Posted on 02/04/2021 1:38:22 AM PST by RandFan
In a hearing for President Biden's nominee for education secretary Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) pressed Dr. Miguel Cardona to weigh in on the ongoing debate about how transgender students should compete in sports, describing the concept of students competing with their corresponding gender identity as “bizarre” and repeatedly mislabeling transgender girls as “boys.”
In a line of questioning that’s since drawn criticism on social media, the Republican senator repeatedly asked Cardona if he thinks it’s fair to have “boys competing with girls,” arguing it will “completely destroy girls’ athletics.”
Paul specifically drew on findings published by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights last spring that stated Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conferences decision to allow transgender female athletes to compete in women’s sports violated Title IX.
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Suppose a person with all their normal physical capabilities where to say they believe their left leg is not present, will they be able to compete in Paralympics race?
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