Really Bad Omen!

If Trump wins look for more laws like this that criminalize our healthcare…

House Republicans vote to overturn new Title IX sex and discrimination rules

UPI News

By Darryl Coote

July 15, 2024

House Republicans have voted to nullify a new Biden administration rule aimed at increasing protections for transgender students, marking another GOP victory in its fight to stop expansions to protections from discrimination under Title IX.

The Republican-controlled House voted 210-205 right down party lines to overturn the new rule finalized by the Department of Education in April to expand the definition of sex under Title IX to include sexual orientation and gender identity, along with other characteristics.

It's to go into effect Aug. 1, and would ensure transgender students have access to bathrooms and locker rooms that reflect their gender identity while preventing schools from requiring documentation to validate which gender they choose to present themselves as, among other protections.

Republicans have staunchly opposed the rule since it was announced, attacking it with lawsuits and legislation. More than a dozen of the 26 states that have sued the government over the rule have already secured injunctions blocking it from going into effect.

They argue the change to Title IX would make women's spaces, such as bathrooms and changing rooms, less safe while threatening women's sports, despite the issue of transgender students participating in athletes dealt with in a different, yet-to-be finalized rule from the Biden administration.

We seen these laws on a state level this however, will be national!

It will criminalize us, every time we go the bathroom we would be a criminal.

Meanwhile, Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif, lambasted the bill from the floor, calling it "shortsighted, petty and cruel."

"While Republicans claim that this resolution is in the interest of women's rights, their proposed solution will make the situation worse for female students," he said.

"What overturning this rule does is exacerbate existing inequalities, prevent any future administration from enacting a similar rule, then place the blame solely on the LGBTQI+ community."

The vote comes as the Biden administration has sought to bolster protections for transgender Americans amid a Republican effort to restrict the rights of the LGBT community.

You watch… the cases will go before the Supreme Court and they will rule that it is “state rights” on marriage. A cross country drive could be a nightmare, married in these states… not married in those states. It will be like us now where trans people can drive from Maine to Florida and see our rights vary from one state to another. We need to plan our route on where it is safe to pee.

The Hill wrote that,

An identical resolution is unlikely to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate, however, and the White House this week said President Biden will veto the resolution if it reaches his desk. The Education Department did not immediately return a request for comment on Thursday’s vote.

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An identical resolution is unlikely to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate, however, and the White House this week said President Biden will veto the resolution if it reaches his desk. The Education Department did not immediately return a request for comment on Thursday’s vote.

As Smoke the Bear said... When you vote,

“R” Is for reverse. Taking us back to the days when we were criminals by just walking out the door!

“R” Is for reverse. Taking us back to the days when we were criminals for loving the wrong person!

“R” Is for reverse. Taking us back to the days when we were forced in the closet!

“D” Is for going forward!