Joe Biden has been trying to change Title IX rules in a way that most believe would destroy women’s sports.
His agenda was just set back yet again, as a Kentucky ruling will block Biden’s rule changes from going into effect in six more states.
Talking Points…
- Biden Title IX changes
- Kentucky ruling
- Analysis
For those unfamiliar with Title IX, it is considered a landmark civil rights law that came into effect in 1972 regarding sex-based discrimination in any school or educational program that receives funding from the federal government. Each administration defines certain aspects of this law, and Biden recently introduced his changes.
In April, the Biden administration introduced its final rule changes to Title IX. While some liberals were upset the new changes did not specifically address some of the issues transgenders are facing, specifically in sports, the Biden administration did address them in a roundabout way. In regard to sex-based harassment and discrimination, the new rule reads:
“The final rule protects all students and employees from all sex discrimination prohibited under Title IX, including by restoring and strengthening full protection from sexual violence and other sex-based harassment.
“The rule clarifies the steps a school must take to protect students, employees, and applicants from discrimination based on pregnancy or related conditions. And the rule protects against discrimination based on sex stereotypes, sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics.”
This inclusion of “gender identity” in that rule was being used as a loophole by some to try to allow transgenders to compete in women’s sports. This is something most of us believe is a complete and utter travesty. This will not only destroy the integrity of women’s sports, but it will eventually lead to some severe injuries in contact and combat sports.
Using the new rule guidelines, numerous states tried to expand rights for transgender students, but those new expansions were being challenged in court. Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed suit, which was eventually joined by Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia. The complaint stated that the Department of Education “has used rulemaking power to convert a law designed to equalize opportunities for both sexes into a far broader regime of its own making.”
Bush-appointed U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves ruled on the case this week, implementing an injunction against the new rule taking place, but he did limit it to the six states currently listed in the lawsuit. In his ruling, he stated:
“The new rule contravenes the plain text of Title IX by redefining ‘sex’ to include gender identity, violates government employees’ First Amendment rights, and is the result of arbitrary and capricious rulemaking…
“It would have been hard to find any who thought that discrimination because of sex meant discrimination because of sexual orientation — not to mention gender identity, a concept that was essentially unknown at the time.”
The Department of Education responded to the ruling, stating:
“We are reviewing the ruling. Title IX guarantees that no person experience sex discrimination in a federally funded educational environment. The Department crafted the final Title IX regulations following a rigorous process to realize the Title IX statutory guarantee.
“The Department stands by the final Title IX regulations released in April 2024, and we will continue to fight for every student.”
The left believes that since we are working to keep women’s sports open to only biological women, we are discriminating, but that is not the case at all. We have seen the data to this point. While percentage-wise, transgender athletes are a blip on the screen, most of them are dominating their respective sports, robbing biological women of their very limited opportunities in sports. It simply is not fair, not to mention, as I stated above, safe. What happens when a transgender woman fights a biological woman in combat sports or a contact sport such as ice hockey or lacrosse? Do we really want to see a young lady sprawled out on the ground, convulsing, possibly dying, before we decide this is simply wrong?
This is not discrimination… it is common sense.
