LePage joins Texas lawsuit against Obama’s decree on transgender rights

Source: Bangor Daily News

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage has pledged his name in support of a lawsuit by 11 states against guidance from President Barack Obama’s administration that transgender students must be allowed to use the bathroom of their choice.

LePage spokesman Peter Steele said Wednesday afternoon that Maine is not a plaintiff in the suit but that the governor has signed on to it “pro se,” which means on his own personal behalf.

“The Obama administration continues to be reckless with its overreach of federal mandates on states,” wrote Steele in response to questions from the Bangor Daily News. “Recently, the president unilaterally forced overtime rules on the states, which will have a devastating effect on our economy. The Obama administration is also threatening to use its authority to designate a national monument in the Katahdin region. The president is dictating by fiat, and governors are pushing back.”

Reuters reported that the lawsuit was filed in federal court in Wichita Falls, Texas, and accused the Obama administration of trying to turn workplaces into “laboratories for a massive social experiment.”

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