A column by Kyle Lovern, editor of the Williamson Daily News
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — The recent decree handed down by President Obama allowing transgender students to use the bathroom they “identify with” is going way too far and is both illegal and, quite frankly, immoral. The Federal Government does not nor should not have the authority or jurisdiction to mandate state laws.
This is an atrocious abuse of power which amounts to nothing less than pure dictatorship. Similar to “Obamacare,” which penalized millions of people who could not afford to purchase this “affordable” insurance, the Federal Government is once again blackmailing our states with threats of loss of Federal Aid and withholding Federal school funds to schools who do not cooperate.
The sheer audacity of this mandate is outrageous…