(02-03-2021, 09:19 PM)Sneakers Wrote:

(02-03-2021, 08:34 PM)mikesez Wrote: You misunderstand.
1) it was Trump's office of civil rights that issued that guidance
2) it was the correct guidance based on the 2020 Bostock v Clayton county ruling.  That ruling was very broadly worded and obviously applies to any federal law implicating gender.  Gender and gender identity are more or less interchangeable concepts in federal law now.  It wasn't a good decision, but that's an argument for another day.
3) Title IX simply needs to be amended/updated to protect girls/womens sports, so, for sports in particular gender and gender identity will be separate categories.  That's up to Congress. That's Paul's department, and he knows it.  But, he'd rather pander and get clips on youtube shared on sports forums than do his actual job.

That's an argument that needs to happen NOW, not ignored, thus allowing the problem to spread even further.

Questioning a nominee at a hearing is his job.  When have you ever complained about a liberal getting a clip on youtube?

I understand what Mike is saying and he's mostly correct. The people who made the laws lack the intestinal fortitude to say outright that transgenders can identify as the opposite sex but physically are intrinsically cis-gendered. Rupaul will always beat Heidi Klum in an arm wrestling match. 

The Secretary of Education has the responsibility to provide guidance on Title IX. If Cardona states that transgendered women cannot compete in women sports, then so be it and let the courts fight it out. In the meanwhile, cis-gendered women aren't being unfairly outcompeted by transgendered women. It's just that simple.

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