Maine is putting it all on the line in the name of “transgender rights.” The state has gone so far as to risk federal funding for education and to strip some Maine residents of representation in the state capital.
The ongoing dispute between the state and the federal government over Title IX violations is set to cost Maine $250 million in federal funding if relevant state institutions do not comply with federal law by agreeing to limit women’s sports to biological women only. It appears the state won’t budge.
Meanwhile, more than 9,000 residents have lost their representation in Augusta through the censure of a state representative who spoke out on social media against Title IX violation. State Rep. Laurel Libby, a Republican, was censured by her colleagues in February for posting the photo of an underage male athlete who won a girls state pole vault…
