Maine, it seems, is determined to bite off more than it can chew concerning its flouting of the federal Title IX rules and continuing to allow men to compete in women’s sports. This refusal has now led to a second Department of Justice referral from the Trump administration.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) referred the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) to the Department of Justice Friday, as the state continues to allow trans athletes to compete in girls’ sports.
It is the second DOJ referral the state’s educational institutions have faced in the last month over the issue, after the Department of Health and Human Services referred MDOE, the Maine Principal’s Association and Greely High School on March 28.
That statement, that the state of Maine “…continues to allow trans athletes to compete in girls’ sports,” you can read…