Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has responded to the United States Supreme Court’s decision to uphold state laws barring biological males from playing on female-only sports teams.
“Today’s ruling, while predictable, is yet another disturbing affront to personal liberties by providing states with a license to discriminate,” wrote Attorney General Frey in a statement Tuesday.
“The Court was clear that this decision had no bearing with respect to a state’s choice to include transgender athletes and as such, will not implicate the Department of Justice’s case against Maine,” he said. “We will continue to defend Maine’s law.”
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The case brought before the Court stemmed from challenges filed by two students who were barred from playing on female sports teams under state law in West Virginia and Idaho because they are biologically male.
According to Map Research, 25 additional states have similar bans already in place.
In light of this ruling, these laws requiring that eligibility for athletic participation be determined on the basis of biological sex will be allowed to stand, and similar policies may be adopted in more jurisdictions going forward.
States will still have the option, however, of not establishing such a requirement if they so choose.
“Separate sports teams for biological males and biological females are reasonable: Given the inherent physical differences between the sexes, allowing only biological females to play on women’s and girls’ teams can reduce the risk of physical injury and ensure fair competition,” wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh on behalf of the majority.
Justice Kavanaugh closed the opinion by emphasizing that the ruling is not intended to be derogatory towards transgender athletes.
“No student-athlete on either side of the issue, whether a biological female or transgender, deserves to be ostracized or vilified,” he wrote.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch each offered concurring opinions in which they expounded upon their own beliefs concerning the questions presented to the Court beyond that which was discussed in the majority opinion.
[RELATED: State Laws Blocking Biological Males from Girls’ Sports Upheld by SCOTUS]
Justice Sotomayor authored an opinion which represented a partial dissent and a partial concurrence that was co-signed by Justices Kagan and Jackson.
“Because of the Court’s decision today, West Virginia, and any other state actor, can deny [the plaintiff] and others like her these experiences simply because it thinks they have an inherent athletic advantage, even if the facts show that they do not,” Sotomayor wrote. “Sports, of course, are often zero sum, but the law need not and should not be.”
Jackson also authored a partial dissent and a partial concurrence of her own in which she elaborated upon her stance against the construction of Title IX as referring strictly to biological sex.
The recent supreme court ruling may still allow the state to force transgenders onto womans teams, for now, but many towns and school districts are refusing to do this insanity. The supreme courts decision gives these towns and school districts an overpowering weapon to defend themselves in court if the crazy libs in Augusta try to force this issue on them.
Amazing, as we are on the fast track to becoming Socialist or commie, guys pretending to be girls is what we are fighting over.
Just look at the crazy smile on this goober and tell me if it reminds you of Mandani .
Maybe Karen Bass ….
It’s that “ I’m doing whatever I like and you can’t stop me “ grin .
This guy has been a disappointment beyond many others .
I pray Bobby Charles can earn the Blaine House and send this clown packing .
Aaron Frey has done enough damage .
Hey, Aaron is your soundproof office working out ok?
greetings from the free state of Florida! We had a great 4th celebration and fire works you wouldnt believe. I wore a Charlie Kirk Freedom teashirt, and nobody glared… only kudos.. Florida, the way life should be! Araen Fry would be a third rate ambulance chasing lawyer (pronounced lier down here) in Florida.
Women have no personal liberties in Democrat Frey’s law book
Maine’s constitutional officers are elected by state lawmakers every two years. And that means whichever party controls the most seats in the Legislature typically picks one of their own to serve as secretary of state, attorney general and state treasurer
What a useless excuse for an AG.
No daughter of mine will compete against mentally ill men is sports
What an idiot……………….typical Democrap
So, is Frey a transgender? Is that why he’s intentionally flashing his teeth?
Tervis: “No daughter of mine will compete against mentally ill men is sports”
NOT MENTALLY ILL! Just loser boys not good enough to compete with their own sex. Unlike most of us that weren’t good enough and accepted that reality, these punks think it’s okay to beat up on girls. Please stop giving them cover with that mentally ill B.S.
Guy is a tool, how about we focus on the mental health issue at hand here. Not with just him but with the kids that think they are not male when born male. Oh wait, that goes completely against the Dems agenda.
What do you expect from Frye. He functions and bases his actions on the lens that he see through. He will always put the LGBTQ agenda first over everyone else.
Ok, twinkle toes,we’ll see how that goes for you..
The solution is to let boys pretending to be girls play against other boys pretending to be girls, real girls play against real girls and real boys play against real boys. Problem solved.
“Today’s ruling, while predictable, is yet another disturbing affront to personal liberties by providing states with a license to discriminate,” – this statement totally encapsulates the Newspeak in “1984”. Language that redefines and restricts what words/phrases are allowed in the state approved vocabulary. Completely inhibits rational and inquiring thought.
Aaron Frey loves watching a biological males beat the crap out of females. You can tell just from that smarmy smile he always has.
personal liberties of who the young ladies?