Texas attorney general attacks Obama’s directive on transgender students
Source: Washington Post
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton leveled sharp criticism against the Obama administration’s directive to the nation’s schools that they must make accommodations for transgender students, calling it a “gun to the head” that threatens the independence of school districts to handle the issue how they see fit.
Paxton, who has filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration challenging its position, railed Thursday against the guidance to schools that directs them to allow transgender students to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity. Speaking at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank in Washington, he said the guidance, under threat of a loss of federal funding for noncompliance, is federal overreach that puts students at risk.
Ten other states joined the lawsuit, which was filed in a federal court in Texas. Paxton this week asked the court to allow schools to disregard the guidance until the case is decided, hoping to block it from going into effect next school year.
“There are a host of reasons why allowing 14-year-old boys into girls’ locker rooms is a bad idea,” Paxton said.
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