Trump Lifts Transgender Bathroom Guidelines

PETERSON NEWS FIVE
MORE BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT OUT
OF WASHINGTON.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS
STATES.... AND SCHOOL
SYSTEMS.... SHOULD DETERMINE
WHICH BATHROOM STUDENTS
USE.... NOT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. THIS LIFTS THE
TRANGENDER
BATHROOM GUIDANCE APPROVED UNDER
THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION STATING
STUDENTS SHOULD USE THE BATHROOM
MATCHING
THEIR GENDER IDENTITY. NEWS
FIVE'S PETER ALBRECHT JOINS US
IN
THER ALERT CENTER WITH MORE....
A LETTER SENT TO SCHOOLS
NATIONWIDE
TODAY BY THE JUSTICE AND
EDUCATION
DEPARTMENTS SAYS THE EARLIER
DIRECTIVE
CAUSED CONFUSION AND LAWSUITS
OVER
HOW IT SHOULD BE APPLIED. THE
NEW
LETTER SAYS THE GUIDANCE IS
LIFTED,
BUT ANTI-BULLYING SAFEGUARDS
WILL NOT
BE AFFECTED.
ALTHOUGH THE OBAMA GUIDANCE WAS
NOT
LEGALLY BINDING, TRANSGENDER
RIGHTS ADVOCATES SAY THE OBAMA
GUIDELINES
WERE NECESSARY TO PROTECT
STUDENTS
FROM DISCRIMINATION. BUT
OPPONENTS
ARGUED IT WAS FEDERAL OVERREACH.
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the president's made this clear
throughout
the campaign that he's a firm
believer in
state's rights and that certain
issues like this are not best
dealt with at the federal level.
LOCAL CONGRESSMAN BRADLEY BYRNE
ISSUED THIS STATEMENT
"THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
RIGHT TO RESCIND THIS MISGUIDED
FEDERAL
MANDATE. THIS IS AN AREA WHERE
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SIMPLY
SHOULD NOT BE
INVOLVED.
I TRUST THAT THE INDIVIDUAL
STATES CAN
AND WILL HANDLE THE ISSUE AS
THEY SEE FIT."
ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK
TIMES...
EDUCATION SECRETARY BETSY DEVOS
INITIALLY
RESISTED THE MOVE.... BUT
RELENTED AFTER
PRESSURE FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL
JEFF SESSIONS.
PETER ALBRECHT - NEWS-5.

Trump Lifts Transgender Bathroom Guidelines

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