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South Dakota Governor Bans Transgender Girls From Sports Teams By Executive Order
NPR ^ | 03/29/2021 | Lee Strubinger

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: executiveorder; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; kristinoem; southdakota; womenssports
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To: PMAS
Kristi Noem continues to shoot herself in the foot on this.

As much as I liked her, I am forced to agree with you.

These Ex Orders are looking very weak at the college level, but the high school EO appears to be OK.

I'll reserve final judgment on her until after I see what they come up with during the special sessions.

21 posted on 03/30/2021 9:52:27 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: missnry

Looks to me that the Governor has realized that the train left the station while she was busy having a temper tantrum about her assigned seat.

Now she is trying to catch up.

Of course, as Biden has so easily demonstrated, anything done by EO can be easily undone by EO.


22 posted on 03/30/2021 9:53:07 AM PDT by beancounter13 (A Republic, if you can keep it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Assigned?


23 posted on 03/30/2021 9:53:41 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper! )
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To: stars & stripes forever

>>GOD made plans for each of us even BEFORE we were born. Changing genders is not one of them.<<

This is nothing more than satan himself using the flesh of humans to stick a finger in God’s eye.

We all struggle with something. The only way to overcome is to seek the guidance, healing and restoration of our savior.

So on this Tuesday of Holy Week, my prayer for those who struggle with the satanic deception of gender dystopia will run to Jesus for deliverance. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide them into the way of truth. Strongholds setup by satan through abuse and woundedness will crumble before the name of Jesus. Amen.


24 posted on 03/30/2021 9:58:11 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: fatman6502002

All of the laws and EOs that governors and legislators are issuing/passing on this issue will be turned over by judges; so they are largely symbolic.


25 posted on 03/30/2021 9:58:46 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: cuban leaf

Of course that’s what she means.

But that’s not what the author of the article wrote.

And, another question ... do states that have gone full-insane on “transgenderism” reissue birth certificates reflecting the other sex?


26 posted on 03/30/2021 10:02:43 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: SeekAndFind

That will not be enough for Scold Republic


27 posted on 03/30/2021 10:05:19 AM PDT by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG lz’’z:s)
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To: D Rider

How did Trump do that...


28 posted on 03/30/2021 10:05:44 AM PDT by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG lz’’z:s)
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To: fatman6502002

Thank you

Sanity left here.....glad to see it

God bless


29 posted on 03/30/2021 10:06:16 AM PDT by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG lz’’z:s)
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To: SeekAndFind; BobL

See what I mean.

You are Bush league politico


30 posted on 03/30/2021 10:06:42 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) History: Pelosi was pitiful vindictive California crone)
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To: SeekAndFind

If you have to put a qualifier on it they aren’t really girls.

Let them compete on the boys team since genetically they have the advtantage male competitors have.


31 posted on 03/30/2021 10:07:20 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: Aevery_Freeman

Thank you for saving me the trouble of pointing out the pettiness.


32 posted on 03/30/2021 10:09:09 AM PDT by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'm going ahead.)
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To: missnry

I, for one, would welcome a court challenge...one which more and more states would be happy to join.

Let’s hear what the supremes say,.....or can’t SD afford the lawyer fees. ?

Go for it. I think she’s saved face, temporarily.


33 posted on 03/30/2021 10:11:48 AM PDT by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'm going ahead.)
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To: SeekAndFind

She wouldn’t sign the bill her legislature passed that included Women’s College Sports because of her fear of the NCAA holding back events in her state and being sued by the NCAA.
Instead sent it back for only women’s sports in K-12th grade.

She claimed “legal scholars” told her she would likely lose court cases against the NCAA.

A leader fights the fights worth fighting, not just the cases you have a good chance of winning.


34 posted on 03/30/2021 10:12:52 AM PDT by PMAS (Vote with your wallets, there are 80 million of us - No Amazon, No Chy-Na made )
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s funny that so much explanation and justification seems to be necessary when doing the right thing these days.

Pass an unconstitutional law? No problem. Issue an illegal executive order? No sweat. A bureaucracy exceed its authority, like say the CDC vis-a-vis rent forgiveness? Right on! An unelected bureaucrat arbitrarily ordering State Governors around? Easy peasy.

Defend real women against predatory fake women? Better have all the i’s dotted and t’s crossed!


35 posted on 03/30/2021 10:13:12 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: beancounter13
..." anything done by EO can be easily undone by EO."

true, but not so likely in South Dakota.

36 posted on 03/30/2021 10:13:48 AM PDT by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'm going ahead.)
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To: chiller

[[I, for one, would welcome a court challenge...one which more and more states would be happy to join.

Let’s hear what the supremes say,.....]]

They ruled that bay marriage is protected by the constitution, and that women have a right to murder their u born I facts, and ....


37 posted on 03/30/2021 10:15:23 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: PMAS

Trying to play sides never ends well....

Went from be an up and comer to a WTFer in 2.7 seconds.


38 posted on 03/30/2021 10:15:29 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: missnry

A leader fights the fights worth fighting, not just the cases you have a good chance of winning.

Most of the country would have been behind her if she fought, never cower to the left - that’s how they win


39 posted on 03/30/2021 10:17:14 AM PDT by PMAS (Vote with your wallets, there are 80 million of us - No Amazon, No Chy-Na made )
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To: D Rider
Trump had the same kind of conservative meltdown at first, until we learned to watch and pay attention. This is actually a good step for the Governor.

I'm with you. Sure looks like she's trying to do the right thing in a legal legislative way..

We should TRUST in her until proven otherwise.

40 posted on 03/30/2021 10:20:50 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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