Brnovich, Douglas Called On To Challenge Obama Bathroom Edict
On May 20, Arizona State Rep. Bob Thorpe spearheaded an effort to call on Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas to fight back against the threats by federal officials regarding transgender policies. The letter is in response to constituents concerned about the “threatening” May 13, 2016 letter from U.S. Attorney General Lynch and U.S. Department of Education Secretary John B. King Jr.
The letter was co-signed by Senator Sylvia Allen, and representatives Brenda Barton, Paul Boyer, Karen Fann, Mark Finchem, Vince Leach, and Anthony Kern.
Thorpe makes the signers’ position very clear in the letter. He writes, “Please understand that this is not a moral issue, it is a legal state’s rights issue, and as a sovereign state, Arizona is protected by the 10th Amendment and thus is under no legal obligation to provide these accommodations merely based upon the suggestion, or coercion, of the Obama administration.
The U.S. Departments of Justice and Education released joint “guidance” based on their interpretation of Title IX and its application to transgender students.der identity.”
The guidance also explains schools’ “obligation to treat students consistent with their gender identity even if their school records or identification documents indicate a different sex; and allow students to participate in sex-segregated activities and access sex-segregated facilities consistent with their gender identity.”
Should Arizona run afoul of the Obama administration’s rules, it risks losing less than 12 percent of its education funding.
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