Texas sues Biden administration for right to discriminate against LGBTQ+ students. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered schools in the state to ignore new rules from the Biden administration.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/04/texas-sues-biden-administration-for-right-to-discriminate-against-lgbtq-students/
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Gregg Abbot is a monster in a wheel chair.
>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced that he has sued the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) over new Title IX guidelines that make discrimination against LGBTQ+ students in education illegal.
>Earlier this month, [the DOE unveiled new Title IX rules](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/04/biden-administration-unveils-new-title-ix-rules-protecting-trans-students/) to address the needs of LGBTQ+ students. The rules interpret Title IX, which bans discrimination on the basis of sex in education, as a legal protection against anti-LGBTQ+ school policies. The idea is that it’s impossible to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity without taking sex into account, a legal argument that the Supreme Court has already used in its 2020 *Bostock v. Clayton Co.* ruling with respect to job discrimination.
>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) [ordered](https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/29/texas-title-ix-lgbtq-paxton-biden/) the Texas Education Agency today to ignore the new Title IX rules, something that at least four other states — [Louisiana, Florida, Oklahoma, and South Carolina](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/04/ron-desantis-says-florida-isnt-going-to-follow-joe-bidens-new-lgbtq-supportive-rules/) — have done or announced that they would do.
This is so cruel beyond the pale. Christian nationalists really just want to kill LGBTQIA+ people. They always claim to “think of the children” and want to “save the children”, but as soon as that child is an LGBTQIA+ kid, they are okay with sending that child to a morgue.
Republicans don’t care about families or kids, outside of using them to build their Christian army of God. They want to turn kids into Christian child soldiers. They share more in common with Al-Qaeda than with a democratic society.
There it is, out in the open in plain sight for everyone to see.
>Paxton’s lawsuit claims that Biden misinterpreted Title IX, saying that the Supreme Court’s Bostock ruling was based on the phrase **“because of sex”** in Title VII, whereas Title IX is completely different because it bans discrimination **“on the basis of sex.”**
An extremely fine distinction. “On the basis of” is typically used to indicate that a decision or action is made based on certain facts or evidence. “Because of” is used to indicate that a result occurred due to a certain cause.
I’d say let’s just give Texas back to Mexico, but they probably wouldn’t take it back without a receipt…
TIL that you can just tell people to ignore laws and it will just work.
Nothing says we’re on the right side of history like bigotry.
These old fucks really underestimate the strength and unity behind the LGBTQ community. They see 3 outliers acting cringe on tiktok and attribute it to the entire community. No, thats not what we are. We have our rights and you’re not taking them. If you could you would have already. Kick these old fucks to the curb. And hey, bonus points if you hang a pride flag on your door so they can see it on their way out.
These assholes need to be shut down. We all have family members in the LGBT community
No one should listen to fascists like Greg Abbott.
Cut federal funding for this shithole state.
Fuck Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton.
I have scores of friends living in Texas as I used to work there. They’ve been fighting for their state, thinking it would go purple and they are exhausted. I know at least 20 people moving out this year. People born and raised, with family here. Just can’t keep fighting and can’t risk the safety of themselves or their family anymore.
If I know that many, how many more are there
“Texas will not allow Joe Biden to rewrite Title IX at whim, destroying legal protections for women” – Ken Paxton
Wow, he really went there, how did he manage to say that without at least feeling the hypocrisy.
Fucking primates.
This is just a taste of what we could expect if the Republican party gains more power. We ALL need to vote blue this November and in all the local elections between now and then. That is the ONLY way to send these assholes the message that we the people will not accept fascism, bigotry and the trampling of our freedoms and rights. After all freedom means freedom for EVERYONE not just rich, white, Christian, right wing lunatics.
Stop giving funding to this state. Seriously let it go to shit from a federal level if the state gov is going rogue. People already get pissed about how much things are falling apart these days. It’ll get crazy here. See how the conservative policy of spend no money goes, the trio of hate will be out next election.
It’s well past time for the federal government to stop sending money to garbage southern states. Kick ’em where it counts.
The GOP being vile and wanting your rights taken away per usual. Republicans are the party of big government.
he can’t sue, it was a “presidential act” which means it’s beyond reproach. The only legal avenue is impeachment.
Texans, I feel sorry for you, I truly do. What a collection of assholes at the top.
“The right to discriminate” yeah gonna have to stop you right there. If history has taught me anything, that doesn’t go well for anyone involved…
It’s wild that we live in 2024 and states (and real people) are arguing to use state tax money and resources to oppress citizens deemed less.
So if the state can ignore federal rules, can municipalities ignore state rules?
Wait what? Hey Texas Greg Abbott…Discrimination of any kind is hate. Grow up. How can this be my world?
Land of the Free, well not for Texans.
No more federal funds then.
These piece of shit people got to go
How can anyone in the LGBTQ+ community support Republicans?! Baffles me. There is a war waged upon this community. They want it to be illegal to be you. Voting matters. Vote Biden.
I suppose the Texas colleges and universities do not want any Federal funds, next year. Almost all of that federal money depends on Certification of Title IX Compliance. Biden does not have anything to do with it … It is just operation-of-law stuff.
This country’s democracy is falling apart before our eyes. States are simply deciding not to follow Supreme Court decisions or U.S. law. This is how Unions begin to slowly disintegrate.
Gregg Abbot is a little piss baby full,of hate
I served in Afghanistan alongside plenty of LGBTQ people and it pisses me off that they’re dealing with this shit here, in this day and age.
Just say NO to GOP fascist slime!
So Christian of him. I don’t remember the verse where Jesus said be an asshole.
Just another only in Texas news item. The US Federal Govt should look at seeing if Mexico wants those trouble makers back. Then arrange a $1.00 sale of the State.
If you put a wig and lipstick on a pig, it is still a pig. I use that to describe Texas whenever someone mentions Houston and Austin. Except Texas is a feral pig.
Reminder that Texas is winnable for Democrats. Republican margins have been shrinking in Texas. Abbott won by 11 points in 2022, which was down from 13.3 points in 2018, which in turn was down from 20.4 points in 2014. Cornyn went from winning by 27.2 points in 2014 to only winning by 9.6 points in 2020. Cruz went from winning by 16 points in 2012 to only winning by 2.6 points in 2018. Abbott’s margins SHRANK in 2022, which was an R+3 cycle, from 2018, which was a D+9 cycle. Every other incumbent Republican governor INCREASED their margins, including supposedly turning purple Georgia. Tarrant County, the state’s third largest county, went blue in 2018 for the first time since 1964.
Abbott’s margins in the suburbs have consistently shrunk by 3% every cycle since 2014. Here are some exit polls:
2014: [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/2014/tx/governor/exitpoll/](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/2014/tx/governor/exitpoll/)
Suburbs went 62% for Abbott.
2018: [https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/exit-polls/texas](https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/exit-polls/texas)
Suburbs went 59% for Abbott.
2022: [https://www.cnn.com/election/2022/exit-polls/texas/governor/0](https://www.cnn.com/election/2022/exit-polls/texas/governor/0)
Suburbs went 56% for Abbott. Also worth noting that Abbott only won the rural areas by 66%, down from 73% in 2018.
Trump himself only won Texas by 5.5 points, or 600k votes in 2020, the narrowest margin for a Republican presidential candidate since 1996.
And it’s important to note that Republican margins have been shrinking in Texas even WITH the state having the worst voter suppression in the country.
I’m honestly tired of Democrats’ defeatist attitude towards Texas, and tired of the DNC abandoning the state because for some reason, they think it’s as red as Oklahoma.
Forcibly remove this fuck from office please.
The state of Texas is fighting for the right to discriminate against children. Let that sink in.
So Biden can cut off federal funding for Texas if Abbot wants to behave like they’re a sovereign nation, yes?
texas is the worst place in the usa