at Trump now.
it’s good to see that sanity and integrity have returned to our WH after 8 years of blithering insanity, felonious corruption and treason. Kudos President Trump, I support you 100%.
Trump needs to remember that all these decisions need to be made concrete with legislation. Anything he decides to do executively .. can just be undone or redone by the next liberal president unless the LAW is changed now to prevent it.
It’s nice to see the rare victory.
This is not an important issue.
1. Each school should tackle the issue based on their own students. (Last year in January our preschool stopped their peanut ban in January when it was realized there was not one soul in the school who was allergic to them. )
2. “The struggle is real.” Some little children suffer from the brain damage of gender dysphoria. Families, the medical community, and schools will have to deal with this difference as kindly as they do Down syndrome or learning differences. The child is innocent. Foremost must children learn they are just fine the way they are. Gd makes no mistakes. And stop trying to switch their gender. If he is born a boy, then he and the world need to become Comfortable with a boy who feels like a girl. Like a boy born without sight. Love him and let him be himself as he is, not forcing him to “transition.” It’s a stupid crock o poop cottage industry. One day we will be able to Prevent these disorders. Not yet.
And this is not an issue for government. It’s an issue for brain dysfunction research.
This is not an important issue.
1. Each school should tackle the issue based on their own students. (Last year in January our preschool stopped their peanut ban in January when it was realized there was not one soul in the school who was allergic to them. )
2. “The struggle is real.” Some little children suffer from the brain damage of gender dysphoria. Families, the medical community, and schools will have to deal with this difference as kindly as they do Down syndrome or learning differences. The child is innocent. Foremost must children learn they are just fine the way they are. Gd makes no mistakes. And stop trying to switch their gender. If he is born a boy, then he and the world need to become Comfortable with a boy who feels like a girl. Like a boy born without sight. Love him and let him be himself as he is, not forcing him to “transition.” It’s a stupid crock o poop cottage industry. One day we will be able to Prevent these disorders. Not yet.
And this is not an issue for government. It’s an issue for brain dysfunction research.
Explain to me this “peanut” ban in the first place? It’ my peanut butter sandwich. Sorry, not sorry if little Billy or Sally is allergic but like I said it’s MINE. They are not going to eat it, nor will I let them. I’m hungry come noon so unless they are stupid enough to steal it from me they ain’t getting it.
Not that these crazy districts and nutty teachers will stop at anything.
POTUS Trump should also reconsider his nomination of Gorsuch to the supreme court - pending an explanation for Gorsuch’s choice to attend a church that supports the homosexual perversion of marriage...
“Are you concerned that Neil Gorsuch belongs to a far-left church?”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3523436/posts
...in a denomination having a “divinity school” where:
“Professor Promotes ‘Queer Christ’ Concept To Students”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3524767/posts
yes, but we must have many more
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