I find it both puzzling and infuriating, the warped perspective of some people, including the editors of this paper.

Case in point, the Feb. 23 editorial excoriating Rep. Laurel Libby for exposing the discrimination against girls in school sports. The Maine Principals’ Association, many school boards, this paper and others appear to endorse and even promote this abhorrent practice.

Ironically, it is this paper that exhibits the “ruthless unprofessionalism” of which it accuses Rep. Libby. And, it also appears to support the exploitation of children, of which it also accuses Rep. Libby.

Our governor, legislature, school boards and principals’ association — not Rep. Libby — are responsible for this issue coming to the surface. It shouldn’t be necessary to point out that boys do not belong in sports geared for girls, or in their bathrooms or locker rooms.

Certainly the LGBTQ community has the same rights as everyone. However, they do not have exclusive rights that overshadow the rights of others, as Thomas Jefferson articulated: “Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others.”

The real exploitation of children includes sex trafficking across our previously open borders, allowing boys and men to intrude into girls’ and women’s bathrooms and locker rooms, the genital mutilation known as sex change hormones and surgery — all targeting underage persons who don’t have the mental maturity to make life-altering decisions. And, all seemingly supported or promoted by the editors of this paper.

Gary Foster
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