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11 states sue US government over transgenderbathroom policy
Why isn’t Ohio one of them?
One of the three core Tea Party values is “limited
government.” Whatever one may think of the controversies over bathrooms and
sexual identity, the feds are clearly overreaching. From the AOL report:
The state of Texas is the lead
plaintiff and was joined by Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee,
Oklahoma, Louisiana, Utah and Georgia, plus the Arizona Department of Education
and the governor of Maine.
School districts from Texas and
Arizona also joined the suit, which names the U.S. government and a host of
federal agencies and officials as defendants.
Alison Gill, the vice chair of
the Trans United Fund, a political advocacy group, said the states' challenge
did not reflect the position of most school boards and administrators, who have
come out in favor of the administration's order.
"This action puts students
at risk for the sake of politics," Gill said.
The White House did not
immediately respond to a request for comment.
Arizona Attorney General Mark
Brnovich said, "President Obama has no business setting locker room and
restroom policies for our schools."
"School policies should be
determined by individual states, educators and parents - not dictated by a
presidential decree," added West Virginia Attorney General Patrick
Morrisey.
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