Most Maine residents do not believe that transgender athletes should compete in women’s and female sports, a survey of the University of New Hampshire published Thursday showed Thursday.
The survey occurred as the deadline of the Trump administration so that the State complies with the executive order of President Donald Trump to prohibit biological men of women and women’s sports. Maine refused to comply with the Order and the Office of Civil Rights of Health and Human Services referred to the “breach of the State with Title IX” to the Department of Justice.
The survey showed that 64% of Maine’s residents believe that transgender athletes “should not definitely” or “should probably not” participate in girls and women’s sports. Only 29% of Maine’s residents believed that transgender athletes “should probably” or “should” compete against girls and women in sports.
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Governor Janet Mills attends an event, on March 11, 2022, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, Archive)
The survey also showed that 56% of Maine’s Democrats believe that transgender athletes should be able to compete in girls and women’s sports.
When it came to promulgate policies to combat the problem of transgender participation in sports, the survey showed that 50% of Maine’s residents wanted it at the federal level, while 41% believe that politics should be left in the United States.
Around 1,057 residents of Maine completed the survey between March 20 and March 24, with the margin of error of around 3%.
The survey results occurred as Maine’s officials continued to press their nose before the executive order of “Men in Women’s Sports” by Trump, which he signed in February.
“Today, OCR sent Maine’s breach with title IX to @thejustyepto for its application in court for continuing to illegally allow men to compete against women,” the department announced in a publication on social networks on Friday.
“The HHS will continue to protect female sports and maintain the promises of title IX for women and girls in the United States.”
Administrative District 51 of the Maine School, Greels High School’s home, where a transgender athlete prompted the national controversy after winning a girl pole jump competition in February, said Thursday that he did not comply and, instead, “will continue to follow the state law and the Maine Human Rights Law.”
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The state’s house is seen in Augusta, Maine, on June 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, Archive)
The Association of Directors of Maine said in a statement that it is also “bound by law, including the Maine Human Rights Law, which reflects our participation policy.”
The situation that involved the Trans athlete in Grelyly High School attracted national attention after Maine’s Republican state representative, Laurel Libby, identified the athlete by name with a photograph in a publication on social networks. Libby was later censored by Maine’s legislature, and since then has filed a lawsuit to revoke it.
Libby reacted to the derivation of the OCR to the Department of Justice on Saturday.
The state representative of Maine Laurel Libby reacted to the derivation of the OCR to the Department of Justice. (Pak Gazette)
“Governor Mills and most Democrats refuse to comply with the federal protections of Title IX have now turned out that Maine is officially referred to the Department of Justice. This is a direct consequence of their radical policies that put the ideology ahead of equity and safety for Maine girls and the education of our students,” Libby told Pak Gazette Digital.
“The main ones believe in common sense, the equity and protection of the rights of women and girls in sports and spaces. Although this extreme position does not reflect the values of our state, ultimately, they are the schools, students and taxpayers of Maine who will suffer the consequences of their reckless decisions and the dispute continues with biological reality.”
Mills’s representatives or Maine’s general lawyer, Anthony Frey, have responded to Pak Gazette Digital comments.
Trump’s problem with the state of Maine reached a critical point at a meeting of the National Association of Governors at the end of February.
Trump threatened to reduce federal funds to the State for not prohibiting biological men in girls and women’s sports.
The next day, Mills’s office responded with a statement that threatened the legal actions against the Trump administration if it retained federal state funds. Then, Trump and Mills headed verbally on a widely publicized argument in the White House during a bipartisan meeting of governors.
“Are you not going to comply with that?” Trump asked Mills.
Since then, multiple protests against Mills have been held outside the State Capitol, and Maine’s university system has cooperated with the Trump administration to ensure that Trans athletes compete in women’s sports after a temporary financing break.
The OCR announced earlier this month that it found the Department of Education of Maine, the Association of Directors of Maine and Grelyly High School in violation of Title IX for continuing to allow trans inclusion in girls’ sports.
The interim director of OCR, Anthony Archeval, previously provided a statement to Pak Gazette digital warning on the possible consequences for the continuous challenge of the executive order.
“What the HHS is asking about the Department of Education of Maine, the Association of Directors of Maine (MPA) and Grelyly High School is simple: protecting the rights of female athletes. Girls deserve sports only for girls without male competitors. And if Maine does not come to the table to voluntarily comply with title IX, HHS will prevent the title IX to the greatest amount to the greatest amount.”
