Biden illogically ties school lunch funding to gay agenda

 Washington Times:

Republican attorneys general in 26 states have called on the Biden administration to drop its LGBTQ requirements for federal school lunch funding, a policy that is accused of using “hungry children as a human shield.”

The letter urged President Biden to withdraw the Agriculture Department’s May 5 memorandum, which said that state agencies and schools participating in federal food assistance programs must update their policies to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The guidance raised fears that the administration would cut off Food and Nutrition Act funding to schools that prohibit transgender girls from using girls’ restrooms and participating in girls’ sports.

“Using hungry children as a human shield in a policy dispute violates basic decency,” said Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. “Aren’t there any parents in the Biden administration that can see past the edges of their ideology?”

The letter, led by Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III, said the administration circumvented the Administrative Procedures Act [APA] by issuing the mandate as a policy guidance, thereby avoiding the rule making process and public comment.

The memorandum also committed an “obvious misreading and misapplication” of the Supreme Court’s 2020 ruling on Title VII in Bostock v. Clayton County by applying the decision to Title IX.

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As a result, “the Guidance flouts the rule of law, relies on patently incorrect legal analysis that is currently under scrutiny in the federal courts, and was issued without giving the States the requisite opportunity to be heard,” the letter said.

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I can't think of in what universe the Biden policy makes any sense at all.  Feeding the children should come first for most normal people. 

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