Let’s Go Washington unveils initiatives to protect girls’ sports and parental rights

Brian Heywood with Let’s Go Washington has been fighting the good fight to restore sanity to the Evergreen State. On The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red 770 AM, he announced two new initiatives to help students and parents.

Let’s Go Washington has scored several big wins at the ballot box and legislature in recent years, including a pro-natural gas initiative (I-2066) and the Parents’ Bill of Rights (I-2081). However, Democrats in the state legislature and the courts have done their best to hollow out Heywood’s hard work.

Now, Heywood hopes to protect the integrity of girls’ sports with the first initiative.

“We’re adding a requirement that basically says if you’re going to play in girls’ sports, you have to have a physical from your physician that states that you’re a girl. It’s really that simple,” Heywood told The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red 770 AM.

Here’s a big hurdle to overcome

One hurdle to clear will be HB 1296 passed earlier this year, which gutted much of the aforementioned Parents’ Bill of Rights, because it established “gender identity” as a protected class.

Heywood’s plan for that is straightforward—repeal HB 1296 via a second initiative.

“What we’ve done in our initiative is tried to streamline it as tailored as we can, so that we’re simply repealing what happened in 1296 and returning the law to 2081,” said Heywood.

Fighting Democrats’ subterfuge

Heywood is aware that Democrats may yet again try to gum up the works if these initiatives pass, but he says doing nothing is not an option.

“What we’re trying to do is piece by piece, bit by bit, fight back at what has been a 40-year buildup of crap, and we’re not going to turn it all over at once,” added Heywood.

The initiatives require 400,000 signatures by January 2 where they would then be certified by the Secretary of State and sent to the legislature. If the legislature chooses not to pass one of the initiatives, they will then go to the ballot in November of next year.

You can learn more about the initiatives and how to sign the petition here.

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