“I think the girls ought to play girls and the boys ought to play boys. McMaster said Wednesday he will review the bill, but supports its underlying concept. Richard Cash, who shepherded the bill through the Senate. “Perhaps it’s not a problem until it is a problem,” responded Republican Sen. Hutto said Republicans appeared to be just picking on children who are different, since the problem isn't widespread and science is far from settled on the matter. They just want to play on teams like all the other children.” “They just want to be kids like all the other kids. "These are children, a lot of times, who are already experiencing challenges, sometimes being mistreated in school," Hutto said.
They have dealt with five cases in five years, Democratic Sen. In South Carolina, the High School League currently handles questions of whether a student should compete on boys or girls teams on a case-by-case basis. Opponents of the bill said it is a cruel idea, singling out students who aren't elite athletes but are just looking for a way to be a regular student, hanging out with friends and learning life lessons through competition. They suggest girl winners' podiums and MVP awards could be taken over by transgender athletes to the detriment of sports in areas where it is a vital part of school life. Supporters of a ban warn that in a rapidly changing society transgender girls would have an unfair biological advantage from having been born stronger males. Its law and a similar law in West Virginia have both been blocked by courts. Idaho passed the first of such legislation in 2020. The idea began emerging in legislatures about two years ago. Just one Democrat voted for the bill and no Republicans voted against it. Governors in Oklahoma and Arizona signed their laws at the end of March. If the bill were to become law, South Carolina would join other conservative states in requiring transgender students to compete with the gender listed on their birth certificates. Henry McMaster, who appears likely to sign it. If the new version is approved by that chamber it would head to Gov. The 30-10 vote sends the bill back to the House to review changes made by senators. (AP) - The South Carolina Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would ban transgender students from playing girls’ or women’s sports in public schools and colleges, likely clearing the way for the state to join a dozen others that have passed similar laws in recent years. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.COLUMBIA, S.C. Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are: More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here. Parental tools that are compatible with the RTA label will block access to this site. We use the "Restricted To Adults" (RTA) website label to better enable parental filtering. Protect your children from adult content and block access to this site by using parental controls. PARENTS, PLEASE BE ADVISED: If you are a parent, it is your responsibility to keep any age-restricted content from being displayed to your children or wards. Furthermore, you represent and warrant that you will not allow any minor access to this site or services. This website should only be accessed if you are at least 18 years old or of legal age to view such material in your local jurisdiction, whichever is greater. You are about to enter a website that contains explicit material (pornography).