The democratic majority of the Maine House of Representatives voted to adopt a bill which would codify the constitution of the State on Thursday.
The MHRA was the legislation on the tent of the state tent by authorizing trans athletes in the sports of girls during a quarrel in progress with the administration of President Donald Trump on the issue.
The law was changed four years ago to add gender identity as a protected class and specifically declared that refusing a person an equal chance to participate in sports is discrimination against education. Last year, the Association of Maine Directors updated its policy to allow athletes to compete with the sex they identify.
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The bill proposed to constitutionalize the MHRA adopted with a slim majority in the House on Thursday, but will need a majority of two thirds in the two chambers before being able to go there before the voters.
Meanwhile, the Republican minority of the Chamber supports a proposal to remove the term “gender identity” of the MHRA.
The vote one day came after the United States Ministry of Justice filed a complaint against the State for its ongoing challenge on Trump’s decree “men away from women’s sports”. Maine has faced immense federal pressure in the past two months for its refusal to comply, including two federal surveys, a freeze on the financing of the American Department of Agriculture and now an official trial.
But state democratic leadership, led by Governor Janet Mills, has remained firm in his commitment to challenge Trump and guarantee that biologically male trans-masline athletes can still participate in girls sports and enter the girls’ locker rooms.
The MHRA was the central law on which these democrats relied on to justify their provocative position.
Maine Prosecutor General Aaron Frey justified the non-compliance with his condition with Trump by citing the MHRA in an interview on CNN on Wednesday.
“Our post is that title IX, in accordance with the Maine Human Rights Act, therefore the federal and state law, argues that trans girls will be able to participate in high school sports in accordance with their gender identity,” said Frey. “So my statement is that Maine follows title IX, Maine follows Maine Human Rights Act.”
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PK Press Club Digital previously obtained statements from the Association of Directors of Maine and Maine Administrative School District 51, citing the MHRA for its refusal to comply with the Trump decree.
“The association of managers of Maine is linked by law, including the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA), which our participation policy reflects,” said officials. “We are unable to sign a resolution agreement that would force to create a new policy that would violate the law and the MHRA.”
The Maine School Administrative District 51, which houses Greely High School, where a transgender athlete prompted the national controversy after having won a pole jumping competition in February, also underlined the maine’s human rights law for having allowed the athlete to compete.
“The board of directors of MSAD # 51 is guided by the mission, vision and the fundamental values of our district.
However, the majority of Maine residents do not agree with the Trans athletes to participate in the sports of girls.
A survey on The American Parents Coalition noted that out of approximately 600 registered voters from Maine, 63% said that the participation of school sports should be based on organic sex, and 66% agreed that it was “fair to restrict the sports of women to organic women”.
The survey also revealed that 60% of residents would support a voting measure limiting participation In Sports of women and girls at Biological women. This included 64% of the self -employed and 66% of parents with children under the age of 18.
And while Maine’s Democratic Directorate refuses to comply with Trump’s decree, a school district takes matters into hand and challenges the state anyway.
The MSAD # 70 school board voted unanimously on Monday evening to comply with title IX, “recognizing only two sexes – a biological and biological woman and that all private spaces are separated by biological sex.”
Superintendent MSAD # 70, Tyler Putnam, told PK Press Club Digital that because of this vote, he is now responsible for modifying district policies to prevent Trans athletes from participating in girls sports.
“Our board of directors, similar to many people from Maine, has followed back and forth communication between the federal government and the state. We hope that the two parties work together to help support local school districts like us,” said Putnam.
“The Board of Directors and Priority No. 1 of our staff are to provide our students with an education which will have a positive impact on their future in our great state and our country.”
