(SRN NEWS).- The Democratic-led Virginia Senate has voted to enshrine abortion in the state constitution. Lawmakers also passed a resolution repealing a now-defunct ban on gay marriage. The Democratic-led House of Delegates passed similar legislation on both issues earlier this month. In Virginia, proposed constitutional amendments must be passed twice by lawmakers in at least […]
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(SRN NEWS).- The Democratic-led Virginia Senate has voted to enshrine abortion in the state constitution. Lawmakers also passed a resolution repealing a now-defunct ban on gay marriage. The Democratic-led House of Delegates passed similar legislation on both issues earlier this month. In Virginia, proposed constitutional amendments must be passed twice by lawmakers in at least two years, with an intervening election between the two sessions. Then the amendments can go to a public referendum where voters render the final decision.
The Trump administration is directing that all federal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off. On his first day in office, the president ordered a sweeping dismantling of the federal government’s DEI programs. There has been a general, nationwide backlash against the DEI regime, especially over its promotion of the LGBT agenda in the workplace and the schools. A growing number of major corporations have decided to roll back DEI due to customer complaints.
Republicans in statehouses across the country are mounting an effort to roll back the LGBT agenda, emboldened by the results of the election. Dozens of bills are pending in GOP-led legislatures aimed at transgender issues in particular. Some are designed to keep men out of womens’ restrooms and locker rooms in schools and other public buildings. Other bills would ban males from competing against females in sports and would outlaw sex-change operations on children. Republicans have filed more than 30 measures in Texas alone.
A New York roller derby league has lost its bid to temporarily block a local ban on males playing against females in sports. A Nassau County Supreme Court judge has denied a request by the Long Island Roller Rebels to prevent the government from enforcing its ban while its lawsuit is considered by the court. The county east of New York City banned men from competing on women’s sports teams at county-owned parks and recreational facilities last year. The roller derby league says it will appeal while the litigation proceeds.