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May 27, 2016
Gov. Bryant joins 11 states in suing the Obama admin over school bathroom directive
Mississippi Gov. Bryant intends to join transgender bathroom lawsuit Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he intends to join 11 states in suing the Obama administration for telling U.S. public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. Republican Bryant says in a statement Thursday that his staff has…
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May 27, 2016
PERRY: Our bathrooms are designed based on sex, which is different from gender
BRIAN PERRY/Flush bathroom guidance The directive goes beyond bathrooms and includes facilities like locker rooms and showers. This isn’t about who someone loves or what gender someone identifies as; it is fair for parents to not want their children to be naked around children of the opposite sex in a school shower. While the primary…
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May 26, 2016
@AGJimHood refuses to fight #Obama initiative – @PhilBryantMS will join 10 state lawsuit #mselex
Bryant joining suit on federal transgender directive Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he’s joining a lawsuit with Texas and 10 other states over federal directives — and threat of loss of federal education dollars — on transgender bathroom policy in public schools. “Our office has talked to the Texas attorney general’s office and I intend,…
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May 25, 2016
ClarionLedger comes out against Board of Education rejecting Obama admin bathroom directive
Attaboys & Oh Boys for May 25 Oh Boy! To the complete turnaround from the state Department of Education concerning its agreement to comply with a federal directive to enact nondiscrimination policies for transgender students. The day the U.S. departments of education and justice issued a joint letter calling for transgender students to be protected…
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May 25, 2016
Mississippi Board of Education unanimously votes against implementing Obama admin bathroom directive
State school board follows governor’s bathroom order The board met for close to three hours behind closed doors in an executive session after police restored peace. They voted unanimously to support state leadership on transgender bathrooms. When asked if pressure from the governor and Republican lawmakers influenced the board’s vote state school board chairman John…
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May 20, 2016
Wicker, Cochran: Obama Transgender Directive Lacks the Force of Law
RELEASE: Wicker, Cochran: Obama Transgender Directive Lacks the Force of Law In Letter, 25 Senators Say Federal Law Does Not Require Schools to Follow Guidance WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today signed a letter clarifying that federal law does not require states and schools to adhere to a new…
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May 20, 2016
Cochran & Wicker: Obama transgender directive lacks the force of law
COCHRAN & WICKER: OBAMA TRANSGENDER DIRECTIVE LACKS THE FORCE OF LAW In Letter, 25 Senators Say Federal Law Does Not Require Schools to Follow Guidance WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today signed a letter clarifying that federal law does not require states and schools to adhere to a…
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May 19, 2016
ACLU says GOP legislators’ threat to State Supt. Wright is step in wrong direction
Executive Director Jennifer Riley-Collins issued the following statement: “The Mississippi GOP Representatives’ response and threat to the State Superintendent is, yet, another step in the wrong direction. Transgender youth are entitled to the same educational opportunities, anti-harassment protections, and expressive freedoms as other students. The Obama administration’s guidance is simply providing schools with clarity as…
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May 19, 2016
Human Rights Campaign says Bryant, GOP lawmakers bullied MDE into rejecting bathroom directive
Release from Human Rights Campaign: Mississippi Refuses to Comply With Obama Administration’s Guidance on Protecting Trans Students Today, HRC Mississippi, blasted Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant and state Republican lawmakers for bullying the state Department of Education into rejecting new federal guidance meant to ensure that transgender students are treated with dignity and respect in their…
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May 18, 2016
Coast lawmakers take exception with Obama administration’s new school mandates
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May 17, 2016
Rep. Cory Wilson session recap #msleg
Legislative Session Recap Since the 2016 Session of the Mississippi Legislature ended a couple weeks ago, I have taken some time to reflect on my first Session’s ups and downs. Despite what you may have read in the papers, the Session was productive on many fronts. We worked to foster economic growth and personal liberty,…
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May 13, 2016
Bryant: Obama’s transgender bathroom letter ‘outrageous’
Bryant: Obama’s transgender bathroom letter ‘outrageous’ “This is the most outrageous example yet of the Obama administration forcing its liberal agenda on states that roundly reject it,” Gov. Phil Bryant said of the letter in a written statement. “Public schools’ restroom policies should not be shaped by federal coercion.” Mississippi Department of Education spokeswoman Patrice…
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