Push against trans athletes in girls' sports fails in Kansas
Source: Associated Press
By JOHN HANNA
14 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Conservative Republicans in Kansas failed Monday to overturn the Democratic governors veto of a proposed ban on transgender athletes in girls and womens sports, unable to convert successes in other states or Caitlyn Jenners support into enough momentum.
The state Senate voted 26-14 to override Gov. Laura Kellys veto, leaving supporters a single vote short of the necessary two-thirds majority. Senators decision blocked a vote in the House.
Kansas became the second state within two weeks, after North Dakota, where a legislature with Republican supermajorities failed to override a GOP governors veto of such a measure. Lawmakers in more than 20 states have considered such bans, and theyve become law in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and West Virginia after Idaho enacted one last year. Florida lawmakers recently approved such a measure, and South Dakotas governor imposed a policy by executive order.
The vote in Kansas came two days after Jenner, the former Olympic decathlon champion and reality television figure who came out as a transgender woman in 2015, said she opposes transgender athletes in girls and womens sports as a question of fairness. Kansas conservatives seized upon her comments to a TMZ reporter in arguing that they were trying to protect fair competition and opportunities for female athletes.
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Blue_playwright
(1,568 posts)We would be completely stewed without her.
LisaL
(44,972 posts)NT
Eugene
(61,819 posts)Blue_playwright
(1,568 posts)Which is why I don't get why he is running for another office. Geez dude, get a job.