Posted on 06/05/2019 8:55:40 AM PDT by jazusamo
In his last year in office, Barack Obama unilaterally reinterpreted Title IX in order to bully public schools into letting biological males play on girls' sports teams and use their bathroom and changing facilities or risk losing federal funding. As a result, the issue of biological males who “identify” as female playing on girls sports teams has become an increasing problem, even though Trump officially reversed this guidance in October 2018 .
We’ve reported on a number of stories here at PJ Media of biological males who are breaking records by playing on girls' or women’s teams. In April, a transgender “woman” broke world records in women's squat, women's bench press, and women's deadlift. (Note: Those records were ultimately revoked on a technicality because the weightlifter had not transitioned yet). n February, two Connecticut boys playing on girls' track teams broke state records , while actual girls found themselves unable to qualify for regional competitions, limiting their opportunities to be scouted by college coaches.
Unfortunately, many victims of the politically correct transgender rights movement feel they can’t speak out due to fear of being labeled a bigot. But, according to a new poll, they are part of a silent majority that opposes allowing transgender athletes to play on teams that don’t correspond to their biological sex.
In a poll released Tuesday , Rasmussen reveals that “just 28% of American Adults favor allowing transgender students to participate on the sports team of the gender they identify with, letting biological males, for example, play girls’ sports.” Roughly the same number, 31 percent, favor allowing transgender students to use bathrooms of the opposite biological sex.
This is a policy that Republicans are in the mainstream, while Democrats are not. “Seventy-seven percent (77%) of Republicans and 52% of those not affiliated with either major political party oppose allowing transgender students on the teams of the gender they identify with,” according to Rasmussen. “Democrats support such a policy by a 43% to 36% margin, with 21% undecided. There’s a similar partisan breakdown when it comes to bathroom policy.”
What this poll tells us is how Republicans should frame the so-called “Equality Act,” which recently passed the House of Representatives , when it gets debated in the Senate. Every single Democrat supported the bill, and 2020 Democrats were falling all over each other to declare their support for it , including the “centrist” Joe Biden . The misnamed “Equality Act” would codify the rights of biological men to use bathrooms and changing rooms with girls, and play on their sports teams.
The American people are clearly not cool with having boys playing on girls' teams, or changing in front of little girls. Yet, Democrats endorse this madness wholeheartedly. We are always one election away from this insanity becoming the law of the land. The so-called Equality Act may not pass the Senate in 2019, but if Trump doesn’t win reelection in 2020, and Democrats gain control of the Senate, our wives, sisters, and daughters, will all be potential victims of radical policies like the “Equality Act” — be it by the invasion of privacy and safety in bathrooms, or in the realm of competitive sports, where biological males can easily power over their female counterparts.
How can as many as 28% support such obvious lunacy? This shows the power of LGBTQXYZPDQ propaganda.
I’ve never met a person that was for it. I’ve never heard anyone on youtube or television argue for it effectively. It’s just one of those crazy things.
Yep, my thought as well when reading that.
The emperor has no clothes.
HAH!!
For years women have demanded to let into all male organizations, clubs and work at jobs better suited for strong men (think firefighter). GIRL POWER!
Now they’re getting beat by pretend women in all women’s sports and it’s not so fun.
Too Bad!!
I see your point. However, I feel badly for the junior high, high school and college age female athletes . . . those who will never even approach professional levels . . . those who play for the love of their sport and maybe achieve a college scholarship by developing their skill. They are being hammered by the cultural engineers and cheaters. It will drive many away from participating when they know they will be dominated by a stacked deck.
I long for the day when common sense was not missing in action. So-called transgender females competing against REAL females in sport defies common sense in every respect.
They are ignorant, and if they will not be re-educated then we will ensure that their children will be.
/Liberals
The left does not believe in objective reality. If you “identify” as something, that makes it true and the left will use the power of the state to force people to accept politically correct but subjective standards. This gives the left unlimited power. They don’t have to prove something is true, they don’t have to win arguments. They just claim their view is correct and they don’t have to prove a thing and any other view is a thought crime.
Yep, even dodge ball is discriminatory these days.
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any crazier.
We have been transformed into a dysfunctional country of chronic neurotics.
The next election will be very telling as to whether or not there is any future left for this country.
There are a few girls wrestling in high school. (mostly at the lower weight classes 100-115#)some are successful, but by the time State finals come around, I don’t believe there are more than 1 or 2 across the whole country.
Over 30 million women voted for Trump in 2016.
Big majorities of women and girls oppose people born "boys" competing against girls in athletics.
There's no way that can indicate that "Women overwhelmingly support and vote for the radical Democrat agenda."
It’s quite simple really. Feminists have told us for decades that there is no difference between male and female, that women can do anything a man can do.
These biological male athletes competing against biological female athletes have blown that lie right out of the water.
There are a few cases of girls joining and competing on boy’s football teams. The ones I have read about are Place Kickers but I have also read about a large sized girl playing on the offensive line. Go figure.
It is a crazy gimmick and all should be charged with endangering these girls’ safety.
Take this to the logical conclusion
What is going to happen when 100% of the “girls” teams are populated by “former” boys? And 100% of the college scholarships go to former boys?
it would be in a boys best interest at this point to just “ identify” as female, figure out what sport they could be decent at and then scoop up as many scholarship opportunities as possible. full ride to ivy league AND grad school for free? Sign him (err her) up!
After they get out of school they could then “come out” as a straight male.
Are they also being beaten in sports-college scholarships?
Nonsense. If it's within the boundaries of the rules, it is NOT cheating.
Don't like it? Then don't participate....or change the rules...or even better, get rid of the scumbags that made the rules...by whatever means necessary.
Let private organizations run their own athletic programs -- with their own standards for eligibility.
SUPPORT PERVERSITY
BY VOTING DEMOCRAT
Works for me of taxes go down..
But, THE thing to do is have ONE team. One team for everybody, basketball, baseball, field hockey, whatever. No more Boys or Girls teams.
But, I suppose the real goal here really IS to destroy sports all together, right?
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