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Most of the Democrats in the House of Representatives Maine voted in favor of adopting a bill that would codified this Human Rights Act (MHRA) in the State Constitution on Thursday.

MHRA was a state legislation of a tent that allows Trans -Sportsmen in sports girls during current hostility With Presidential Administration Donald Trump on this issue.

The law was amended four years ago to add gender identity as a protective class and specifically stated that the refusal of a person equal to participate in sports is discrimination in the field of education. Last year, the Meng Directors Association updated their policy to allow athletes to compete with the sex they identify.

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The proposed bill on the constitutionalization of MHRA, which was adopted on Thursday with a subtle majority in the ward, but it will take most two -thirds in both houses before it can go to voters.

Meanwhile, the republican minority in the House supports the proposal to remove the term “gender identity” from MHRA.

Voting occurred a day after the application of the US Department of Justice claim Against the state for constant Trump “content of men from women’s sports”. Maine has encountered a great federal pressure over the last two months on his refusal, including two federal investigations, financing the US Department of Agriculture and now the official lawsuit.

But the leadership of the Democrats in the state, led by Governor Janet Mills, remained unwavering in his commitment to Trump’s refusal and to provide biologically male trances that can still participate in sports species and enter the girls.

MHra was the central law on which the Democrats leaned to justify their challenge.

Prosecutor General Maine Aaron Frey justified the failure of his state with Trump, citing MHra in an interview on Wednesday CNN.

“Our position is that the title IX, which corresponds to the law on human rights, is therefore both the federal and the state law, supports that the trance will be able to participate in high school sports in accordance with their gender identity,” Fray said. “So, my dispute – Maine follows the IX headline, Maine complies with the Human Rights Law.”

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Digital Fox News Digital Previously received Applications of the Association of Directors Maine and the administrative district of the School of Maine 51, citing MHra for refusing to comply with Trump’s executive order.

“The Men’s Directors Association is linked by the law, including the Meng Law on Human Rights, which reflects our policy of participation,” officials said. “We cannot sign any mandated resolution agreement, we have created a new policy that violates the law and MHRA.”

In the administrative district of 51 Maine schools, where the Greely High School lives, where the transgender athlete has launched a national dispute after winning the poles for girls in February, also pointed to the law on human rights, Maine for allowing the athlete to compete.

“The MSAD Directors Council is guided by the mission, vision and major values ​​of our area. This includes the promotion of a safe, caring and ethical learning environment, where everyone will be treated with respect and justice; and persons are recognized, evaluated and supported,” the district said.

However, most Men’s residents do not agree to allow Trans -sportsmen to compete in sports girls.

A the survey by The coalition of American parents found that of the approximately 600 registered voters of Maine, 63% said that participation in school sports should be based on biological sex, and 66% agreed that “just restricting the sports of biological women”.

The poll also showed that 60% of residents would support the voting measure that limits participation in Sports Women and Girls Biological women. These included 64% of independent and 66% of parents with children under the age of 18.

And while the Democrat leadership refuses to comply with Trump’s executive order, one school district takes affairs and still refuses the state.

A Msad № 70 school councils Unanimously voted on Monday to perform the ix title, “recognizing only two hollows – a biological man and a biological woman, and all private spaces will be divided by biological sex.”

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MSAD chief Tyler Putnam told Fox News Digital that he was aimed at making changes to the area’s policy to prevent the trances to compete in sports girls.

“Our council, like many people in Maine, adheres to communication between the federal government and the state. We hope that both parties work together to help support local school districts as we are,” Putnam said.

“The Council and Priority # 1 of our staff is to give our students an education that will positively affect their future in our great state and the country.”

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