America's Representation Abroad

Insanity
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The US delegation to France’s Bastille Day observances

(“Transgendered” Rachel Levine and Sam Brinton)

So this is what America wants to be seen as by the rest of the world?

What a farce!

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#2

“Secretary Cardona has unveiled his plans to codify the “trans” ideology that grips the left. Six Republican Senators have responded in a letter that begins to trace the consequences of the trans regime. I end on the “trans” note this morning because it explains the construction of the clown car. It is constructed on the woke ideology that has taken control of the Democratic Party. Biden and his secretaries have fallen into line with the new orthodoxy. It is unreal, it is absurd, and it rules every corner of this administration.”

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#3

And then Macron told his people to not drink the poison from America…

What a disgrace! The Europeans…and the French!..must believe we have lost our minds.

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#4

Here is the link for the letter: https://www.cotton.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/title_ix_letter.pdf

And, the letter itself:

VIA Federal Rulemaking Portal
The Honorable Miguel Cardona Attn: Title IX Rulemaking Secretary of Education Department of Education Building 400 Maryland Ave, SW Washington, DC 20202

July 28, 2022
RE:
Comments on Proposed Rule: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance

Dear Secretary Cardona,

We write regarding the Department of Education’s intention to unlawfully include “gender identity” as a protected category under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. § 1681).1 The Biden administration claims that Title IX, which was written to provide equal opportunities to women, protects men claiming to be women on the basis of their “gender identity.”2 Consequently, your department has suggested that schools which prohibit males from using women’s bathrooms or playing women’s sports could be guilty of unlawful “discrimination.”3 Your interpretation of Title IX will undermine that law’s very purpose by making schools and sports unsafe and unfair for women and girls.

Equally disturbing is the likelihood that your department will weaponize Title IX to force a radical gender ideology in K-12 classrooms. A number of troubling incidents suggest how your interpretation of Title IX could erode women’s rights, free-speech rights, parental rights, and children’s safety and innocence. Given these concerns, please respond to the following questions by Monday, August 15, 2022.

  1. A middle school in Wisconsin recently filed a complaint under Title IX against4three students for choosing not to refer to another student by her preferred pronouns. Would it be a potential violation of Title IX for a student to refuse to call someone by pronouns that do not correspond to their biological sex?

2 U.S. Department of Education, “The U.S. Department of Education Releases Proposed Changes to Title IX Regulations, Invites Public Comment,” June 23, 2022. U.S. Department of Education title-ix-regulations-invites-public-comment
4 James Gordon, “Wisconsin mom says son, 13, was accused of Sexual Harassment and hit with Title IX complaint for refusing to refer to non-binary classmate by ‘they/them’ pronouns,” Daily Mail, March 14, 2022. Wisconsin school district files Title IX complaint against 3 middle school students | Daily Mail Online students.html

  1. A school in Virginia suspended a teacher, Tanner Cross, for refusing to use a child’s “preferred” pronouns and cited Title IX as one justification.5 Would it be “discriminatory” or a potential violation of Title IX for a school employee to refuse to refer to a student or colleague by their preferred name or pronouns? If yes, would teachers with religious or conscientious objections be given an exemption?

  2. When Florida passed a law to protect K-3 students from inappropriate classroom instruction, you implied it might run afoul of Title IX.6 Would it be “discriminatory” or a potential violation of Title IX for a school, district, or state to limit a school employee’s ability to discuss “gender identity” with young children? Would it be a potential violation of Title IX for any school, district, or state to discipline a teacher’s or school employee’s discussion of the aforementioned topic with young children?

  3. Would it be a potential violation of Title IX for any school, district, or state to refuse to provide puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to “affirm” a students’ “gender identity” at a school health clinic?

  4. In order to comply with the Obama administration’s “Dear Colleague letter” on Title IX, a Chicago public school chose to treat a girl as a boy and override the parents’ expressed wish to treat their daughter according to her biological sex.7 Would it be “discriminatory” or a potential violation of Title IX to treat a child according to their biological sex if the parents requested this, but the child preferred a different “gender identity”?

  5. An alarming number of schools deceive parents about their child’s “gender transition” by withholding information about their child’s “gender identity.” Your proposed rules favorably cite policies from California and Washoe County, Nevada, which forbid school staff from notifying parents about their child’s “gender identity.”8 Would it be “discriminatory” or a potential violation of Title IX for a school employee or student to notify or inform parents about their child’s “gender transition” or alleged “gender identity”?

  6. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act guarantees parents’ “right to inspect and review the education records their children.”9 Under your proposed rule, would a school be allowed to deny parents access to a child’s educational records, including sensitive information about their purported “gender identity,” for any reason? Under what circumstances could a school deny parents their right to inspect and review their children’s records?

5 Loudon Country School Board, “Upon a Petition for Review Under Code § 8.01-626 Justices Kelsey, McCullough, and Chafin,” August 30, 2021. https://adfmedialegalfiles.blob.core.windows.net/files/CrossOrderVSC.pdf
6 Natalie Colarossi, “Education Secretary Slams Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill as 'Hateful,” Newsweek, March 8, 2022. Education Secretary Slams Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill as 'Hateful'
7 Jay Keck, “My daughter thinks she’s transgender. Her public school undermined my efforts to help her,” USA Today, August 12 2019. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/08/12/transgender-daughter-school-undermines-parents- column/1546527001/
8 Washoe County School District, “Gender Identity and Gender Non-Conformity- Students,” Administrative Regulation 5161. https://www.wcsdpolicy.net/pdf_files/administrative_regulations/5161_Reg-Gender_Identify-v2.pdf ; Frequently Asked Questions - Equal Opportunity & Access (CA Dept of Education)
9 20 U.S. Code § 1232g - Family educational and privacy rights,” Cornell Law School. 20 U.S. Code § 1232g - Family educational and privacy rights | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

  1. In Loudon County, Virginia, a girl was raped in the girl’s bathroom by a boy who “identifies” as “gender fluid.”10 Would it be “discriminatory” or a potential violation of Title IX to deny a boy who claimed a different “gender identity” access to the girl’s bathroom?

  2. A male student at the University of Pennsylvania who claims to be a woman, Lia Thomas, has caused discomfort through his presence and behavior in the women’s locker room. Would it be discriminatory or a violation of Title IX to deny a boy who claimed a “gender identity” that did not correspond with his biological sex to use a girl’s locker room?

  3. You have claimed that your proposed rule will not address women’s sports, yet your agency appears to be enforcing Title IX to effectively end women’s sports teams. Last June, your department signed onto a statement of interest, led by the Department of Justice, arguing that West Virginia’s law to prevent biological males from participating in female athletics is a violation of Title IX.11Would it be a violation of Title IX to deny a biological male who claimed a “gender identity” that did not correspond with his biological sex to join a women’s sports team?

Thank you for your attention to this important manner. Sincerely,
_______________________ Tom Cotton
United States Senator
_______________________ Ted Cruz
United States Senator
________________________ Marsha Blackburn
United States Senator
________________________ Josh Hawley
United States Senator

 *10 Caroline Downey, “Judge Rules Loudoun County Teen Sexually Assaulted Female Student in Girls’ Bathroom,” National Review, October 26, 2021. https://www.nationalreview.com/news/judge-rules-loudoun-county-teen-sexually-assaulted-female- student-in-girls-bathroom/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=breaking&utm_campaign=newstrack&utm_term=25468804*

11 Heather Jackson vs. West Virginia State Board of Education, Statement of Interest 454-475 (S.D. Wv. 2021) https://www.justice.gov/crt/case-document/file/1405541/download

_____________________ Michael S. Lee
United States Senator
______________________ Marco Rubio
United States Senator

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#5

Farce is an understatement…

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#6

Yes, it is!

The entire agenda of the Democrats in power manifests the mentality of adolescence, the spitefulness of undisciplined delinquents, the unseriousness of spoilt, ignorant, ungrateful children. Obama’s Children.

Playing games with power.

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#7

Thats exactly what they are! Which is what makes their illegitimately won power so scary.

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