Obama's America
Posted on 05/19/2016 1:32:27 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
Under fire from the governor and many Republican legislators, the Mississippi Department of Education now says it won't follow new federal guidance on use of bathrooms and locker rooms by transgender students....
State Superintendent Carey Wright made the announcement, ... saying the department would "follow the lead of state leadership" and take no action until the state Board of Education discusses the situation. Mississippi education officials had said they would follow the guidance by federal authorities calling for transgender students to be treated consistently with their gender identity. They cited a need for a "safe and caring school environment."
The move comes as Republicans in other states have opposed the guidance, with some seeking to join legal challenges. In Tennessee, Gov. Bill Haslam questioned the need for a special legislative session to block it, as some lawmakers have proposed. North Carolina's GOP chairman called on Democratic state Attorney General Roy Cooper to clarify his position on the guidance. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and Republican lawmakers in Arkansas also issued fresh criticisms. The guidance isn't legally binding. Courts haven't definitively said whether federal civil rights laws protect transgender people. But schools that refuse to comply could lose federal education aid and face civil rights lawsuits from the government.
Mississippi's K-12 schools got more than $700 million in federal aid in the 2014-2015 school year. Federal dollars make up more than 30 percent of budgets of districts serving the state's poorest populations. State Board of Education Chairman John Kelly said the board will have a special meeting within two weeks to discuss the issue.
"Dr. Wright and I had a general discussion, but it was her decision to reverse this," Kelly said. He said his own position is "not important." Wright was out-of-state Wednesday at a reading conference in Alexandria, Virginia.
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldonline.com ...
The world has gone mad.
Albuquerque Public Schools says they will comply with barry’s toilet edict, and Gov Susanna Martinez has been suspiciously silent on the issue.
What a pansyass Mississippi has for a superintendent. Good grief.
Can I say that?
It’s interesting because it shows that liberals are essentially cowards. If they hit serious opposition they fold like a cheap suit. Kinda like the GOPe cowards. We need to rid ourselves of these spineless parasites.
That is a very enlightened viewpoint, and I agree.
But it will never happen. The actual goal is the destruction of our society, not transgender rights.
Today,... you can still say it.
but this cockamamie so called "policy" allows perverted men to enter girls bathrooms and fitting rooms....imagine...
Nebraska. Our governor told our school districts to ignore the proclamation made by 0bama.
Here’s the part I am trying to figure out: Why do you suppose that 0bama made this “rule” for schools, only? Is it to plant the seed of caving in on LGBT or whatever issues to the young? Why wouldn’t he have made the same edict for restroom selection, for all “government” buildings or at least federal government buildings (to include but not limited to: IRS, SSA, VA, etc., etc.)?
Obama's America
“Can I say that? “
I agree completely. And the idea of a guy in a dress and a bra, wearing a wig and high heels does not belong in the Men’s Room either. It’s just creepy. We have gone insane, catering to mental defectives!
Good on you Dr. Wright.
Fight against this overreaching decision by nobama.
It’s time the 98% (at least) stood up for our rights.
Get used to it, huh?
Well why don’t they just print posters of mens’ genitalia and hammer those all over the ritzy walls where he frequents and his daughters go to school so that everyone can, “just get used to it.”
Now we know why the outcry on the Stars and Bars. THat was the warmup for the bathroom nonsense going on now.
Mississippi\ Baptist Ping
Too late...fire his traitorous ass.
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