Posted on 06/16/2025 5:49:55 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
EXCLUSIVE: More than two months have passed since women's fencer Stephanie Turner went viral after being punished by USA Fencing for kneeling in protest of a trans opponent.
And after nine weeks of immense public and federal scrutiny against USA Fencing in the aftermath of the incident, the organization amended two of its most controversial policies last weekend.
The organization's board of directors changed its rule to de-prioritized states with laws deemed "harmful" to the LGBTQ population and a rule that did not guarantee the national anthem be played before every event.
Turner reacted to USA Fencing's recent policy changes in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital.
"USA Fencing has fallen into the hands of unpatriotic tyrants who put obscure politics ahead of promoting the sport across the country. Whether to play the national anthem or not should have never been in question. And excluding states from the national tournament selection process because of their abortion and LGBT policies is ludicrous and has nothing to do with fencing," Turner said.......
The states on its "avoid where possible" list included Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.......
USA Fencing has also provided a statement to Fox News Digital addressing the new anthem policy.
"The anthem has always been played at the start of every national tournament. The Board simply wrote that long‑standing practice into policy and added that it will also be played on any U.S. holiday that occurs during an event, such as Independence Day, which falls during our upcoming Summer Nationals," the statement read.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
USA Fencing should be boycotted. And another body should take its place. I suggest the US Olympic committee should be examined. And it should get in line then work through a fencing organization that cares more about athletes than a anti-women and anti-American agenda.
Big hairy men should take part to make a mockery of their insane fencing
Just start a new organization called “US Fencing” and let USA Fencing be out there on its own.
They are avoiding 27 states, so they approve 23. They are in the minority. Some other group needs to step into place for fairness in the 27 states and boycott the 23. Hairy men with tights over cods should drive the message home.
The U.S. Where we put illegal alien foreigners and sexual deviants ahead of Americans!
I thought fencing went out after Errol Flynn died.
Zorro kept it going
From the list of states to avoid, at least a couple are on double-secret probation.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
LOL! That’s right. I watched “Zorro, the Gay Blade” a couple weeks ago. Funny movie. Hadn’t seen it in quite a while. Still makes me bust a gut.
So they still allow men to compete in women’s fencing? They just allow some states to participate who only allow women - but those states will compete against states who allow men to compete in women’s fencing?
I said she should have suited up and faced her opponent with two swords, declaring she “identified” as “non-binary”, and then sued the officials when they disqualified her.
I did fencing in college and the women were as good as the men when sized properly.
lol
North Carolina out, South Carolina in?
Time to switch from foils to sabers . . .
We just had new fencing installed around our backyard, and the whole crew was big hairy men... Oh, wait. Sorry...
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