US Public Schools To Allow Bathroom Use Based On Gender Identity, Some Defy Obama's Order

US public schools will soon be required to allow their students to use the bathrooms based on their gender identity, in contrast to the gender indicated on their birth certificates. However, Texas and North Carolina are planning to defy the expected directive from President Barack Obama.

The US public school system will be negatively impacted by Pres. Obama's decree, according to Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. The governor talked the president's directive on the recently held Republican state convention conducted by the GOP leaders in the most conservative state of the country. In the said forum, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also vowed to work with the leaders of North Carolina in declaring a legal fight with the US government over the issue.

Prior to the convention, Lt. Gov. Patrick demanded for the resignation of a school superintendent from Fort Worth encouraged policies that give support to transgender students. According to him, Pres. Obama seems to be at a lost, deciding on giving executive order without consulting the Congress, the parents and educators, Latin Post reported.

The president also earned criticism from Superintendent Rodney Cavness of Port Neches-Groves in Texas, who stated that the Pres. Obama's directive will be going to the paper shredder. The superintendent cited his daughter and the other 2,500 girls whom he vows to protect by preventing them to be bullied. According to him, there are other ways to protect the students without compromising the very fiber of the country.

Meanwhile, as Pres. Obama's time in the office is rapidly ticking away, the government appears to be more serious than ever to establish a legacy of social issues on some concerns like the same-sex union, healthcare and the immigration. Right now, the US Supreme Court is studying the legal merits of Pres. Obama's executive orders on immigration that is aimed at protecting millions of immigrants from the threat of mass deportation, according to The New American.