Posted on 04/16/2021 5:58:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Following on the legislative heels of Idaho, Mississippi, and Arkansas, the Alabama Senate voted overwhelmingly to prohibit transgender "females," who are biological males, from competing in women's sports programs at K-12 schools.
The Senate voted on Thursday 25-5 to pass the bill; the legislation passed in the House in March 74-19. It now goes to Republican Gov. Kay Ivey, who apparently has not indicated whether she will sign it or not.
"I believe that this bill is important, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, to protect the integrity of women's athletics," said State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) on Thursday.
"I think it is an unfair for biological males to compete and beat females in high school sports," he added. "There are biological advantages that men possess just naturally because of genetics."
In similar legislation in Arkansas, now the law there, it states, "Duke University School of Law professor and All-American track athlete Doriane Coleman, tennis champion Martina Navratilova, and Olympic track gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross recently wrote, '[T]he evidence is unequivocal that starting in puberty, in every sport except sailing, shooting, and riding, there will always be significant numbers of boys and men who would beat the best girls and women in head-to-head competition. Claims to the contrary are simply a denial of science."
In addition, the law further reports, "A recent study of female and male Olympic performances since 1983 by Valerie Thibault, et al., 'Women and Men in Sport Performance: The Gender Gap Has Not Evolved Since 1983,' Journal of Sports Science & Medicine, Vol. 9, No.2 (2010), found that although athletes from both sexes improved over the time span, the 'gender gap' between female and male performances remained stable, which suggests that 'women's performances at the high level will never match those of men."
Alabama's Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D-24th District), as reported by AP, said, "We are spending too much time on craziness like this. People are not coming into places where we are still trying to act like we live in the twentieth century instead of the twenty-first century."
Actually this article FAILS to mention North Dakota, whoe Legislatures ALSO approved a bill to ban transgender girls from playing on female sports teams on Thursday.
See here:
And of course, it is the same waiting game as in Alabama.
North Dakota governor Doug Burgum has not indicated if he will sign his states’ bill.
What a mess. Liberalism + political correctness is to destroy basis of civilization
I wonder what the SCOTUS will say on this one.
I’m sure this will last until the “conservative” supreme court and every CEO demand the state overturn its own laws. Then in ten years Republicans will call you a bigot for not going along with it
She best sign it. Having Alabama on board would be huge in light of the success of the Crimson Tide.
RE: I wonder what the SCOTUS will say on this one.
It should be none of their business. This is a Tenth Amendment issue.
Yet there are no “trans men” in men’s sports. Funny, that.
RE: She best sign it. Having Alabama on board would be huge in light of the success of the Crimson Tide.
If every red state passed similar bills, this would weaken the NCAA. These states could all in one voice, say - Screw you NCAA, you want to kick us out of your corrupt association? , make our day, we’ll form our own athletic association.
I can dream can’t I?
I wish that’d happen also. There’s strength in numbers.
“Yet there are no “trans men” in men’s sports. Funny, that.”
As long as you get a participation medal, it should not matter. /s
I think it might be time to move to a red state.
It seems pretty clear from the votes that there’s more than enough strength there for a veto-override, should a veto occur.
Exactly. Without Alabama football the NCAA will lose millions. I hope the Alabama legislature tests the NCAA to see how “woke” they are. Friends who live there see the governor as squishy so a veto override may be necessary.
Bingo!
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