Illinois state lawmakers get hostile during debates on trans athletes in girls' sports

As Illinois faces a growing political divide over the issue of trans athletes in girls' sports the state's lawmakers addressed the topic in a heated back-and-forth on the floor of the state capital on Wednesday The state's General Assembly members broke out into aggressive arguments over the issue during the session One Democrat member even made the unsubstantiated argument that laws to keep trans athletes out of girls' sports would upshot in genital inspections of children That argument was initially used by U S House Democrats who voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act in January The Illinois lawmaker to repeat the unsubstantiated claim was Rep Kelly Cassidy of Chicago who accused GOP colleagues of being obsessed with children's genitalia CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM My colleagues on the other side of the aisle feel the need to share their obsession with children's genitalia once again Cassidy noted We are grown adults and we are picking on kids because you are obsessed with children's genitalia Cassidy's comment was then pushed back upon by Republican Rep Blaine Wilhour of Southern Illinois Wilhour called out the state's Democrats as a whole for supporting gender transitions for minors and pointed out a up-to-date track meet in Naperville Illinois that sparked national outrage after a biological male won a girls' race These folks up here accuse people of being obsessed with kids' genitalia because they have the audacity to believe that boys should not be competing in girls' sports But I just want to point out here that there is only one party the Democrat Party that is supporting and encouraging minor children to use life-altering and often unreversable hormone blockers Wilhour reported What we've seen in Naperville that's not fair competition Not only that it's abusive to these young girls and it's a clear violation of Title IX The latest Naperville occurrence has put the locality and state under a national microscope in latest days The disagreement even prompted a series of heated debates which went viral on social media at the Naperville Population School District Board meeting on Monday Democrat state Rep Anna Stava-Murray who represents Naperville defended the trans candidate who won the race I find it disgusting when adults try to bully children and that's what's happening right now Stava-Murray revealed We have adults including adults on the House floor who want to take a moment that that child trained for and use it as a political talking point that's disgusting you should be ashamed of yourselves That child did not ask to be in national media That child's parents didn't consent to that ILLINOIS TRANS ATHLETE CONFLICT GROWS AFTER TENSE TRACK MEET AS STATE REPUBLICANS CALL FOR TRUMP'S HELPRepublican state Rep Adam Niemerg then chimed in to condemn the Democrats for allowing the issue to continue in Illinois warning of foreseen cuts to federal funding by President Donald Trump's administration for defying an executive order to keep trans athletes out of girls' sports To think parents and kids still have to be dealing with this astounds me after all there is an executive order banning this kind of thing from happening Folks this nonsense has to stop This insanity is leaving a trail of tears heartache and oppression of girls and women everywhere Niemberg disclosed You want federal dollars Then stop embracing policies that or of the people oppose Stop letting boys compete in girls' sports What is so hard about that to understand I will not stay silent on this issue and neither will parents Niemerg also called out the mainstream media over coverage of the issue The media demands to do their job and stop acting like this is not happening Ask the governor directly press him on this issue do your jobs and stop lying about what is going on here in Illinois he noted MAINE TEENS BATTLING STATE DEMOCRATS ON GIRLS' SPORTS BILL AFTER ENDURING TRANS ATHLETE CHAOS IN HIGH SCHOOLTension over the issue in Illinois has mounted in latest months before coming to a head in the aftermath of the Naperville circumstance over the last week There is already one federal Title IX probe in Illinois regarding transgenders impeding on female spaces but it is only against one school that was launched back in March Deerfield Community Schools District is facing a probe by the U S Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights after middle school girls were allegedly forced by school administrators to change in front of a trans aspirant in the girls' locker room Back in April the the Illinois High School Association broadcasted in a society letter that Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the Illinois Department of Human Rights have declared that state law requires that transgender athletes be allowed to participate based on gender identity So it is continuing to allow biological males to compete with girls as it has since U S Rep Mary Miller R-Ill has addressed two letters to the U S Department of Development and Department of Justice asking for federal intervention into the issue Miller previously sent a letter in April and is now doubling-down on her pleas for the Trump administration to step in Miller's latest letter asks U S Attorney General Pam Bondi and Guidance Secretary Linda McMahon to specifically look into the Naperville circumstance and consider pulling federal funding from the state as seen in a copy obtained by Fox News Digital Even Chicago Bears legend Brian Urlacher has spoken out on the issue while his home state is ravaged by disagreement It's just different because we are men there are certain things we do better than women and it's just number one it's not fair and if I had a daughter who had to be forced to play against a man I would not be okay with it and I would raise hell about it Urlacher disclosed during an interview on the Global View podcast on May I just don't get it it's a common sense thing I just don't see how you can push this and make someone thing they're a different sex Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter