Perry believed in Gardisal and believed it protected girls. He didn’t mandate it, one could opt out.
He went behind his Legislature and constituants because he knew they were all against it. The Legislature was able to overturn the MANDATE though.
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b>man·date /ˈmændeɪt/ Show Spelled [man-deyt] Show IPA noun, verb, -dat·ed, -dat·ing. noun
1. a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
2. a command from a superior court or official to a lower one.
3. an authoritative order or command: a royal mandate. 4. (in the League of Nations) a commission given to a nation to administer the government and affairs of a former Turkish territory or German colony
5. a mandated territory or colony.
EXPAND6. Roman Catholic Church . an order issued by the pope, especially one commanding the preferment of a certain person to a benefice.
7. Roman and Civil Law . a contract by which one engages gratuitously to perform services for another.
8. (in modern civil law) any contract by which a person undertakes to perform services for another.
9. Roman Law . an order or decree by the emperor, especially to governors of provinces.
COLLAPSEverb (used with object)
10. to authorize or decree (a particular action), as by the enactment of law.
11. to order or require; make mandatory: to mandate sweeping changes in the election process.
12. to consign (a territory, colony, etc.) to the charge of a particular nation under a mandate.