By Pacific Island Times News Staff
Guam would forfeit federal funds for education if it doesn’t comply with a presidential directive prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in women's sports, Attorney General Douglas Moylan warned.
“Guam cannot afford to lose that money, which we Guam taxpayers can’t afford to pay directly. This AG took an important step letting Washington know this AG supports this president and his executive orders,” said Moylan, who joined the nation’s attorneys general during a meeting with U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi last week.
The closed-door meeting discussed President Donald J. Trump’s executive orders related to keeping biological men out of women’s sports.
“Federal funds for education are at stake in every state and territory if these EOs are not followed,” Moylan said.
Moylan said he will meet with Guam’s education officials to relay the outcome of the meeting and what is expected of their department.
In a statement issued after the meeting, Bondi said the Department of Justice will leverage every legal option to ensure state compliance with federal law and President Trump’s executive order protecting women’s sports.
“We will defend women and does not tolerate state officials who ignore federal law,” Bondi said.
"It is the policy of the United States to rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy," reads the executive order.
Citing the executive orders, Bondi said allowing men and boys to compete in women’s and girls’ sports “is demeaning, unfair, and dangerous to women and girls.”
She added that the practice also violates Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act of 1972, which provides equal opportunity for women and girls to participate and excel in competitive sports.
U.S. Senate Democrats voted on Monday to block a Republican-led bill Monday evening that would prohibit federally funded schools from allowing biological men to participate in women's sports.
In a party-line vote of 51-45, Democrats filibustered the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, introduced by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. It fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance.
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