April 7, 20233 yr Active Members I haven't been agreeing much with the SCOTUS these days, but they may have gotten in right here: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-transgender-sports-west-virginia-64d2fd48678afb1a62e5eb84d7762c31 "The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on her middle school’s girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban continues. The justices refused to disturb an appeals court order that made it possible for the girl, Becky Pepper-Jackson, to continue playing on her school’s track and cross-country teams, where she regularly finishes near the back of the pack. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas would have allowed West Virginia to enforce its law against Pepper-Jackson. Pepper-Jackson is in the middle of the outdoor track season. She had filed a lawsuit challenging the law, the Save Women’s Sports Act, which West Virginia lawmakers adopted in 2021. A federal appeals court had allowed her to compete while she appealed a lower court ruling that upheld the West Virginia law..." I can't imagine why one would ban trans girls or women from competing in amateur sports. That would just be mean-spirited. Yes, there are certain sports (for example volleyball and swimming) for which trans women have an unfair advantage, so I can understand restrictions on levels where $$$ are involved (either the professional level or in the competition for college scholarships). A ban on the amateur level, however, doesn't serve any purpose, other than to be nasty.
April 7, 20233 yr Active Members 4 hours ago, unicorn said: I haven't been agreeing much with the SCOTUS these days, but they may have gotten in right here: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-transgender-sports-west-virginia-64d2fd48678afb1a62e5eb84d7762c31 I can't imagine why one would ban trans girls or women from competing in amateur sports. That would just be mean-spirited. Yes, there are certain sports (for example volleyball and swimming) for which trans women have an unfair advantage, so I can understand restrictions on levels where $$$ are involved (either the professional level or in the competition for college scholarships). A ban on the amateur level, however, doesn't serve any purpose, other than to be nasty. And isnt that EXACTLY the point for them ? 👎
April 8, 20233 yr Active Members Clarence Thomas, he been pimpin off the old white dudes all these years, and now wants to deny Americans their basic human rights..... Where's the justice here ? He lives the American dream while depriving actual Americans of THEIR dreams...... Our country NEEDS new laws.
May 10, 20233 yr If you're curious how Clarence Thomas went from abandoned, dirt-poor boy in Savannah to Malcom X radical, to anti-affirmative action advocate, to darling of the the GOP, public television series Frontline tells the story in its latest episode available on demand for a limited time. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/clarence-and-ginni-thomas/
May 10, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, reader said: If you're curious how Clarence Thomas went from abandoned, dirt-poor boy in Savannah to Malcom X radical, to anti-affirmative action advocate, to darling of the the GOP, public television series Frontline tells the story in its latest episode available on demand for a limited time. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/clarence-and-ginni-thomas/ I was watching Finding Your Roots on PBS last night and, afterwards, the new edition of the 90 minute Frontline show started and I watched it. The research and presentation of their lives was illuminating. It helps to understand how and why they got to this point in their lives. Troubling, as well.
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