U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is the chief sponsor of an important piece of federal legislation that needs our attention and support: the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, (S. 9). This bill, if passed into law, would bar men from women’s sports. More specifically, it would define gender under Title IX as based on reproductive biology and genetics at birth. It aims to block federal funding for athletic programs that allow biological males to compete in female sports categories.
Take ACTION: Click HERE to send a message to U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth to urge them to support this common sense legislation. Urge them to protect the integrity of women’s sports and ensure a level playing field for biological females. When men invade women’s private spaces and are allowed to compete in women’s sports, they not only violate their dignity, but they rob them of their privacy, safety, and opportunity.
As of this writing, we are pleased to report that this bill has 30 co-sponsors, including U.S. Senators from nearby states: Jim Banks (R-IN), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Rand Paul (R-KY).
Background
On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Tuberville, the former college football coach and sports broadcaster, had an op-ed published in OutKick. In this article, he explains why he believes Title IX is integral to the preservation and future of women’s athletics. Read excerpts of the piece below or here.
“Sadly, over the last four years, the Biden administration has done all it can to dismantle Title IX protections for women in favor of radical gender ideology. President Biden’s Department of Education fully intended to rewrite Title IX, issuing a rule which would force schools to allow men to compete in women’s sports and require them to share private spaces together. All in the name of “gender equity.” In the past few days, they rescinded this proposed rule, perhaps realizing how out of touch that stance is with the American public. But their intent was crystal clear.
As a result, what I have long called one of the greatest pieces of legislation to ever pass out of Congress is hanging on by a thread. If the unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. continued to have their way with it, Title IX as we know it would cease to exist. Women’s opportunities to safely participate and benefit from scholastic athletics would greatly diminish—which would not just be a detriment to female student athletes, but to the entire country.
With President Trump’s resounding victory last November, the American people sent a clear message to Washington that they want to protect and preserve the original purpose of Title IX. One of the primary reasons President Trump won in a landslide is because he ran on the issue of saving women’s sports. Seventy percent of Americans agree: men don’t belong in women’s sports or locker rooms. […]
Furthermore, I am welcoming my first granddaughter this spring. I want for her what so many young women before her benefited from since Title IX became law in 1972. I want her to have the same opportunities available to her, without having to worry about men competing against her, harming her, or invading her privacy. I’m sure there are many parents and grandparents across the country that want the same for their girls.
Since coming to the Senate, I vowed to never stop fighting until the rights of American women and girls to fairly compete are thoroughly protected. I am glad the time has finally come where the Senate can deliver on my commitment. I encourage all my colleagues, Republican and Democrat alike, to support my legislation. By uniting behind the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, Title IX will be restored, stitching back together a piece of the American fabric that has made our country more united and less divided.”
In 2022, the nation watched with dismay as “Lia” Thomas – a male swimmer – was awarded first place at the NCAA Women’s Swimming Championship. At this event, the NCAA forced women, including swimmer Riley Gaines, to compete with a male. Girls everywhere lost. This despite the fact that Gaines finished tied with Thomas.
Praise God! The “woke” Biden Administration is coming to an end, and Americans are rejecting this radical construct that is decidedly anti-science. In fact, 22 states now have laws that protect girls’ sports. According to a new poll by Parents Defending Education, 86 percent of Republican parents, 80 percent of independent parents, and 60 percent of Democratic parents oppose biological males, who identify as females, being allowed to participate on girls’ sports teams.
The majority of Americans, especially Christian parents and grandparents, must speak out against this deceitful and dangerous agenda to eradicate male and female distinctions. This is an essential part of being salt and light to our culture — and to those in authority.
