(SRN NEWS ) In its effort to protect female athletes in Olympic sports, the Trump administration provided the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee a detailed legal brief on how such a move would not conflict with the Ted Stevens Act. That’s the landmark 1978 federal statute governing the Olympic movement. Legal expert Jill Pilgrim calls […]
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(SRN NEWS ) In its effort to protect female athletes in Olympic sports, the Trump administration provided the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee a detailed legal brief on how such a move would not conflict with the Ted Stevens Act. That’s the landmark 1978 federal statute governing the Olympic movement. Legal expert Jill Pilgrim calls the Trump guidance “a well thought-out, well-reasoned set of arguments.” However, she predicts that the new policy will be challenged, either by individual transgender athletes or by states whose laws do not conform with the USOC’s new rules. Meanwhile, the International Olympic Committee is considering a ban on males in female sports that could settle the matter for the rest of the world.
( ) Legal groups are suing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming it is unlawfully refusing to enforce federal workplace protections for transgender workers. Led by Acting Chair Andrea Lucas, the federal agency charged with enforcing laws against workplace discrimination has moved swiftly to comply with President Trump’s executive order to get the government out of the business of promoting transgenderism. The EEOC has dropped several lawsuits on behalf of transgender workers and has subjected others to heightened scrutiny. The lawsuit also alleges that the agency halted payments to state and local civil rights agencies for investigating so-called “gender identity” discrimination claims.
( ) A group of more than 20 states is suing the Trump administration over efforts to cut Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood. The lawsuit challenges part of President Trump’s budget bill that cuts reimbursements to major providers of abortions. The states argue that the provision’s language is unclear about which organizations it applies to. They also say it violates free speech by targeting Planned Parenthood for its promotion of abortion. The Trump administration says states should not be forced to fund groups that prioritize political advocacy and pro-life taxpayers should not be forced to pay for abortions.
( ) While religion remains an important part of life in the United States, things are much different for our neighbors to the north. The rate of regular church attendance in Canada is far lower than in the U.S. and evangelical Christians have nowhere near the political clout in Canada that they have south of the border. There are, for instance, no major campaigns in Canada to post the 10 Commandments or protect the life of unborn babies. Prime Minister Mark Carney rarely evokes religion in public; his victory speech in April never used the word God. Canada has also become a leading promoter of the LGBT agenda.