Rep. Zooey Zephyr blocked from returning to Montana House floor | USA TODAY

Rep. Zooey Zephyr was barred from returning to the Montana House floor amid a legal battle between her and Republican lawmakers.

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The legal battle between a Montana House Democrat and her Republican colleagues continued this week after a judge ruled Tuesday that Rep. Zooey Zephyr was barred from returning to the state House floor.

District Court Judge Mike Menahan said it was outside his authority to overrule lawmakers who voted last week to exclude Zephyr from the House floor and debates. He cited the importance of preserving the U.S. Constitution’s separation of powers between the legislative, executive and judicial branches.

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40 comments

    1. @Mr. Hand Whatever anyone wants it to be…ya know, THEIR truth as apposed to THE truth. 🤪

    2. @B. Louise The rules dont apply to them.
      Science doesnt apply to them.
      Laws dont apply to them.
      Common sense doesn’t apply to them.
      Amazing.

    1. I agree! The way they’re treating her does against everything America is supposed to stand for.

    1. @gregory grimm SHE. Do you not understand the difference between sex & gender (identity)?

  1. I don’t care WHAT you think of transgenderism, GOP; what you are doing is not only plain un-American, but goes against EVERYTHING this country stands for!

    You can all think whatever you want about transgenderism, but you keep that crap out of politics. Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, & all that

    1. @Potater Tots phobia? I think not. Aint NOBODY scared. Wanna pretend? Go ahead. I dont wanna play.

  2. He is biologically male, that’s how we determine gender on this planet. How he dresses is entirely up to him but he is still a man who dresses up as a woman, as you can clearly see.

    1. @Joe Narbaiz As you stated female / male are biological terms. The terms man / woman are also biological terms (not social) used to designate male humans and female humans. And if we are talking about humans then yes all females are women and all males are men. Zooey Zephyr is a man (a male human) who has decided to dress as a woman. But he is not a woman.

    2. Your first statement may be correct. Your second one is not. I’m sorry if you feel differently, but you don’t get to decide two words mean the same thing when they do not. Sex is biological, yes. Gender is not. This is not a new thing, as many of y’all believe. Our modern view of gender is not accurate, trans and nb people have existed for centuries.

  3. Any man who thinks this thing is a woman has obviously spent way too much time in Prison 😂

    1. @Bess Smith No, its where Groomers and Pedophiles dressed as women go to die…Nice try though 😂

  4. Dude looks like a lady. Aerosmith. Hey teacher leave them kids alone. Pink Floyd. We missed the warning.

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