Kansas House fails to override Gov.'s veto of anti-Trans youth sports bill

[TexasTowelie]

TOPEKA — An effort to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports failed Thursday after the House fell short on an attempt to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the bill.

The bill, a subject of significant debate the past two sessions, garnered 81 votes in favor, falling short of the 84 required a two-thirds majority vote to overturn the veto. On Tuesday, the Senate voted 28-10 to override Kelly’s veto of Senate Bill 160.

The House can reconsider the vote Thursday or the next day the body meets.

Republicans argue the bill is the best way to ensure fairness. They said transgender athletes in women’s sports have an unfair advantage compared with those assigned the female gender at birth. Opponents of the measure, predominantly Democrats, say the bill is hateful and political.

But as legislators returned for veto session, the debate about transgender identities shifted to new extremes. Rep. Stephanie Byers, a Wichita Democrat and the first transgender Kansas legislator, said the override vote was a decision between accepting and rejecting transgender Kansans’ identities.

Read more: https://www.washingtonblade.com/2022/04/28/kansas-house-fails-to-override-gov-s-veto-of-anti-trans-youth-sports-bill/

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. Child abuse as a campaign tactic will backfire on these idiots.

Even Vicki Hartzler has quit running her anti trans campaign ad. It must have taken a lot of blowback to get that Nazi to stop using that tactic.
I was afraid I was gonna have to listen to her trans hate all the way to the election, but she took it down to start a fight with Eric Greitens.

I like the Hartley vs. Greitens self takedown much better. It’s never cool to pick on children.