Posted on 03/30/2021 9:30:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
After failed negotiations between South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem and the state's House lawmakers, the governor issued two executive orders Monday designed to limit participation on women's and girls' school sports teams to people assigned female at birth.
Earlier this month, state lawmakers passed a bill restricting transgender athletes from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity. After signaling support — even excitement — for the bill, Noem declined to sign it over concerns the law would not survive legal challenges. Instead, she asked lawmakers to revise the legislation's language. Major conservative backlash ensued and on Monday, South Dakota lawmakers failed to come to an agreement.
"Only girls should play girls' sports," Noem tweeted Monday evening. "Given the legislature's failure to accept my proposed revisions to HB 1217, I am immediately signing two executive orders to address this issue: one to protect fairness in K-12 athletics, and another to do so in college athletics."
Neither of the governor's orders mention transgender athletes specifically but Mark Miller, the governor's general counsel, says because legislators did not approve Noem's changes to the bill, she issued the orders as a temporary fix.
The Department of Education and the Board of Regents will need to ensure that K-12 school districts and colleges and universities restrict participation in girls' and women's sports to athletes who can prove their assigned sex at birth.
"I think the executive orders speak for themselves," Miller says. "What they do is set out that DOE and BOR should take steps to ensure that girls play girls' sports."
Miller says the orders are designed to clarify where South Dakota stands on the issue. Lawmakers in several other states have already passed bills this year attempting to change the rights of transgender individuals.
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This sexual identity perversion is all gheyops by the usual suspects; bolsheviks and probably Chinese funded agitprop.
Not fighting is a Republican trait, fighting the Left when they are stealing young girls future and standing up for what’s right is what true Americans do. I always liked Kristi and had a lot had a lot of high hopes for her - now not so much.
Romney didn’t fight he cowered to Harry Reid and Obama.
So my first instinct about you was correct, I thought you were being sarcastic.
FYI - not fighting is the same as losing.
In court with the legislation are originally written? Damn right they would have lost.
An inconvenient fact for you, I’m sure, but it is what it is.
She did the right thing here.
They can re-issue certificates but not DNA!
“Kristi Noem is a woman in full”
Maybe, but that drama queen has no future in national politics.
Noem does the bidding of progressive Democrats by killing the bill on her desk and Stockholm Syndrome conservatives cheer her on. Unbelievable.
Agreed - she caved, it was clear in her words
Kristi runs circles around all the nay sayers, transfreak Karen’s and never trumpers ALL AT THE SAME TIME! 😂. I think I’m in love 😍
I am happy that its not you plotting strategy for the GOP, it would be far worse than it is now. You really need to brush up on strategy, maybe read some Sun Tzu.
As Rush always said, the left will tell us whom they’re most afraid of. And y’all are telling us again. You plants from the left are humorous.
I'm no barrister but her arguement makes sense.
The absolute moron’s who are criticizing her simply do not understand what she’s doing.
She’s chosen not to fight the fight on the battlefield of a Constitutionally flawed bill in the courts. Why would anyone expend resources and money on that.
Instead Noem is going to continue to fight the fight against boys competing in girls sports on the political and legislative battlefields, where she likely has a much better chance of winning.
This would be akin to taking the high ground at Gettysburgh.
Unfortunately many people do not seem to understand why she did what she did they way she did it.
I agree.
It wouldn’t be so bad if they weren’t so... obvious... about it.
“Governor of a State with less than 900,000 citizens, coupled with a Constitution which prohibits running a deficit, she is being extremely mindful of the tax payer”
I am glad that you keep reminding people of that.
South Dakota Governor Signs Bills to Protect Gun Rights
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Well it is a tough job but somebody has to do it.
You know half or more than all the detractors here have little clue on where South Dakota is located on the map.
And close to 100% of those who are not from the Dakotas, western Nebraska, Montana, or Wyoming have no knowledge of that Cowboy Mindset. Probably should include Idaho along with parts of eastern Oregon and Washington state.
Looking over that list makes me think about one of the territories a New Republic might consist of.
I am thinking more in lines of secession.
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