Graphic: F20240626CS-0187_(53822015369) Pride picnic at White House June 2024, blurred; public domain
This past June, four separate federal courts unanimously deemed President Biden’s policy to enforce transgender ideology in public schools as unlawful. The policy mandates that all public schools in America must allow boys who identify as girls to use girls’ restrooms and locker rooms. This decision sparked a significant legal battle, with 27 states filing lawsuits to block the policy. These states, predominantly Republican, aim to safeguard girls from what they perceive as an invasion by biological boys, whereas Democrat-controlled states support the trans agenda.
Notably, California cities have declared themselves sanctuaries for transgender individuals. The California legislature passed AB 1955, misnamed the SAFETY Act, which prohibits schools from informing parents when their children attempt to switch genders. This anti-parent legislation mandated schools to conceal children’s gender confusion from their parents. This travesty of law opens the door wide open for child abuse and manipulation.
Biden’s policy sought to reinterpret Title IX, a 1972 law designed to protect girls against discrimination in education. By redefining “sex” to include gender identity, Biden’s administration banned any restrictions on transgender students in public and charter schools. This reinterpretation aimed to extend the policy nationwide, despite the significant opposition from many states and legal challenges from federal courts.
The judicial pushback against Biden’s policy underscores the ongoing national debate over transgender rights in schools. As the legal battles continue, the future of this policy remains uncertain, but legislators and judges must stand by what is good and true. Transgender ideology is a scourge on the American republic. Radical leftists are preying on teens and children who are having a tough time in life, telling them that the solution is unreversible hormone therapy and invasive surgery. We should ignore the left’s talk of supposed “rights,” and instead focus on what is right – stopping the trans agenda.
This post originally appeared at https://www.phyllisschlafly.com/constitution/judicial-supremacy/federal-courts-rejection-of-bidens-transgender-policy/
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