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Maryland, a newly elected board member in Frederick County, claims that he was examined unfairly after he had spoken against the transgender confirmation of the district's transgender confirmation.

Colt Black, a Republican and father of three children in Frederick County, was elected to the County Board of Education last November.

His term in office had hardly started when he said that he was made under an investigation of titles IX for comments that he had made on January 8 on January 8th.

At this meeting, Black expressed concerns that the guidelines of the Board of Directors 443, which force the students and school staff to use the transgender pronouns and names of the students, violate the rights of freedom of speech and freedom of association as part of the first change.

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A member of the board of the Republican school authority in Frederick County, Maryland, said he was examined for his comments at a board meeting in January in which the transgender confirmation of the board is forced. (Mark Kerrison's pictures about Getty Images)

Black recommended that the board to follow the lines specified in the case of the Supreme Court of 1943. West Virginia State Board of Education against Barnette. In this case, the High Court decided that the mandatory students of the public school, to welcome the American flag or to recite the promise of loyalty were a violation of the rights of the first change.

“I don't sit here and say that they don't come to school and not who they are,” added Black. “You should be able to do that. But at the same time, people shouldn't be forced to take part in their language.”

Just a week after the submission of these comments, Black was informed that the board had received several symptoms in which it was claimed that his comments had violated IX titles, and the board had initiated an investigation to determine whether its comments against the non -discrimination directive had violated.

Title IX, which was signed in 1972 by the then President Richard Nixon in the law, should prevent discrimination due to gender in educational programs. During the bid administration, it was expanded to enable new protective measures for gender identity.

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One student heads a group of demonstrators in Knoxville, Tennessee, in protest against the transgender athlete ban from 2022 of the state. ((Saul Young /Knoxville News-Sentinel /USA Today)))

The Legal Group Alliance Defing Freedom (ADF) sent a letter to the FCPS board on February 11th in Black's name and warned it to submit the investigation and to accuse the board of the “unconstitutional retaliation” against the Republican for exercising his freedom of speech.

ADF claimed that after a local democratic group, the democratic central committee of Frederick County (FCDCC), “adhered to political pressure”, published an explanation that describes Black's comments as “hate speech”, and encouraged the members of the community, complaints to submit to FCPS for discrimination and harassment.

The FCDCC emphasized Black's comment in which he said: “Many of us come here. You can be the same as you have the right to be. We have our right to be free of them. Everyone has a right to Freedom under the first change.

Black, who is also a member of the Republican Central Committee of Frederick County, told Fox News Digital that he spoke out against current politics because he believes that it makes it less secure and they violated the rights of first -The change.

“It forces teachers and employees to use gender pronouns and names that are not based organically,” he said. “It enables boys to play boys in the girls 'bathrooms, in the girls' sports teams and in the changing rooms and on night trips. And it also enables the school to change children in a social to tell from the point of view of parental rights from the constitutional right point.

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Demonstrators and supporters of a parental notification guideline against the board meeting of a school district in South California on September 7, 2023. ((Photo by Leonard Ortiz/Medianews Group/Orange County Register about Getty Images))))

The guideline is for review in May, he said. After the election of more republicans to the board last November, there is a new endeavor to review the transgender policy, since similar policy of gender identity is checked at the state and federal level.

Tyson Langhofer Tyson Langhofer told Fox News Digital that the board asked for more time to answer their letter. The legal group under pressure further puts the board under pressure to reduce its investigation.

“Pupils, teachers and school authorities have the constitutionally protected freedom to express their beliefs. The first change forbids the weapon of the law to silence political opponents,” said Langhofer in a statement. “Colt is a democratically elected member of the Board of Directors. He takes care of the integrity of his school district and the quality of education that students receive, and he rightly put on political pressure to punish him for his beliefs.” For her beliefs. “

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Colt Black, a Republican who was recently elected to the Frederick County Board of Education, said he was concerned that the transgender confirmation of the district would make the school less secure for all students. (IStock)

Rae Gallagher, President of the Frederick County Board of Education, confirmed Fox News Digital that an investigation of titles IX was underway and under state law.

“If a complaint of title IX received from an educational institution in the state of Maryland, an investigation is required. The school district received over 30 title -SIX complaints based on Mr. Black's comments during his board and an investigation.

In January, a federal judge reflected the description of the bidet management of titles IX and called it “plenty” that the law refers to discrimination that are male or female.

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