Posted on 05/13/2016 8:04:19 AM PDT by traumer
The Obama administration told U.S. public school districts across the country on Friday to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity, rather than their gender at birth.
The new guidance comes as the Justice Department and North Carolina battle in federal court over a state law passed in March that prohibits people from using public restrooms not corresponding to their biological sex.
Officials from the Education and Justice departments told schools that while the new guidance does not carry legal weight, they are obligated not to discriminate against students, including based on their gender identity.
"Our guidance sends a clear message to transgender students across the country: here in America, you are safe, you are protected and you belong just as you are," Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division, said in a statement accompanying the letter sent to school districts nationwide.
The guidance contains an implicit threat that those not abiding by the Obama administration's interpretation of the law could face lawsuits or a loss of federal aid.
As a condition of receiving federal funds, the letter said, a school agrees that it will not treat any person in its educational programs or activities differently on the basis of sex.
It added that the administration's interpretation of existing regulations means that a school cannot treat a transgender student differently from other students of the same gender identity.
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You are, sadly, correct. I make noise every chance I get.
Thanks for the reference. I’ll snoop it out.
I’d best keep my mouth shut tight on what I really think of the Kenyan and his queer interpretation of executive powers.
Education is under state jurisdiction no?
I think Trump said today it is a states issue.
I haven't seen one talking head that understands what this mess is really about and that includes Trump.
This has already started in Kindergarten. Does no one watch what California school measures call for?
As I recall Nixon tried withholding funds that Congress appropriated, not that they didn't need withheld but court said he had to spend it.
Saying an issue is a state issue is the standard non answer from weak sisters.
Same as shut up and eat you peas.
Oh would that were true.
No.
I will be homeschooling next year too. I’ve had enough.
“public schools generally cannot be sued over what happens to students, so if a girl claiming to be a boy is raped by a man or boy, she’s up the creek, legally.”
This is about getting people here used to Islamic rape gangs of the future. Bugger the boys and rape the girls at will.
Porta-Potty for the genderconfused. Otherwise don’t budge an inch.
How do you know who is truly transgender. What’s to stop anyone from entering? Next it will be the locker rooms, just watch.
This is a bigger issue than 1 person a few decades ago
A gender neutral bathroom why freak out the mass for the sake of a couple of people.
The transgender need to sign up for permission before so random kids don’t just test the system. I can’t just park in a handicapped spot without permission.
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