22 States Ask Court to Block Biden-Harris Rule Allowing 'Transgender' Males in Girls' Sports, Bathrooms

Alliance Defending Freedom : Oct 3, 2024
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Women's advocates, athletes, and 22 states filed briefs urging a federal court to protect women's safety and privacy by blocking a Biden-Harris policy that attempts to redefine "sex" to include "gender identity" in Title IX.

(New Orleans) — [LifeSiteNews.com] Women's groups, athletes, 22 states, and many education advocates have filed friend-of-the-court briefs asking the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to halt the Biden-Harris administration's unlawful attempt to redefine "sex" to include "gender identity" in Title IX, a federal law designed to create equal opportunities for women in education and athletics. (Image: Pixabay)

In the case State of Louisiana v. US Department of Education, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys represent a Louisiana school board serving more than 20,000 students. The Department of Education's fundamental and unconstitutional rewriting of federal law would force schools to embrace a controversial gender ideology that harms children—including the very children it claims to help. Schools will be required to allow males who identify as female to enter girls' private spaces, like restrooms, locker rooms, and showers; to participate in girls' physical education classes; and—despite logically inconsistent disclaimers saying otherwise—to play on girls' sports teams.

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"The Biden-Harris administration's radical redefinition of sex turns back the clock on equal opportunity for women, undermines fairness, and threatens student safety and privacy," said ADF Senior Counsel Natalie Thompson. "The Rapides Parish School Board and schools and teachers across the country are right to stand against the administration's adoption of extreme gender ideology, which would have devastating consequences for students, teachers, administrators, and families. We commend the many athletes, teachers, and women's advocates who have joined us in urging the 5th Circuit to continue restraining the administration's illegal efforts to rewrite Title IX"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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