GA Senate Passes Bill Barring Students from Competing on Sports Teams Not Consistent with Biological Sex

The Georgia Senate passed a bill that would ban student-athletes from competing on sports teams that do not align with their biological sex.

SB 435, also known as the Save Girls' Sports Act, passed Thursday in a 34-24 largely party-line vote.

The bill would prohibit school sports teams with transgender athletes from competing against other teams in the state in an effort to preserve "the fairness of sports."

"No local public school system, public school, or participating private school in this state shall operate, sponsor, or facilitate interscholastic or intramural athletics" that allows male athletes to "participate in any interscholastic or intramural athletics that are designated for females," the bills reads, similarly adding that such schools would also be banned from allowing female athletes to "participate in any interscholastic or intramural athletics that are designated for males."

The legislation allows exceptions in cases where "there is not an equivalent interscholastic or intramural athletic program" for a student athlete's biological sex.

The bill would also allow grievance complaints to be filed against schools that fail to comply.

Republican lawmakers argued that it is unfair for biological girls to have to compete against biological boys and explained that separating athletes by gender ensures fairness.

"Forcing girls to play against biological boys inhibits the ability of young girls to win competitions, achieve scholarships and achieve the highest level of success," state Sen. Marty Harbin (R-Tyrone Republican) said on the Senate floor Thursday.

Democrats, however, took issue with the legislation, with state Sen. Sally Harrell (D-Atlanta), who is the mother of a transgender child, urging her colleagues to not "move so fast, because this is hurting our kids" during her remarks on the Senate floor.

And Georgia's Democratic Party slammed the bill following its passage, claiming it is a piece of "extreme legislation."

"It's absolutely despicable that Georgia Republicans are attacking kids for political gain," spokesperson Rebecca Galanti said in a statement. "This hateful bill is a dangerous ploy to rally political support in an election year by demonizing Georgia’s transgender community and threatening kids and teenagers’ wellbeing."

The bill now heads to the Republican-controlled House, where it is expected to be passed. The bill would then go to Gov. Brian Kemp's (R) desk to be signed into law. The governor has previously indicated his support for the bill and likely would sign it once it passes the House.

Kemp said in his State of the State speech last month that he would "strongly support [legislation] to ensure fairness in school sports."

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/landonmion/2022/02/25/ga-senate-passes-bill-barring-student-athletes-from-competing-on-sports-teams-not-consistent-with-biological-sex-n2603816

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Arizona State’s WOKE Theatre Performance Excluded White Students

The Sundevil leadership at Arizona State University has lost control of their campus social justice activists. Instead of ensuring they are providing a productive learning environment for all students, they instead appear to be focusing on bombarding potential students worldwide with marketing material, hoping to convince them to attend their various online or on-campus classes at locations located in the Phoenix, AZ metro area.

As big-time proponents of the BLM, LGBTQ, and BIPOC movements, some “people of color” in the student body have felt emboldened to openly attack white students and Christians on campus.

In a recent example, a few Woke Arizona State University students accused the college of ‘persecuting’ THEM after they were reprimanded for making two white students leave campus multicultural space because of their anti-Biden shirt and pro-cop laptop sticker.

College Fix reported that Arizona State University’s theatre department hosted a performance of “The Color Cabaret,” which excluded white students, a potential violation of federal law preventing discrimination based on race.

The description for “The Color Cabaret” says that it is “an opportunity for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) students in the School of Music, Dance and Theatre to create performances that speak to their own experience.”

“This performance also serves as a fundraiser for the BIPOC student scholarship fund, led by the ASU Music Theatre and Opera Student Organization,” the description also said. “Together we celebrate and highlight what makes us different.”

The State Press reported that the performance, “held Jan. 29 and 30, was made up entirely of students of color, and the songs performed told a story with heart, grace and a cultural flair representing the diverse community at ASU.”

“Thanks to Brian DeMaris and our supportive faculty and staff, we have made it known to our entire community that diversity and equity are the pillars that carry this program,” a program for the performance said. “Through hard discussions and active change, the MTO program has made it clear that all Black, indigenous, and People of Color, no matter the artistic background, are free and welcome to take up space here,” student director Jonice Bernard wrote.

The problem with excluding anyone based solely on their immutable characteristics is, it’s illegal. It violates the Civil Rights Act which “prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.”

The show has been performed since 2013. It reportedly excluded white students from participating, so the Fix asked the school if it could confirm such reporting and whether a university attorney reviewed the event to make sure it didn’t violate the Civil Rights Act.

ASU responded to the Fix by releasing an unsigned statement:

The Music Theater and Opera Student Organization (MTOSO) is one of hundreds of registered student organizations at ASU. Like every other registered student organization, MTOSO is responsible for planning and organizing its meetings and programming. And like every other registered student organization, MTSO has committed to operating in a manner that does not discriminate. Consistent with that commitment, the MTSO Color Cabaret was open to all Music Theater and Opera undergraduate, graduate, and vocal performance students.

While the statement said the event was open to all students, it did not explicitly say whether white students did, in fact, participate or were encouraged to do so along with students of color.

Hey ASU, here is a simple fix to your growing problem. Go back to treating everyone equally, and require your students to leave their aggressive radical “justice’ issues off-campus.

Now that was not too hard, was it?

https://trendingpolitics.com/racism-arizona-state-theatre-performance-excluded-white-students-ethom/

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U.S. Catholic schools see first enrollment hike in two decades

National Catholic school enrollment increased by 3.8 percent this year, officials said, marking the first hike in parochial students in two decades.

Demand began to mount during the pandemic-impacted 2020-2021 school year, where most Catholic dioceses offered in-person classes while many public schools did not.

Catholic schools added 62,000 kids to their rolls this academic year, according to data from the National Catholic Schools Education Association.

The total parochial population is now 1.68 million kids across the country.

The draw of stable full-time schooling attracted a surge of new applications and students in recent years, local Catholic school administrators told The Post.

“I think some parents were compelled to look elsewhere during this whole ordeal,” a Brooklyn Catholic school principal said. “And in a lot of cases I think they liked what they were seeing.”

City Catholic schools — which enroll roughly 70,000 kids across the boroughs — boosted their registers while traditional public school enrollment fell.

Locally, the Diocese of Brooklyn reported a 2.4 percent increase in enrollment this year — the first hike in a decade, officials said.

But Catholic school officials cautioned that future advances are not guaranteed.

“Catholic schools innovated throughout the last two years to meet the needs of their communities,” the National Catholic Educational Association said. “They need to continue to adapt to those needs and use the momentum to retain students and recruit new students in the upcoming years to stabilize or continue to increase enrollment.”

Despite the recent uptick, the number of American Catholic schools is still well below what it once was.

There are currently 5,938 parochial schools across the country — down from 11,000 in 1970.

https://nypost.com/2022/02/24/catholic-schools-see-first-enrollment-hike-in-two-decades/

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