Nebraska GOP's transgender bathroom proposal defies NCAA, could void state's ability to host champio

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Martha Stoddard

LINCOLN — Passing a transgender bathroom law could jeopardize Nebraska’s long history with the College World Series and its hopes of hosting future volleyball championships and basketball regionals.

The Nebraska Republican Party called for such a law at its state convention last weekend.

But the proposal could collide with a new NCAA policy opposing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The college sports organization’s board of governors adopted the policy April 27, after North Carolina and some other states passed laws allowing people to be refused services based on being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.

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[Blue_Adept]

1. Politicians are the best at shooting themselves in the face

all in order to please the squeaky wheels of the world

[Drahthaardogs]

2. It would be fitting to watch the die hard Republican

Business owners lose revenue with the loss of sporting events downtown.

[mountain grammy]

3. As far as I'm concerned..

these states have a plague and should be quarantined until they are cured of their diseases of hate, fear and stupidity.

[TheFarseer]

4. Please tell me we are not that dumb as a state.

I remember when then mayor Johanns stopped the gay pride parade in Lincoln and jump started his campaign for governor. So we are dumb but hopefully not dumb enough to jeopardize events like CWS.

[Omaha Steve]

8. IF they lose the CWS

The Omaha tax payers will be stuck with the dept from construction etc.

[TheFarseer]

9. but the Jays have a hell of a nice stadium

so 1,000 people can watch them play Georgetown.

[tom_kelly]

5. How much will it take to make

people who are full of hate to realize they're ill? The answer is depressing.

[Ford_Prefect]

6. The legislature is already incapable of telling the difference between fact and fiction.

We have the same problem in NC. The majority of the legislature is owned by Art Pope and the Kochs. They spent the last 20 years recruiting right wing idiots and religious zealots into the state GOP, and removed anyone from the party who asked a sensible question.

[Red Mountain]

11. The joke is on them then.....

their weak minded minions had an ax or two of their own to grind.

Joke's on all of us, unfortunately .

[certainot]

7. how ironic

the university of nebraska broadcasts sports on 6 limbaugh stations, so it basically endorses the propaganda operation in nebraska most responsible for getting republicans all irrationally outraged by this 'problem'

[Odin2005]

10. They should ban all NCAA teams in NE from participating, period.

The bigots will change their tune when they discover that the Cornhuskers are banned from playing.

[Initech]

12. We should stop letting the Christian right write our laws.

Their policies are divisive, hateful, and only hurt people instead of help. Fuck them.

[Zorra]

13. Don't even hesitate. Bring the CWS to the Left Coast now. Make it automatic.

Zero tolerance for bigots all the time everywhere.