On Thursday, The New York Post<\/a> posted an article about the high school girls’ Minnesota state softball championships.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n A controversial high school softball team has made the Minnesota state championships for the first time after their star transgender pitcher smashed two doubles and pitched a complete game in a walk-off win.<\/strong><\/p>\n Trans athlete Melissa Rothenberger\u2019s performance helped her Champlin Park team beat White Bear Lake 3-2 on Wednesday, leading a girl on the losing team to cry and ask her father, \u201cWhy can\u2019t you do something?\u201d according to OutKick<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Rothenberger, a junior, went 2-3 at the plate for Champlin Park, sparking her team\u2019s comeback victory after falling behind 2-0 and sending them to the Group 4A state championship Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n I guess to that coach, winning is more important than a level playing field.<\/p>\n The article concludes:<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re looking at a whole team of future Republicans,\u201d one dad said.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Minnesota State High School League [MSHSL] permits students to compete under gender identity, despite President Trump\u2019s executive order barring all biological men from women\u2019s sports<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The league has said that the inclusion of trans athletes is protected and \u201cdetermined by state law, through the Minnesota Human Rights Act and the Minnesota Constitution,\u201d Outkick reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n While national governing sports organizations such as USA Softball and the NCAA have implemented female-only policies in women\u2019s sports, state-level laws have created loopholes that allow trans athletes to participate.<\/strong><\/p>\n If the general public does not support this, why is it continuing? Do people remember these things when they vote? If they don’t, we are doomed to have them continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Thursday, The New York Post posted an article about the high school girls’ Minnesota state softball championships. The article reports: A controversial high school softball team has made the Minnesota state championships for the first time after their star … Continue reading