The issue about transgender bathrooms has been a hot topic in recent days. Hence, the Obama government issued a new order that will solve the restroom questions for the third sex, particularly in schools. However, the new command ignites criticisms that awaken the U.S.'s culture wars.
The New Directive Order
The Department of Education and the Department of Justice worked together to create a directive letter on Friday for public schools. The two government sectors directed community schools to guarantee their transgender students to have encouraging and fair school surroundings, CNN Politics reported.
Vanita Gupta, the Department of Justice's head of civil rights division, talked about the bathroom issues of transgender at the University of Minnesota Law School inauguration on Saturday. "Even after the Supreme Court's landmark gay marriage decision last year ... we see new efforts to deny LGBTI individuals the respect they deserve and the protection our laws guarantee," she explained.
Vanita Gupta admitted that the government's attempt, like the House Bill 2 of North Carolina, infringed the rules that have been imposed on the country. It, too, breached the principles that a person has.
A New Cause Of National Debate
The new order might not have a power of law, but it has an unspoken risk, which caused a new national debate. The New York Times cited that schools that won't follow Obama government's directive rule might face a legal charge or a loss of national help.
Hence, the Republicans reacted to the administration of Obama's latest command about transgender bathroom law. The national government is now being criticized for giving direct orders to the entire country that carries their own moral standards not even thinking if it will affect other people's principle.
The critics are now condemning the Obama government for using a mix of "policies, lawsuits and public statements" that concern third sex. The administration is trying to alter the social rights of gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender people.
Obama Government's New Order A Presidential Blackmail?
The Obama administration's transgender bathroom order for schools is now being denounced by the conservatives. In fact, a public official even called it as a "presidential blackmail," Fox News cited.
The directive ignited a national debate that can be continuously tackled up to the next presidential period and could be taken up to the higher court. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told the reporters on Friday that they will not abide by Obama's new transgender bathroom order in schools.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest, on the other hand, defended Obama government and said that the new order was specifically demanded by the schools in the country. Also, it doesn't contain new conditions under the law.
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