To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE


SHARE THIS ARTICLE Printer friendly version of this page

Lawmakers Override Kentucky's Dem Governor Veto of Bill to Ban Transgenders from Girls' Sports

Michael W. Chapman : Apr 18, 2022  CNS News

"This is a huge win for the integrity of women's sports. Kentucky is a leading voice for female athletes across the nation. The Kentucky General Assembly stands in support of female athletes everywhere as they work hard to achieve their goals and dreams." -State Sen. Robby Mills (R-Henderson)

airlift[CNSNews.com] The Democratic governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, vetoed a bill last week that would have prohibited transgender "women" (biological males) from playing on girls' sports teams. However, the veto was overridden on April 13 by Kentucky legislators and the new law goes into effect immediately. (Image: Pixabay)

The vote to override the governor's veto was 29-8 in the Kentucky Senate and 72-23 in the Kentucky House. When he vetoed the legislation on April 6, Gov. Beshear said the proposal violated the "equal protection rights" of "transgender children seeking to participate in girls' or women's sports."

Under the new law, the Fairness in Women's Sports Act, any school that participates in interscholastic athletics must designate all of its "athletic teams, activities, and sports for students in grades six through twelve" as either boys, coed, or girls.

"A student's biological sex" is determined by what it says on a student's "original, unedited birth certificate issued at the time of birth," reads the legislation. In addition, the law states, "An athletic activity or sport designated as 'girls' for students in grades six (6) through twelve (12) shall not be open to members of the male sex."

"This is a huge win for the integrity of women's sports," said State Sen. Robby Mills (R-Henderson). "Kentucky is a leading voice for female athletes across the nation. The Kentucky General Assembly stands in support of female athletes everywhere as they work hard to achieve their goals and dreams."

Riley Gaines, a real female who swims for the University of Kentucky, said, "I know I speak for the majority of female athletes across every NCAA sport when I say biological males should not be competing against women."

"It's crucial for the NCAA to open its eyes and recognize the irrefutable damage being done to everything Title IX stands for," she said, "equity, fairness and creating opportunities for women to succeed at an elite level and in life."

In a statement, the pro-homosexual Human Rights Campaign (HRC) said, "It isn't necessary to understand what it means to be transgender in order to understand that kids want to be able to play school sports on a team where they can be included and celebrated for being who they really are.

"On the other hand, the Kentucky General Assembly chose to politicize these kids, to isolate them, to prevent them from being included and to prevent them from being able to play with their friends—and all without addressing the actual challenges facing women's sports programs, like chronic underfunding.

"Kentucky's legislators should never forget that they are culpable for the harm that they are causing to children, who must now bear the weight of even more discrimination." Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here







SHARE THIS ARTICLE Printer friendly version of this page

To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE

Other Recent Articles from Breaking Christian News

Kai Trump, Donald Trump's Granddaughter, Should Not Be Judged by Score in LPGA Debut

Persecuted Pastor Brutally Beaten, Imprisoned Before 'Mind-Blowing' Miracle [Video]

As Sudan Spirals Out of Control, Rubio Says US Is Trying to Stop the Slaughter

Pro-Life Group Exposes Canada's Late-Term Abortion Industry in Undercover Investigation [Video]

'Victory' For LIFE: Satanic Temple Loses Idaho Abortion Lawsuit

Middle School Teacher Ordered to Stop Teaching About Creationism

Dependence Is a Choice: How Trump Reasserted America's Control over Energy

Mike Johnson and House Republicans EXPLODE after GOP Senators Sneak $500,000 Payout for Themselves Per Federal Data Request into 'Clean' CR Bill

President Trump, First Lady Melania Sign Initiative to Improve America's Foster Care System

Student Revival Movement Alive and Well as Hundreds Accept Christ and Thousands Worship Jesus at NC State: 'All Glory to God'

New York Churches Vandalized With 'Anti-Christian' Graffiti by Suspect Carrying LGBT Flag

Sharon Osbourne Tears Up over Trump's Heartfelt Condolence Call after Ozzy's Death

Tariff Dividend? Trump Wants to Give $2,000 to American Taxpayers

US Mint in Philadelphia Presses the Last-ever Penny after 232 Years

Huge Peer-Reviewed Studies Show COVID Vax Linked to Flu, Kidney Disease

CNN Exposes Democrats for Redacting Epstein Docs to Push Fake Anti-Trump Narrative

'Our Kids Will Be Safer': 150 Illegal Immigrant Sex Offenders Arrested in Florida, Noem Announces

'Thank You, Lord!': Hunter Missing For 20 Days Found Alive as God Intervenes With Stunning Miracle

DOJ Launches Investigation after Antifa Mob Attacks TPUSA Event at UC Berkeley

Trump to Sign Groundbreaking Executive Order Bolstering Foster Care



Search the Articles Archives

Keyword:  
Author:  
Words Posted On:  
Day Month Year



BCN Plus

Follow BCN on Twitter
Are You Praying for Our Government Leaders?
BCN Staff

Steve Shultz
Steve Shultz, Managing Editor
Founder and Owner


Aimee Herd
Aimee Herd, Editor


BCN Plus
Are You Praying for President Trump?
 
 

All articles on this site and emails from BCN are copyrighted property of Breaking Christian News. Permission is given to link to, or share a BCN story if proper attribution is given to both the original writer and summarizer of the story. Breaking Christian News 2005-2019. All Rights Reserved.


Breaking Christian News is a division of Elijah List Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved


Disclaimer: Articles and links, as well as the source articles linked to; do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Breaking Christian News.

editor@breakingchristiannews.com