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Trumpās national security adviser pick regularly pushed Sharia law conspiracy theories in speeches
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Donald Trumpās pick to be national security adviser, has on several occasions peddled conspiracy theories about Islamic Sharia law coming to the United States.
Fact-checking websites, including PolitiFact and Snopes, have labeled claims about Sharia law coming to the U.S. false. In 2015, the Houston Chronicle dubbed ārumors about Sharia courtsā their hoax of the year.
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Who's Behind The Movement To Ban Shariah Law?
In the past year, more than two dozen states have considered legislation that would prevent the use of Shariah, the Islamic code that guides Muslim beliefs and actions, in courtrooms. Several prominent Republicans, including Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann have all recently warned about the threat of Shariah law. In Tennessee, lawmakers recently debated whether to classify suspected Islamic terrorist groups as "Shariah organizations."
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Chip Roy raises āstrong concernsā Sharia law will be āforced upon the American peopleā
Let's just say they may have overstated the threat. You don't think they did that to animate Repub voters by getting them all in a lather do you? Fast forward to the 2024 election cycle.
GOP lawmakers push NCAA to ban trans athletes in womenās sports
A group of GOP lawmakers pushed the NCAA in a Tuesday letter to āupdateā its āstudent-athlete participation policy to require that only biologically female students participate in womenās sports.ā
āAmid the BidenāHarris administrationās unprecedented assault on Title IX, we write to urge the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to update your student-athlete participation policy to require that only biologically female students participate in womenās sports,ā the letter, addressed to NCAA President Charlie Baker and signed by GOP senators including Sens. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), Tommy Tuberville (Ala.), Katie Britt (Ala.) and Joni Ernst (Iowa), reads.
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NCAA president says there are āless than 10ā transgender athletes in college sports
NCAA President Charlie Baker told a Senate panel there are fewer than 10 transgender athletes he is aware of who currently compete in college sports, pouring cold water on an issue Republicans have said is a nationwide problem and one that is increasingly fraught territory for Democrats.
āHow many athletes are there in the U.S. in NCAA schools?ā Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asked Baker during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday on federal regulations around sports gambling.
āFive hundred and ten thousand,ā said Baker, a former Republican governor of Massachusetts who has served since 2023 as president of the NCAA, which governs intercollegiate athletics at more than 1,000 colleges and universities across the country.
āHow many transgender athletes are you aware of?ā Durbin asked.
āLess than 10,ā Baker said. He did not say whether that number includes transgender men.
Transgender inclusion in womenās sports has become a political lightning rod, dividing the nation and playing an increasingly central role in political campaigns.
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To be clear, I am not in favor of transgender athletes competing outside of their given biological gender at birth. Because it makes a mockery of the principle of fair competition. Not because it threatens the fabric of American society.
Less than 0.1% of U.S. minors take gender-affirming medication, study finds
As policymakers around the world debate whether minors should have access to transition-related medications, a study published Monday in the nationās premier pediatric medical journal found that the drugs are rarely prescribed to youths.
Less than 0.1% of adolescents with private insurance in the United States are transgender or gender-diverse and are prescribed puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones, according to the findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.
The research note, which analyzed the private insurance claims for more than 5.1 million young patients ages 8 to 17 from 2018 to 2022, also found that no transgender patients under 12 were prescribed gender-affirming hormones. Private insurers covered 65% of the country as of 2023, per the Census Bureau.
Less than 0.1% of U.S. minors take gender-affirming medication, study finds
The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics on Monday, looked at private insurance claims representing over 5 million patients in the U.S. ages 8 to 17.
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Maybe, just maybe, just as Sharia law was never really a threat to America, issues surrounding trans people have been blown out of proportion by Repubs for political expediency. Your thoughts?
