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Brand new set of baseball bleachers torn down after ruling…girls softball team’s seats must be equal
My Fox Detroit ^ | Mar 31, 2014 12:14 PM EDT

Posted on 04/01/2014 6:32:35 AM PDT by Olog-hai

A new set of seating is being torn down outside the Plymouth Wildcats varsity boys’ baseball field, not long before the season begins, because the fields for boys’ and girls’ athletics must be equal. […]

(A)fter a complaint, the U.S Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights investigated the new addition and says it must be torn down. It says the facility was no longer equal to the girls’ softball field next door, which has old bleachers and an old scoreboard. …

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society; Sports
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To: Olog-hai

Well, now they can tear down the girls’ bleachers because the boys have NONE. It has to be equal, right?


21 posted on 04/01/2014 6:51:13 AM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (You think you know me. You don't.)
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To: MrB

it’s about knocking down those that are seen as having more.

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I’ve worked around tons of lefties in my life and, based on my personal interactions with them, can say that for the most part, they are very jealous of those who have more than they do. Lefties have a superior and self-righteous view of themselves and believe that other “lesser beings” do not deserve to have more than they do. Distorted view, yes, but quite prevalent in their world.


22 posted on 04/01/2014 6:52:27 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Olog-hai

So the girls softball team didn’t raise money to upgrade their seats so nobody can?


23 posted on 04/01/2014 6:52:40 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Olog-hai

Torn down, I would have burned them down...


24 posted on 04/01/2014 6:55:39 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: dfwgator

I have a hazy memory of a proposed sports facility from a few years ago where a group of women claimed the bathrooms were sexist. The reason is that women take longer...and thus there should be more choices for them than men. It was a very important moment in US history. (the last line is sarcasm).


25 posted on 04/01/2014 6:55:39 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: ConservativeStatement

Nixon’s Title IX started all this nonsense. WIth Republicans like that, who needs Democrats?


26 posted on 04/01/2014 6:56:48 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai
Why isn't our pay and benefits equal to those of feral government employees?

Sounds like a crime is occurring. Time to give us the same compensation as employees of the feral government, or give them the same compensation as us.

27 posted on 04/01/2014 6:58:05 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.")
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To: Olog-hai

The compliant citizens and taxpayers will still vote Democrat in the next election so it doesn’t really matter.


28 posted on 04/01/2014 7:01:04 AM PDT by Russ (Repeal the 17th amendment)
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To: Russ

Are there enough conservatives in the GOP there for voting the other way to matter?


29 posted on 04/01/2014 7:03:53 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Starboard
The left seems to center its existence around their holy commandment “Thou shalt covet” (so much so that “Do what thou wilt” is not the whole of their law).
30 posted on 04/01/2014 7:06:28 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: joethedrummer
Who was it that said "Socialism is all about dragging everybody down to the lowest common denominator?"
31 posted on 04/01/2014 7:10:34 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Starboard

She’ll be better than the boys?? What a ridiculous statement.


32 posted on 04/01/2014 7:14:17 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Olog-hai

I need to call the wife and tell her what I want for supper.


33 posted on 04/01/2014 7:25:50 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Sacajaweau

Not necessarily in physical strength but certainly she may be better with respect to certain other talents, skills and abilities.


34 posted on 04/01/2014 7:30:54 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Vigilanteman

Rush Limbaugh


35 posted on 04/01/2014 7:31:52 AM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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To: Olog-hai

Remember, when liberals talk about equality, they are not talking about taking people from the bottom and raising them up. They are talking about taking people from the top down to the level of those at the bottom.


36 posted on 04/01/2014 7:34:47 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Churchill certainly didn’t utter these words in vain.
37 posted on 04/01/2014 7:37:51 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: joethedrummer

Or just trade girls’ and boys’ facilities. Easy-peasy. Nobody would be able to go to court and get a successful judgment against girls having better.


38 posted on 04/01/2014 7:38:11 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Right is right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody's doing it.- G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Not possible as to baseball/softball fields. The dimensions are completely different.


39 posted on 04/01/2014 7:57:02 AM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: reagandemocrat

My solution:

Just have one team for each sport. No boys teams, no girls team. One basketball team, one football team, one swimming team, one softball team, baseball team, soccer team etc. Everyone is eligible regardless of gender, race or religion and may the best player get the position.

No Title IX problems. No discrimination problems. No whining. No lawsuits.


40 posted on 04/01/2014 8:07:19 AM PDT by reagandemocrat
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