A state legislator from Maine called the State’s policy on transgender participation in girls and women’s sports “extreme” and warned that it could cost schools millions in federal funding.
State representative Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, appeared on Outkick’s “The Ricky Cobb Show” and responded to last week’s spat between President Donald Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills. The two robbed heads of the state’s transsexual participation policy in girls and women’s sports after the president signed an executive order to ban these types of rules.
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Maine Principals’ Association’s rules stated that a potential student athlete must “declare their gender identity to their member school if their gender identity differs from the student’s gender assigned at birth.” The rules stated that the school has “the only authority to determine the assignment of gender identity for the purpose of athletic registration and participation in MPA -sponsored events.”
In addition, “no medical records or official documents required to be required to establish a student’s gender identity.”
“That’s the policy that Governor Mills defends against President Trump,” Libby said. “It’s so extreme. It’s an outlier, even among other states that have similar policies. And it’s an extreme position that Mainers do not support.
“Not only does she support this extreme policy, her attitude could cost the state $ 250 million for Maine’s schools, and it’s money that we need to give education to Maine children. It’s a two-for as far as how this hits our state.
President Donald Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills collided on Friday in the White House over compliance with executive order. (Pool via AP/Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Libby called the policy “Incredibly wide” and pointed to a question that the state recently seen over a transnry athlete who won a state title in girls’ pole vault.
“No Men In Women’s Sports” executive order was signed earlier this month. Trump promised to withhold federal funding from Maine schools if they violate his federal order.
The Department of Education launched a title IX study of Maine.
Mills said in a statement Friday she stood up for the “rule of law.”
“No President – Republican or Democrat – can withhold federal funding authorized and devoted by Congress and paid for by Maine Taxpayers in an attempt to force someone to comply with his will. It is a violation of our constitution and our laws that I took a ed to maintain, ”she said.
“Maine is possibly one of the first states undergoing a study from his administration but we will not be the last. Today the president of the United States has targeted a particular group on a particular question that Maine Law has addressed . The rule of law that prevents him from being like that.
Transgender flags and is divided with track finish. (Getty Images)
Mills added that she imagined that the outcome of the investigation was “predetermined” and that it was not about what is happening on the rules of the game but “about a president can force compliance with his will, without regard to the rule of law that governs Our nation.
