Virginia school district defies Obama's transgender directive

The school district of Grayson County, Virginia has passed an ordinance on Friday, May 20, in defiance of President Barack Obama's transgender bathroom directive mandating all U.S. public schools to allow students to use bathrooms according to their chosen gender identity rather than their biological sex.

The school board voted unanimously in favor of the ordinance, which quickly took effect, according to a report by LifeSiteNews.

Grayson County Public School Superintendent Kelly Wilmore claimed he's not one to get into the "nonsense of politics" and is only working for kids. He said the ordinance was a result of requests from parents and that it "was a community thought."

"I can't tell you how many calls we had, but we had more calls than we could count asking us to take action on this issue," Wilmore told LifeSiteNews.

"It wasn't the politics of just the Republican side...it was a lot of people on the other side of the fence too [who] are really having concerns with who has access to the bathrooms," he said.

Like many of those opposed to the inclusive transgender bathroom policy, Wilson shared that his main concern are the safety and privacy of the students. He believes the ordinance will prevent teenagers and adults who can easily misuse the policy for the wrong purposes. Furthermore, Wilson worried that it's become too easy nowadays for one to claim to be a transgender student.

"All you gotta do is have a note from your parents, go and talk to the principal, and suddenly you're transgender," he said.

Obama had threatened to pull federal funding from schools that refuse to comply with the transgender policy. However, Wilson is undaunted, claiming that the "overwhelmingly supportive community" of Grayson County, which only has one high school, doesn't have "anyone in that category."

Victoria Cobb, president of the Virginia-based social conservative, The Family Foundation, has told The Christian Post that they believe Grayson County's ordinance is "not only reasonable but completely constitutional."

Wilson revealed that should a legal action be taken against them, the Alliance Defending Freedom organization, which wrote their policy, has already promised their services to defend the school for free.