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Tennessee Becomes Third State Requiring Student Athletes to Compete Based on Biological Sex
Gateway Pundit ^ | 03/28/2021 | Cassandra Fairbanks

Posted on 03/28/2021 8:09:26 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Tennessee became the third state to require student athletes to compete based on their biological sex.

The state’s Republican Governor Bill Lee signed the legislation into law on Friday, joining Mississippi and Arkansas in protecting girl’s sports.

“I signed the bill to preserve women’s athletics and ensure fair competition,” Gov. Lee posted on Twitter. “This legislation responds to damaging federal policies that stand in opposition to the years of progress made under Title IX and I commend members of the General Assembly for their bipartisan work.”

I signed the bill to preserve women’s athletics and ensure fair competition. This legislation responds to damaging federal policies that stand in opposition to the years of progress made under Title IX and I commend members of the General Assembly for their bipartisan work.

— Gov. Bill Lee (@GovBillLee) March 26, 2021

Naturally, the bill sparked outrage from the left who claim that the law is discriminatory. The ACLU has already threatened lawsuits if the law is enforced.

“Governor Lee’s rush to discriminate against transgender children is appalling. Transgender people have the right to participate in sports consistent with who they are, just like everyone else. Denying this right is pure discrimination,” the ACLU stated. “Should any student be excluded because of this shameful legislation, we will see him in court.”

At least 21 states are seeking to protect girls sports, however, as it has been repeatedly proven that the biological differences between the two genders create an unfair playing field. These states are seeking to protect their students after Joe Biden pushed through an executive order saying transgender students must be allowed to play on whatever team they want — unless a state law contradicts it.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: tennessee; transgender; womenssports; xyxx
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1 posted on 03/28/2021 8:09:26 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

So, what are Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas going to do if the NCAA bans their colleges from joining any sports for refusing to conform to their rules?


2 posted on 03/28/2021 8:10:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

South Dakota? Nicki, where are you?


3 posted on 03/28/2021 8:12:46 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: SeekAndFind

But South Dakota’s Gov. Cutie Gnome choked and vetoed their bill.


4 posted on 03/28/2021 8:13:46 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: House Atreides

RE: South Dakota? Nicki, where are you?

There ain’t no Nicki in South Dakota. There’s one in South Carolina though.


5 posted on 03/28/2021 8:15:23 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The rebellion has started.


6 posted on 03/28/2021 8:15:59 PM PDT by SkyDancer (To Most People The Sky's The Limit ~ To A Pilot, It is Home)
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Leadership is breaking out.


7 posted on 03/28/2021 8:19:20 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh, my. See what you’ve done Kristi? Now when I think of you I’m putting you in the same bucket as Nikki Haley.

How the mighty have fallen.


8 posted on 03/28/2021 8:29:25 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: SeekAndFind
So, what are Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas going to do if the NCAA bans their colleges from joining any sports for refusing to conform to their rules?

Secede. It's been done before in those states.

9 posted on 03/28/2021 8:47:48 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

Secede.

That has a beautiful sound to it.......


10 posted on 03/28/2021 9:25:19 PM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: SeekAndFind
So, what are Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas going to do if the NCAA bans their colleges from joining any sports for refusing to conform to their rules?

They could always form their own alternative to the NCAA. More states will be passing such laws - if the NCAA bans schools from these states, the NCAA could simply be forming a competitor which doesn't kowtow to leftist extremism.
11 posted on 03/28/2021 9:35:29 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: SeekAndFind

Awesome Tennessee!


12 posted on 03/28/2021 9:35:48 PM PDT by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do)
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To: SeekAndFind
Transgender people have the right to participate in sports consistent with who they are, just like everyone else.

"Who they are" is males pretending to be girls or girls pretending to be male. And that's who they should be participating with.

13 posted on 03/28/2021 9:44:02 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: SkyDancer

I Agree. This is one of the The Radical Left’s huggable issues that I can’t see nearly all of those that voted for Trump giving an inch on. The RADICALS in the ACLU be damned! The NCAA be damned. Courts be damned! Girls and Boys can’t physically compete and the girls (daughters) must be protected.


14 posted on 03/28/2021 10:07:12 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: Guenevere

I live in Tennessee and applaud this. I’m just wondering when the law suits start flying. Perhaps early Monday morning.


15 posted on 03/28/2021 10:10:47 PM PDT by NCC-1701 ((You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality.))
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To: NCC-1701

My extended family in Tennessee are all going to applaud this.
Bravo Governor!


16 posted on 03/28/2021 10:19:02 PM PDT by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do)
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To: SeekAndFind

Tell the NCAA to go pound sand!

If enough states PROTECT their FEMALE ATHELETES then the NCAA (if there is any intelligence there) will start genetic testing to determine who is FEMALE versus MALE.

If the NCAA refuses to do so, they can just earn their DARWIN AWARD and go EXTINCT!


17 posted on 03/28/2021 10:39:10 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: wardaddy

Ping


18 posted on 03/28/2021 11:27:15 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: 5th MEB; V K Lee; Liz
This famous photo shows what transgenders are doing to girls' sports -- strangling it.


19 posted on 03/29/2021 2:52:34 AM PDT by poconopundit (Hard oak fist in an Irish velvet glove: Kayleigh the Shillelagh we salute your work!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Yeah.

20 posted on 03/29/2021 4:13:00 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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