House Panel Advances Bill Banning Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports
On March 9, a House committee voted in favor of a bill to ban transgender athletes participating in girls’ and women’s sports.
In a party-line vote, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce advanced the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, H.R. 734., which would amend Title IX to recognize sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.” Title IX provides protection against discrimination based on gender in education.
A national referendum was also passed by the panel Thursday. “parents bills of rights.” Both of these measures are heading to the House Floor.
This vote took place after a long debate within the committee about these bills. These two measures form part of the “Commitment to America” Policy promises the GOP announced last fall.
Republicans feel they don’t want to have to defend such basic rights. However, societal trends are being addressed by President Joe Biden. “radical” They have been forced to take action by the leftist agenda.
They also want parents to be able see and hear what their children learn in school. They are also determined to keep biological males out of sports that girls or women can participate in.
On Wednesday, Democrats denounced these bills as excessive government overreaches. To oppose the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (R. Fla.), they used strong language.
Bill Called ‘Stigmatizing’
Rep. Pramila Japal (D-Wash.), suggested changing the name of that bill. “The Stigmatizing Vulnerable Children Act.”
However, the Republican-controlled U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce rejected her proposal.
Jayapal along with other Democrats stated there were only a small number of transgender competitors in female competitions, and so legislation is unnecessary.
Jayapal is a woman Jayapal refers to herself as “a proud parent of a trans kid,” These children should not be excluded from sports because it is considered discriminatory.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., accused Republicans “villainizing” transgender athletes. Ask her coworkers to “reject this fear-mongering, harmful bill.”
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) asked: “Why can’t we leave trans people alone? They’re not bothering anyone.”
According to him, the United States is an “ugly history of discrimination” People who aren’t like you.
“Who in the heck are we, as Americans, and as a human race, to be so darn uncomfortable with an individual or group of people that is different from who we are?”
“I just want my Republican colleagues to just take a breath. Stop. Relax. The trans community is not bothering you.”
‘Men Are Not Women’
However, the Chair of the Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R.N.C.), stated that the bill was necessary because the administration of Biden has “perverted” Title IX the Education Amendments of 1972.
It prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in federally funded educational programs.
Foxx had been a teacher at Appalachian State University in the time that Title IX went into effect. She saw positive results for girls’ sports when Title IX came into force. Title IX was a way to encourage girls to take part in sports.
Foxx, however, has recently seen Title IX emerge. “a tool used by the education bureaucracy to enforce inequality and unfairness,” The opposite of their intention.
She claims that this is because of the Biden administration’s interpretation of Title IX.
Biden’s will be inaugurated in mid-2022 U.S. Department of Education proposed Broadening definitions “sex” Include sexual orientation and gender identity
This action was 11 years after Democratic president Barack Obama attempted a similar move.
Foxx accused Biden of adopting a bill he did not approve “a radical regulatory scheme.”
“The following should never be a radical statement: Men are not women. Women are not men. They certainly shouldn’t compete against each other in any publicly funded arena,” Foxx spoke.
“It is a sad reflection on society that the federal government must step in to protect our nation’s young women.”
Former player of the NFL protects girls
Rep. Burgess Owens of Utah, a former professional sportsman with the NFL’s New York Jets stated that he’s seen the “profound impact” he played sports for himself as well as his five daughters.
Sport “helped shape their character,” He stated. “I’m sad to think that the same opportunities might not be available in the future. I want to continue seeing young girls and women benefit from the protections of Title Nine.”
He stated: “common sense” Both biological and physical reality require that “allowing biological men to compete in women’s sports not only eclipses women but eventually erases them from the winner’s circle altogether.”
According to scientific studies, men have more muscle mass, lung capacity and skeletal structure than women.
“This, my friends, is called science,” He stated. They have far reaching consequences. “a game,” He said that many college-bound girls depend on athletic scholarships.
“We should not allow biological men to steal from women and girls their spot on a sports team. We need more people with old-school courage to stand up and say as much,” Owens said.
“You can’t let young girls continue to suffer just to stay on the safe side of political correctness.”
Many young female athletes oppose the acceptance of biological males who identify as themselves as being biological. “females,” To compete with girls and women
“It’s shameful that adults in charge have bullied them,” He stated. “These girls were told to be quiet or be ‘canceled.'”
“This kind of intimidation and bullying by the left is wrong. Bullying is something I learned to detest, growing up in the Deep South. I detest it even more today,” Owens said.
“These girls deserve to be heard. They deserve to be able to work, to sacrifice, to enter the arena of fair meritocracy, to pursue their dreams, and to win.”
‘Non-Negotiable’ Rights
Owens also supported H.R. 5.
“Parental rights are non-negotiable,” Owens said.
The parents have to be a “God-given right to make decisions” His words were for their children and to help them understand the importance of school.
The proposal would allow parents to access school budgets, school curriculum, and books lists.
You would also be entitled to “address the school board.”
When schools closed down due to the outbreak of coronavirus, children took lessons online. Parents got an opportunity to observe the lessons from their children firsthand.
Parents were frequently silenced when they tried to express outrage or opposition.
Democrats claimed that the requirements of this bill would make schools more difficult and take away local control.
A provision would have allowed parents to inspect certain documents their children had filled out.
The documents may reveal the secret identity of a child as a transgender to parents. This could lead to disapproval and possibly bullying by parents.
Aside from this, they also pointed out that their Republican coworkers are abandoning their mantra of less government intrusion in the lives of people with this bill.
Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.). H.R. 5, moving forward, she introduced it a year and half ago.
According to her, the bill isn’t complicated. “Nor is its intention to be partisan or polarizing,” Letlow,
“This bill is about one simple and fundamental principle: Parents should always have a seat at the table when it comes to their child’s education.”
Louisiana was home to a measure similar in 2014 “with broad bipartisan support,” Letlow said: “and we see it work every single day.”
Democrat Opposition
Democrats and their political allies view the bill as “an attack on our hard-working teachers, that it will lead to Congress dictating curriculum to local schools or telling librarians what they can and cannot have on their shelf,” Sie said.
“But in that argument, it’s very clear that their underlying message is that they don’t want schools to have to be accountable to parents. Rather than opening the doors to welcome parents as partners, they would rather slam them shut and have government bureaucrats make all the decisions.”
Letlow, a former teacher and mother herself, believes that parents are key to student success.
“Mountains of data” Show the “massive learning loss that our students suffered during the pandemic,” Letlow stated. It’s important for teachers and parents to assist children in catching up.
Bowman holds an educational leadership doctorate and is known as H.R. 5 “repetitive, redundant and unnecessary.”
He said that school districts are managed by the local school boards with guidance from the Parent-Teachers Association.
‘Turning Point’ Possible
Democrats also protested against an amendment that required schools to notify parents of nearby districts and charter schools who might be able to accept their child. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R.Calif.) sponsored the amendment. His proposal would have a positive impact on children’s education. “promote a sense of competition.”
Bobby Scott (D.Va.), ranking Member, said he was worried about parents moving their children. “bad” Schools, which has led to further declines in standards and funding for these districts.
Owens stated that he heard the argument 40 years ago: “Let’s not let people leave public schools because it will hurt public schools.”
The result was disastrous. He said that in 2017, 75% of California’s black boys could not pass the writing and reading tests.
“Black young men who cannot read, cannot write, cannot think, cannot dream. But they will stay in that failing school,” Owens stated, in order to please powerful interests like teachers’ unions.
Despite opposition by Democrats, Kiley’s Amendment was approved by Republicans.
“Thank goodness the Republican Party now is in control, to have this conversation and let people decide for themselves,” Owens said.
He hopes to watch the excitement grow over the Parents Bill of Rights. “this could be a turning point.”
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