Quote:Senate Democrats blocked a bill on Monday that sought to prohibit trans-identifying men from competing in women's sports. The legislation, which required 60 votes to advance, failed in a 51-45 party-line vote. Democrats overwhelmingly favor the notion that men who say they are women really are actual women.

The bill aimed to define Title IX protections based on “reproductive biology and genetics at birth,” which it had been until changes made under the Biden administration. Republicans say the issue as a matter of fairness in women’s athletics, with President Donald Trump signing an executive order last month directing federal agencies to enforce Title IX as it was originally intended when it was added as an amendment to the Civil Rights Act in 1972.

Republicans in Congress have pushed to prevent males from using Title IX protections to ensure that they are able to compete in womens sports. The notion, per the Biden administration based on a Supreme Court ruling called Bostock, is that to prevent boys from competing in women's sports is to discriminate on the basis of sex, arguing that the only reason boys can't play those sports is because they are boys.

“Around the country we have seen men — biological men who identify as women — take up spaces and medals in athletics meant for actual women,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. “This is a matter of fairness and equality.”

Democrats argued the measure was unnecessary and an overreach into decisions that should be handled by sports organizations. Since Trump signed the EO, the NCAA has rolled back their requirements that men be allowed to play in women's college athletics and Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed his agency not to issue visas to males who wish to compete as women in American athletics.

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Hopefully this will come up during the SOTU and Trump asks those Senators that voted against it to stand. THAT is why they pushed this vote yesterday.

I hate that this didn't pass. Still, this is good for us. It gets all the Dems in the Senate on record. We can use this against them during the midterms.

Demorcrat Party - The party of they/them.

Republican Party - The party of you.

The ads write themselves.

Add women to the vast list of people that democrats hate.

DEMOCRATS... THE PARTY OF TRANNIES AND UKRAINIANS.

How hard would it be to implement a trans division of sports? But I guess that wouldn’t satisfy the mentally insane males that insist on competing against women and not other men or other tranny men pretending to be a woman

But..but… democracy!?! Don’t the dems love it? Aren’t they preaching for mob/majority rule? Ask the libs in your life if they support minority rule? If so, what is Trump a threat to? Could you repeat that?

For the record, I’m fine with how this is playing out. It’s how it’s suppose to happen.

If the real females that are competing against these men don't start coming forward and boycotting the competitions it is like saying they're okay with it. So, let them come in second or third behind those men. It's on them. For those female children that can't take a stand yet because they're too young its up to the parents to show that this is so unfair and they too have to boycott these athletic events.

It's odd that trans-males don't ever want to compete against real men.

(03-04-2025 11:18 AM)olliebaba Wrote:  If the real females that are competing against these men don't start coming forward and boycotting the competitions it is like saying they're okay with it. So, let them come in second or third behind those men. It's on them. For those female children that can't take a stand yet because they're too young its up to the parents to show that this is so unfair and they too have to boycott these athletic events.

It's odd that trans-males don't ever want to compete against real men.

I'm glad you brought that up because last night and then just now on Facebook, I saw two separate stories of actual girls refusing to compete against boys (aka fake girls) at an athletic competition. It's looking like they're slowly but surely starting to stand up for themselves.

Well Fetterman just blew a big chance to show he's a sensible democrat.

He can trade his hoodie in for some nice wool.