Posted on 07/15/2022 1:27:10 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah this week asked a state court to throw out a lawsuit challenging its ban on transgender kids who want to compete in youth sports, as the culture war flashpoint moves from statehouses to courtrooms throughout the country.
In the Utah case, three transgender girls and their parents claim the outright ban passed by the Republican-majority Legislature this year wrongly keeps their children from participating in the sports. Their attorneys argue it violates provisions of the state constitution that prohibit discrimination and guarantee equal rights and due process.
Utah’s attorneys in a motion Wednesday argued two of the girls lack standing to challenge the ban because it hasn’t harmed them and because their lawyers moved to exclude their mental health records from the case.
Though Utah now argues it should be dismissed, state lawmakers anticipating a lawsuit included provisions in the legislation to funnel state funds toward defending the ban and the school districts implicated in potential lawsuits.
As of March, the Utah High School Activities Association knew of only one transgender girl playing in K-12 sports who would be affected by the ban. The association, which organizes leagues for 85,000 students, has said there have been no publicly made allegations of any of the state’s four transgender youth athletes enjoying competitive advantages.
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What percentage of the population is Trans? Why are we kowtowing to them?
Bet they can play sports but we the gender they were born as.
No one is banned from playing. Just play on the team with the same equipment you have.
So they found three sets of parents who believe in this BS? WTH?
If transgender girls (former males) get their way, there will be no girls (born girls and staying that way) sports in the future.
So, let the transgenders have their way, and let all girls and women’s sports die. Then, we’ll see how much democrats and women’s groups and education systems and organized sports really care about equality in sports.
The world is going insane.
This is not an equal rights issue.
It is delusional and it is cheating.
Any biological male competing in a women’s sporting event who can stand on top of a podium with a medal that belongs to the biological female on either side of him, smile and declare victory is sick in the head.
So are his parents.
They can’t compete against men as a man.
This is no different than a grown man dominating playground dodgeball with 1st graders and scrapbooking the blue ribbon.
Maybe sports should be done as it was in ancient Roman times. Athletes performed in the nude. That way, no question as to gender when athletes perform. Might be revolting to see the trans athletes if they had surgery...
Laz will determine guilt or innocence in this case.
Are you able to supply him with the necessary criteria?
sorry wrong thread
The associated press is so lame...
“...Utah this week asked a state court...”
Who was it in Utah that asked?
The whole state of Utah?
The article does not say...
No, it rightly keeps males from competing against females in sports.
If they want to play sports and make liberal women howl, make all sports gender neutral.
No more trophies or scholarships for the girls.
You're right. I submit that really bad things happen when governments pretend things to be true that aren't true. Examples:
-- witch hunts.
-- slavery.
-- holocaust.
-- abortion.
-- pretending that transgender is normal.
What Percentage of the Population is Transgender 2022:
Transgender is a term used to describe people whose gender or sense of personal identity does not match the sex they were born with. In other words, a transgender person may have been born as a male but identifies as a female or vice versa.
Transgender people are part of the LGBTQ+ community. According to the Williams Institute, 1.4 million adults identify as transgender in the United States. About 0.7% of adults 18-24 identify as transgender, and 0.5% of adults 65 and older identify as transgender.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/transgender-population-by-state
>>What percentage of the population is Trans?
Per the article, about 4 in 85,000, 0.0047%.
>>The association, which organizes leagues for 85,000 students, has said there have been no publicly made allegations of any of the state’s four transgender youth athletes
Noting that I've never read the referenced state constitution, please consider the following.
Just as with the Supreme Court's clarification in Minor v. Happersett that the 14th Amendment's "equal rights" clause didn't create new rights, if state constitution doesn't expressly protect politically correct transgender rights then misguided transgender activists are barking up the wrong tree imo.
"14h Amendment, Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws [emphasis added]."
“3. The right of suffrage was not necessarily one of the privileges or immunities of citizenship before the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, and that amendment does not add to these privileges and immunities. It simply furnishes additional guaranty for the protection of such as the citizen already had [emphasis added].” —Minor v. Happersett, 1874.
Corrections, insights welcome.
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