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On 15/12/2024 16:26, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:51:27 +0000, Robert Carnegie
> <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 04/12/2024 02:00, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>> Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> What is strange is that the obvious solution -- four teams/leagues
>>>> instead of two -- does not appear to have occurred to anyone.
>>>
>>> Or just one for all genders.
>>> --scott
>>
>> Are we talking about sports teams or about
>> "debating" gender and transgender issues?
>> I thought Paul was referring to the latter.
> 
> I was, and I think the rejoinder is too.
> 
> To be sure, it completely ignores the reason we have boys and girls
> teams/leagues/tournaments/awards in the first place. And the reason
> Federal Law requires (IIRC) schools receiving Federal Funds to have
> girls teams/leagues/tournaments/awards that are provided just as
> seriously as the boys' teams/leagues/tournaments/awards are.
> 
> Note that the Supremes have already ruled that at least one part of
> Federal Law concerning "discrimination by sex" /does/ apply to
> transgender. IIRC, they were astounded that this wasn't clear to
> everybody and that they had to point it out.
> 
> A certain D. Trump will, of course, shortly be reversing all of this.
> Or at least trying to do so.