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6 May 2021
States that have acted to protect biological females from competing against transgender women are now in the crosshairs of left-wing activists and President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice.
“The Department of Justice intends to fully enforce our civil rights statutes to protect transgender individuals,” a Justice Department spokesperson told Fox News.
The attorney generals in states who have enacted transgender athlete bans are reacting swiftly.
“Here is my message to President Biden if he decides to sue the State of Arkansas to stop us from implementing the GIRLS Act which protects the opportunities of our young girls: Bring it on, Biden!” Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said in a statement to Fox News. “I will wholeheartedly defend and win to ensure girls in Arkansas have a fair playing field to succeed.”
Mississippi and other red states that have taken legislative action to limit transgender athletes in girls sports say they are ready to defend their laws in court. Mississippi passed a law this year based on the basic premise that girls, and only girls, should play in girls’ sports. The ink wasn’t even dry from Governor Reeves’ signature before Sports Illustrated was reporting that the ACLU was preparing to sue and the NCAA threatened to take away championship competitions from our State, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said in a statement to Fox News. When the Fairness Act becomes law on July 1, I will be ready to defend this law and to defend the right of Mississippi’s girls to compete fairly.
On an average weekend in Starkville, residents and MSU students can often be found at one of several bars located throughout the city for good music, signature food and the social ambience.
However, that was not the case in the spring and summer of 2020 after COVID-19 spread among the MSU and Starkville community.
Many bars, such as Dave s Dark Horse Tavern, closed early to prevent future spread of the virus.
Dave Hood, the owner of Dave s Dark Horse Tavern, has said via email how he had closed his bar in early March to protect students from contracting COVID-19. I was the first to close on 3/15. I was very concerned about the students returning from all over the country because, at the time, there was little known and a lot to fear from the virus, Hood said.