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The US Fence announced changes to two of its controversial policies after its board voted on amendments last Saturday. The organization has addressed the changes to Pakinomist Digital.
A change was to a policy that deterred hosting events in states that were considered to have anti-LGBTQ love, as the organization now intends to take equal consideration of all 50 states. The second change was to a policy that did not require the national anthem to be played before certain events.
US fence refused to explain the decisions behind the new policies.
“It would be inappropriate for the staff to speculate on the personal motivations of the US Hencing’s volunteer board,” a US spokesman told the US to Pakinomist Digital.
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US fence is already planning competitions in states that it previously advised to avoid
Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs, Maia Mei Weintraub and Jacqueline Dubrovich from Team United States celebrate their gold medals at the end of Women’s Foil Team Final on day six of the Paris Olympic Games 2024 in Grand Palais on August 1, 2024 in Paris, France. (Image Photo Agency/Getty Photos)
The United States fence events are now scheduled to take place six of the Republican controlled states, as it had stigmatized, per. Organization spokesman.
In fact, it is only three that the organization that previously did not advise to avoid is set to host a national tournament next season.
“We merged several overlapping documents in a policy that scores each bid – regardless of the state – on costs, security and travel contract. Use of this box, next season’s national events will span nine states, including Texas, Missouri, Florida, Utah, Ohio, Virginia, Oregon, Tennessee and Nevada said,” said the spoken.
The previous election of selection policy for host sites gave preference when choosing host cities for national tournaments to states without laws that “harming members of LGBTQ communities” and says that “does not” have laws undermining women’s reproductive health. ”
The states on the organization’s “not allowed” list were Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas.
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The states on the list “Avoid where possible”, included Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississip North Dakota, Oklaha, Oklaha Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.
The previous politics became one of the organization’s biggest criticisms after Fencer Stephanie Turner ignited the global setback against the organization as she recorded a video of her kneeling in protest of a transpower during a competition in Maryland at the end of March.
On May 7th Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) The Under Committee’s “InJourly Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” then turns witnessing against US fence chair Damien Lehfeldt for his trans -eligible eligibility policies. There were DOGE Sub -Committee Chair Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., The organization shouted for its host city policy.
“When choosing sites for its national fence events, for example, board policy is to avoid states whose laws and policies on LGBTQ rights and abortion are against. It uses ‘equality cards’ to determine which states for blacklist from its competitions and which ones to favor,” Greene said.
“This ends up favoring a lot of blue states and harming a lot of red. So it creates politically determined winners and losers-but it has absolutely nothing to do with fences. And it contradicts the US hencing’s statutory duty as NGB to ‘develop interest and participation throughout the US’ in fence.”
Now it will not be a problem for the United States fence as state LGBTQ policies appear to no longer play a rule in choosing a host site.
National anthem must now play at any event
Lauren Scruggs (USA) competes against Alice Volpi (ITA) in Women’s Foil Team Gold Medal Match during Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Grand Palais. (Katie Goodale-usa Today Sports)
The Board’s new national hymn policy comes into force on the summer orders 2025 and is reviewed annually by the Tournament Committee. Previously, there were no rules that required the hymn to be played in any case. The organization claims that the hymn has been played at any national tournament.
“Anthem has always been played at the beginning of any national tournament. The board simply wrote the long -standing practice of politics and added that it will also be played on any American holiday that arises during an event, such as Independence Day falling under our upcoming summer presidents,” the spokesman said of the new policy.
The US Hencing’s original message claimed that the new policy would “provide consistent, respectful minimum guidance to honor the flag and anthem across nine annual tournaments.”
Back in December held a vote To play the national anthem at the start of tournaments before “all NACs and national championships”, but it was voted against 8-2 with a failure.
The previous hyme policy was also criticized by Greene during the Doge hearing on May 7.
“Recently, the board even voted against playing the National Song at his events,” Green said.
Now the organization has codified that the anthem will be played at any event in the future. It’s still not a permanent rule. The Board’s new national hymn policy comes into force on the 2025 summer citizens, but is reviewed annually by the Tournament Committee.
