Most Maine residents do not believe that transgender athletes should compete in sports for girls and women, showed a survey of the University of New Hampshire published on Thursday.
The survey came while the deadline for the Trump administration for the State to comply with the executive decree of President Donald Trump to ban organic sports for girls and women. Maine refused to comply with the ordinance and the Office of Civil Health and Social Services has returned “non-conformity of the State to title IX to the Ministry of Justice.
The survey has shown that 64% of Maine residents think that transgender athletes “certainly should not” or “should probably not” participate in the sports of girls and women. Only 29% of Maine residents thought that transgender athletes “should probably” or “should certainly” compete with girls and women in sport.
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Governor Janet Mills attended an event on March 11, 2022, in Augusta, in Maine. (AP photo / Robert F. Bukaty, file)
The survey has also shown that 56% of Maine Democrats think that transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in the sports of girls and women.
Regarding the promulgation of policies to fight against the question of the participation of transgender in sports, the survey showed that 50% of the residents of Maine wanted it at the federal level, while 41% think that politics should be left to the States.
About 1,057 residents of Maine finished the survey between March 20 and March 24, the margin of error being around 3%.
The survey results occurred while Maine officials continued to get their noses against the executive decree “No Men in Women’s Sports” of Trump, which he signed in February.
“Today, the OCR has returned non-compliance with Maine with title IX to @Thejusteedpt for the application of the court for having continued men illegally to compete against women,” the ministry announced in an article on social networks on Friday.
“HHS will continue to protect female sports and keep title IX promises for American women and girls.”
The Maine Administrative School District 51, which houses Greely High School, where a transgender athlete prompted national controversy after winning a pole jumping competition in February, said Thursday that he did not comply and that he would continue to follow the law of the state and Maine Human Rights Act “.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills responds to Trump’s excuse for trans-athlete policies
The State House is seen in Augusta, in Maine, June 9, 2011. (AP photo / Robert F. Bukaty, file)
The association of managers of Maine declared in a press release that it was also “linked by law, including the Maine Human Rights Act, that our participation policy reflects”.
The situation involving the trans athlete of the Greely high school drew national attention after the representative of the Republican State of Maine, Laurel Libby, identified the athlete by name with a photograph in an article on social networks. Libby was then censored by the Maine Legislative Assembly, and has since been legal action to have it canceled.
Libby reacted to the reference of the OCR to the doj on Saturday.
The representative of the state of Maine Laurel Libby reacted to the reference of the OCR to the Doj. (PK Press Club)
“Governor Mills and the refusal of the Democratic majority to comply with federal protections on title IX have now led Maine officially referred to the Ministry of Justice. This is a direct consequence of their radical policies which put the ideology before the equity and security of the girls of Maine and the education of our students,” said Libby to PK Press Club Digital.
“The Mainers believe in common sense, equity and protection of the rights of women and girls in sports and spaces. Although this extreme position does not reflect the values of our State, it is ultimately the schools, students and taxpayers of Maine that will undergo the consequences of their reckless decisions and continuous quarrel with biological reality.”
Mills representatives or Maine Frey’s prosecutor general responded to PK Press Club Digital Comments.
Trump’s question with the state of Maine was carried out at a meeting of the National Governors Association at the end of February.
Trump has threatened to reduce federal funding to the state so as not to ban the biological men from the sports of girls and women.
The next day, the Mills’ office responded with a statement threatening legal action against the Trump administration if it retains federal state funding. Then Trump and Mills verbally overwhelmed in a largely publicized argument in the White House during a bipartite meeting of governors.
“Aren’t you respected that?” Trump Mills asked.
Since then, multiple demonstrations against Mills have been held outside the State Capitol, and the Maine’s university system has cooperated with the Trump administration to ensure that no trans transmian athlete rivals in female sports after a temporary funding break.
The OCR announced earlier this month, he found the Maine Ministry of Education, the Association of Maine Directors and the Greely High School in violation of the title IX for continuing to allow trans inclusion in girls sports.
The acting director of the OCR, Anthony Archeval, previously made a statement to PK Press Club Digital Warning of the potential consequences for the continuous challenge of the decree.
“What HHS is asking for the Maine Ministry of Education, the Association of Maine Directors (MPA) and Greely High School is simple – protecting the rights of female athletes. Girls deserve sports reserved for girls without male competitors. And if Maine will not arrive at the table to comply voluntarily by law,” said Archeval.
