Judge reaffirms ban on Obama transgender school bathroom policy (US)

LifeSiteNews 19 October 2016
Family First Comment: Sanity prevails. Now to tackle NZ’s insanity.
A federal judge has stopped President Obama’s policy forcing public schools to allow boys in the girls’ locker room.
U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor rejected the Obama administration’s request to lift an injunction against enforcement of the transgender bathroom policy put forth by the Department of Education.
In response to 13 state attorney generals, Judge O’Connor issued the nationwide injunction in August. The Justice Department requested the injunction at least be limited to the 13 objecting states, but O’Connor ruled late Tuesday against the Obama administration.
“It is clear from Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit precedent that this Court has the power to issue a nationwide injunction where appropriate. Both Title IX and Title VII rely on the consistent, uniform application of national standards in education and workplace policy,” O’Connor, a George W. Bush appointee, ruled. “A geographically-limited injunction would be ineffective.”
The Justice Department vowed to appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court in New Orleans if it did not prevail.
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