Posted on 04/05/2023 1:31:02 PM PDT by cotton1706
TOPEKA, Kansas — The Kansas Legislature finally rallied enough votes on Wednesday needed to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill banning transgender girls and women from girls and women’s sports at public schools and colleges.
Lawmakers failed the last two years to override a veto to similar bills.
Kansas now stands with 19 other states that have enacted laws limiting transgender girls to participating in sports that align with the gender they were assigned at birth. The Kansas law does not affect transgender boys.
The Senate sealed the override with a 28-12 vote Wednesday afternoon. The House had previously voted 84-40. Both reached the two-thirds majority needed for an override.
Republican House leaders said the law known as the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act will protect the rights of female athletes.
“We proudly stand with the female athletes across Kansas.” House Speaker Dan Hawkins and other leaders said in a news release, “in their pursuit of athletic awards, opportunities, and scholarships and believe they deserve every chance at success afforded to their male counterparts.”
They have argued that athletes identified as male at birth have inherent physical advantages that would undercut the competitive dynamics of female sports.
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Sensible policies are returning in state after state.
The fear and intimidation days are over, which is why they're whining and turning to violence.
Somewhat meaningless since the governor is tasked with enforcement of laws, which won’t happen in this case under this reprobate.
Not really, we're just seeing a more rapid and extreme polarization.
Deep blue states are doubling down on their fascism. Now, in Oregon, Christian adoptive parents need not apply.
In Kansas, we have an AG who will prosecute those who will not obey the law.
Winning!!!
Who really supports women now? Who knows how to actually define & describe, answer the question “What Is A Woman?”
The democRATS do not care about women, the poor, the elderly, or anyone else. POWER / $$$ is their goal, first, last, & always.
DemoKKKrats are the Party of Death, the Party of Hate, the Party of Division. With no conscience or soul, anything is possible.
Excellent. Shoved it down her throat.
Sane people (some call them "conservatives") have always supported women. Most of the stuff that Big Media and the demonicRAT Party promote as "women's issues" are in fact harmful to women.
Yeah....just wait.
Aaarrgh...honestly, how many people agree with this "gender is assigned" crap? This garbage cannot die soon enough. And organizations like NPR should die with it.
Meanwhile, the feminist argument on this stuff is that biological women “just need to train harder.” I’ve seen this with regard to tranny athletes and military PT tests. No amount of training will overcome basic biology. Does anyone really think that the women swimming against Lia Thomas don’t train really hard?
Maybe sanity is striking back a little bit. Let’s hope so. If they can get people to believe that child trannies are a real thing, they can get people to believe anything at all.
Normal wins one battle against crazy.
Great to hear about the override.
At the same time, why do red states like Kansas and Kentucky elect these liberal Dem governors?
Great news!
That's good to hear. Maybe he can prosecute the corrupt Governor who refuses to do so.
Some states , such as California , have banned State travel to states which are allegedly anti-LGBT with laws such as this.
Would not be surprising, to see Gavin Newsom come out , and say that he’s Banning state travel or state business with Kansas due to this.
Praise God!!!
A change affecting few
The law will not lead to a widespread change in Kansas.
Jeremy Holaday, a spokesperson for the Kansas State High School Activities Association, said of the 106,000 students participating in the organization’s sports and activities, only three are transgender girls.
Two of those transgender girls are set to graduate this spring. That means only one of the students currently participating in Kansas high school activities will be impacted when the law goes into effect in July.
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This doesn’t impact just a few students - this effects thousands of female athletes nationwide who now have a real chance to win and participate competitively with other actual women.
Fine, let Newsome ban govt. employees who want to come to Kansas, which is few, I’m sure. We don’t want them here.
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