Texas and 10 other states will sue the Obama administration over a directive that forces states to adjust their policy to allow transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity. Texas’s action was announced on Twitter by Texas Gov. Greg Abbot (R) on Wednesday, where he thanked his attorney general for deciding to bring the suit forward. The other states that joined the lawsuit as plaintiffs are Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Utah, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Georgia, Maine, Arizona and Maine. The filing accuses the Obama administration of "running roughshod over commonsense policies" that protect children and asks a judge to declare the move unlawful. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is expected to discuss the lawsuit in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. The Education Department’s directive, which was made earlier this month, orders public schools to create policies allowing transgender students to use bathrooms based on their gender identity rather than their biological sex. “No student should ever have to go through the experience of feeling unwelcome at school or on a college campus,” said Education Secretary John King Jr. The administration justifies its action on the basis of Title IX, a federal statute that prohibits gender discrimination at educational institutions that receive public funding. Abbot said that Paxton’s lawsuit “challenging the way that the Obama administration is trampling the United States Constitution” during a stop on a book tour, according to The Texas Tribune. "The president has no authority to enact laws whatsoever. Several times Congress has taken up the issue of whether to expand the Civil Rights Act and Title IX and whether or not to include transgender. Both times or multiple times, Congress has decided against that,” Abbot added. When Texas leads the fight against the darkness multiple states tend to follow suit. Good on Texas governor Greg Abbot for putting the issue that forces kids in our schools to identify themselves, when most kids can't even decide if they want m&m's or Skittles. The problem we truly have with this matter isn't the right of gay people or men or women to be transgender, the main issue that America has with this is creating an environment for pedophilia. This is the main issue America has with Obama's gender policy well there's two issues America. These issues consist of allowing pedophiles to spy and easily make sexual advancements on our children in a private facility, and by forcing our kids to deal with gender issues being taught in our schools when what they need to be learning is life skills to succeed into adulthood.
