Tue Apr 11, 2023 – 7:48 pm EDT
(<LifeSiteNews) — Republican state officials are pledging to fight pending Title IX rules that would prevent federally funded schools from banning males from female sports teams.
On April 6, the U.S. Department of Education proposed a regulation under which “schools would not be permitted to adopt or apply a one-size-fits-all policy that categorically bans transgender students from participating on teams consistent with their gender identity.”
Twenty states already have laws preventing transgender athletes from competing against the opposite sex, and many of these have vowed to defend these laws should they be threatened by new federal regulations.
“South Dakota will not allow this to stand … Only girls will play girls’ sports,” South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem tweeted Thursday. “President Biden, we’ll see you in court,” she added.
South Dakota will not allow this to stand. We will lead. We will defend our laws. Only girls will play girls’ sports.
President Biden, we’ll see you in Court. pic.twitter.com/Irv03aMEp9
— Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) April 6, 2023
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen slammed the proposal in a statement to the Washington Examiner, arguing that it “will destroy women’s sports and
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