{"id":117026,"date":"2021-02-03T17:22:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T22:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117026"},"modified":"2021-02-03T17:27:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T22:27:36","slug":"biden-education-sec-on-womens-school-sports-we-have-a-legal-responsibility-to-include-transgender-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-sec-on-womens-school-sports-we-have-a-legal-responsibility-to-include-transgender-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Education Sec On Women\u2019s School Sports: We Have a \u2018Legal Responsibility\u2019 to Include Transgender Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-education-sec-on-womens-school-sports-we-have-a-legal-responsibility-to-include-transgender-athletes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117026&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Miguel-Cardona.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Joe Biden\u2019s education secretary pick said that he believes schools have a \u201clegal responsibility\u201d to include transgender men in women\u2019s sports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During his Senate confirmation hearing, incoming Education Secretary Miguel Cardona was asked by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) whether he believes it is fair to have transgender boys participate in girls sports. Cardona affirmed that transgender men should have access to biological women\u2019s sports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think that it\u2019s critically important that the education system and educators respect the rights of all students, including students who are transgender, and that they are afforded the opportunities that every other student has to participate in extracurricular activities,\u201d Cardona said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think it\u2019s the legal responsibility of schools to provide opportunities for students to participate in activities, and this includes students who are transgender,\u201d he continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden ED secretary pick Miguel Cardona on whether it&#8217;s fair to have boys in girls sports: &#8220;I think it&#8217;s the legal responsibility of schools to provide opportunities for students to participate in activities and this includes students who are transgender.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QYUgztSTkF\">pic.twitter.com\/QYUgztSTkF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryMargOlohan\/status\/1357031352131059712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>During the confirmation hearing, Paul told Cardona that he found his position on biological men competing in women\u2019s sports to be \u201cbizarre\u201d to most Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA lot of us think that that\u2019s bizarre, not very fair,\u201d Paul said, later adding: \u201cFrankly, some boy that\u2019s six-foot-two competing against my five-foot-four niece doesn\u2019t sound very fair. I think most people in the country think it\u2019s bizarre.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>President Biden already issued an executive order calling on schools to allow transgender athletes to compete in sports based off the gender with which they<\/span><span>&nbsp;identify rather than their biological sex. The order contradicts the Department of Education\u2019s Office of Civil Rights Title IX interpretation that such rules deny women equal athletic opportunities and violate federal law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Department of Education ruling came after four female track athletes from Connecticut \u2014 Cardona\u2019s home state \u2014 challenged the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference rules that allow transgender males to compete against biological females. According to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2020\/06\/26\/high-school-runner-who-lost-to-transgender-athletes-will-compete-in-college\/\"><span>The Daily Signal<\/span><\/a><span>, the lawyers representing the female athletes believe the Connecticut rule violates sex discrimination laws, which mandate that schools treat male and female athletes equally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cardona has taken far-left stances in education in his previous capacities. According to The&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/future-biden-education-secretary-oversaw-creation-of-critical-theory-class-for-high-schoolers\/\"><span>Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/a><span>, as Connecticut commissioner of education, Cardona helped create and institute a mandated, statewide minority-studies course rooted in critical race theory. The course will be required for all high school students in Connecticut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The finalized<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ct.gov\/-\/media\/SDE\/Board\/BoardMaterials120220\/African_American_Black_Latino_and_Puerto_Rican_Curriculum.pdf\"><span>curriculum<\/span><\/a><span>, which was approved by Cardona, includes readings about the Black Lives Matter movement and asks students what minority experiences \u201creveal about the United States, its foundation, and how power is structured today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/5-times-transgender-athletes-dominated-womens-sports?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter\"><strong>5 Times Transgender Athletes Dominated Women\u2019s Sports<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden\u2019s education secretary pick said that he believes schools have a \u201clegal responsibility\u201d to include transgender men in women\u2019s sports. 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