A “direct abuse” against” the people who identify as trans people,” he said.
A prosecutor has allowed a New Hampshire school area to appoint a silent protest against male athletes wearing” XX” bands.
The decision confirms Bow School District Superintendent Marcy Kelley’s claim that such demonstrations are “demeaning” and form “harassment” and “intimidation” toward a child who plays on a rival school’s women ‘ football team.
According to NH Journal, U.S. District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe, a man of Christa McAuliffe, the professor killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger crisis in 1986, said while the parents “acted within their First Amendment rights to protest,” school sports events “are regarded as “limited people forums” and that school officials “acted within their lawful expert”
The answer is simple: Of course it is, according to McAuliffe,” the issue then becomes whether the School District may handle its sport events and its sporty fields and facilities.”
According to McAuliffe,” the message typically attributed to the XX symbol [ …] can reasonably be understood as directly assaulting those who identify as transgender women” in the context of the soccer game.
The demeaning of which strikes a person at the core of his being is “[G] ender identities are characteristics of personal identity that are’unalterable or otherwise deeply rooted,’ McAuliffe wrote. Therefore,” Bow officials” could reasonably interpret” the parents ‘ wristbands” as sending a degrading and harassing message.
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Anthony Foote, one of the parents named in the complaint, inquired,” What was our offense?” Defending biological reality while supporting girls ‘ sports?
Foote noted that McAuliffe “openly acknowledged that Pride flags hanging in Bow District classrooms are OK because they promote inclusion,” but that XX “wristbands” might “offend” someone.
Foote previously stated that besides his participation in girls ‘ athletic competitions, he has” no issue” with the transgender athlete in question. He stated that he will continue to fight to defend girls ‘ sports.
We strongly disagree with the Court’s decision to deny our request for a preliminary injunction, according to Del Kolde of the Institute for Free Speech, which represents the parents. This was adult language in a select few public spaces, which is protected by the First Amendment more than student language in the classroom.
Other McAuliffe’s critics noted the report’s assertion that his claim that gender identity is “inalterable” has no basis in biological fact or law.
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Parent shows” XX “wristband to protest boys playing on girls ‘ sports teams, Libs of TikTok/X, IMAGE CAPTION & CREDIT
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