Wow. On the Feb. 28 front page in super-sized lettering, “I support Libby.”
Well, I don’t.
Wasn’t Rep. Laurel Libby just censured by the state Legislature for breaking federal Title IX law and Maine Child Online Privacy Protection laws by posting on her Facebook page the picture of a Maine high school student athlete she claimed was transgender?
Didn’t her post expose the student to national bullying and harassment? Even after being advised that she broke the law, didn’t Libby refuse to take the picture down?
Transgender participation in female sports should be a non-issue considering all the major dangers the millions of America are facing.
Less than 1% of transgender citizens live in the U.S. population. Only a small handful participate in sports. Some possess female genitalia.
One can only imagine if Libby determined the high school student’s genitalia.
As a woman, Libby should acknowledge that not all women are inferior to all men in everything.
Isn’t it true women, like men, possess a wide range of athletic ability? Didn’t Maine’s gold medalist Joan Benoit beat all comers at the Boston Marathon? Didn’t tennis star Billy Jean King whip the pants off Bobby Riggs?
The Sun Journal would have better served its readers had it covered matters of greater importance such as the Republican bill to cut Medicaid; Libby’s effort to prevent Mainer’s from voting if they don’t get a state Photo ID; or Trump’s threat to withhold federal allocations to Maine if we don’t change state law.
Time to fight back.
Patrick Eisenhart, Lewiston
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