A group of Republican Oklahoma lawmakers introduced a resolution Thursday urging the stateĆ¢ā¬ā¢s congressional delegation to start an effort to impeach President Obama over the White HouseĆ¢ā¬ā¢s directive to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their gender identity.
The Obama administration issued the recommendation to all public schools last week that transgender students must be allowed to use the bathroom of their choosing. The directive has caused fury among lawmakers across the nation.
Reuters reported the bill introduced in Oklahoma calls on the stateĆ¢ā¬ā¢s members of the House of Representatives to file articles of impeachment against Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Secretary of Education John B. King and several others.
Lawmakers on Friday also introduced a separate measure that would allow students to use religious grounds to have separate but equal bathrooms to segregate them from transgender students.
According toĀ The Oklahoman, a state Senate committee approved a measure to grant religious accommodations for students who object to the transgender bathroom order. The bill now goes to the full Senate for consideration.
John Bennett, a Republican state representative, said in a statement that the White HouseĆ¢ā¬ā¢s policy on transgender bathroom usage was Ć¢ā¬Åbiblically wrong,Ć¢ā¬Ā and a violation of state sovereignty.
