Florida is suing President Joe Biden’s administration over changes to Title IX mandating acceptance of transgender ideology, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced Tuesday.
“The state of Florida is suing the Biden administration over illegal changes to Title IX. Biden is abusing his constitutional authority to advance ideological policies that harm women and girls and are inconsistent with truth.” ” DeSantis said.
He provided a screenshot of the lawsuit and added, “We will not comply. We will fight back against Biden’s harmful policies.”
Florida is suing the Biden administration over illegal changes to Title IX.
Biden is abusing his constitutional authority to advance ideological policies that harm women and girls and contradict the truth.
We will not comply and will fight back against Biden’s harmful actions… pic.twitter.com/fBLjgLKDWX
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) April 30, 2024
The new Title IX regulations use the term “gender identity” rather than biological sex to describe certain situations, which has been interpreted as promoting gender confusion. This opens the door for the Biden administration to not only promote, but coerce, acceptance of transgender ideology, which has been a long-standing commitment.
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In a letter, Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. said the state will fight the new rules.
“This rule does not go into effect until August 1, 2024, and the state of Florida will fight this.” Diaz said in the letter that any educational institution should begin implementing any changes as directed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. “No,” he said, adding that the Biden administration “has undermined this law beyond recognition in order to convince the country that biological sex no longer has meaning.”
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DeSantis endorsed Diaz and declared in a video message that “Florida rejects Joe Biden’s attempt to rewrite Title IX.”
Here’s Florida’s response to Joe Biden’s efforts to introduce gender ideology into education, undermine opportunities for girls and women, violate parental rights, and abuse constitutional authority.
I won’t respond. pic.twitter.com/12pnpOU68Z
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) April 25, 2024
Florida now joins Texas in formally suing the Biden administration over changes to Title IX.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced The Lone Star State case will also be heard this week.
As Breitbart News reported:
that [Paxton’s press release] Elaborating further, the new rules “force schools to accommodate the wishes of men who claim to be women (or ‘transgender’) to enter women-only spaces and participate in women-only organizations. “It distorts these protections for women.” says the statement. “This would force schools to allow biological males to use girls’ restrooms and lockers. If schools refuse, federal funding would be withheld,” Paxton said. The office notes that the Biden administration first sought to do this through guidance for informal government agencies.
Ultimately, Paxton believes the new rule “violates existing federal law, ignores the Constitution, and denies women the protections that Title IX was intended to provide them.” ing.
“Texas will not allow Joe Biden to rewrite Title IX on a whim and destroy legal protections for women in order to further his radical obsession with gender ideology,” Paxton’s office said in a statement. said.
“This attempt to subvert federal law is patently illegal, undemocratic, and out of touch with reality. Texas will always lead the way in opposing Biden’s radical and destructive policies that endanger women.” the press release added.
The Florida lawsuit comes as the Biden administration continues to promote transgender ideology through other means, forcing transgenderism into the workplace through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) updated federal workplace guidelines. Happened. Under the new rules, forms of “harassment” include denying biological males entry to women’s restrooms and repeatedly misgendering employees.
