There is good news to protect sexual identity, and especially young girls.
Thanks to a recent unanimous 9-0 ruling from the US Supreme Court, women and girls in 26 states will continue to be protected in athletics and academia under the original Title IX statute. In April, the Biden-Harris administration announced sweeping changes to the decades-old provision meant to defend women against discrimination in educational institutions and sports. Under the new guidelines, the word “sex” was swapped out for “gender” and “gender identity” over 250 times. Aside from being “politically correct,” here’s what that language shift accomplished in a legal sense:
Title IX’s new caveats allow anyone who says they are a woman – whether they make any effort to appear female or not – to claim Title IX protections if they feel they have been discriminated against due to “sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.” But not only that – the new guidelines will enable men who want to compete in women’s sports to use this anti-discrimination law to force organizations to allow them to compete, under penalty of law. It’s already happening.
The good news is that 26 states filed lawsuits against the Biden-Harris administration’s unlawful rewrite of Title IX, and the US Supreme Court unanimously upheld a temporary injunction against the new statute, meaning that every state that has filed an injunction can continue to operate under the previous Title IX standards until the Supreme Court fully reviews the cases.
“The Education Department wants to strip privacy, safety, and fairness away from females in schools as this administration tries to ignore reality, science, and common sense,” Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver explained. “Now the High Court confirms the Title IX rewrite is contrary to the law. Males have no business entering females’ private spaces such as restrooms, locker rooms, and showers and participating on girls’ sports teams.”
This ruling by the Supreme Court is a victory for those who stood up to the Biden Administration. Earlier this year in Florida, its Governor issued a public rebuke to the Biden Administration: “We will not comply, and we will fight back.”
But the story is not over. Should the US Supreme Court eventually rule that the Biden-Harris administration’s rewrite of Title IX is, in fact, lawful, that decision would create a precedent that would fundamentally change the federal government’s approach to sex and gender, and allow “gender identity” to become an acceptable metric used in federal law. Because “gender identity” is inherently vague, fluid, and open to interpretation, that precedent would be disastrous and it is highly unlikely the justices would advocate for such a term being used in federal law. We remain hopeful that all nine justices will side with the original Title IX statute that stands up for women and girls in education and athletics!
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Additional Resources
- Leanne Payne’s Crisis in Masculinity
- Ryan T. Anderson’s When Harry Became Sally
- Abigail Sheier’s Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters
- Joe Dallas and Nancy Heche’s The Complete Christian Guide to Understanding Homosexuality
- John Eldredge’s Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul
- John and Stasi Eldredge’s Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman’s Soul
- Elizabeth R. Moberly’s Homosexuality: A New Christian Ethic
- Note: Moberly says that transgenderism “marks the extreme end of the homosexual spectrum” and is a desire for “gender dislocation” because the same-sex love deficit is so pronounced.
