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On June 30, the final day of the 2026 U.S. Supreme Court session, the justices upheld West Virginia and Idaho laws that from participating in girls\u2019 sports.<\/p>\n

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In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court held that the laws did not violate Title IX, which bars sex discrimination in education, or the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.<\/p>\n

\u201cTitle IX allows schools to provide separate women\u2019s and men\u2019s sports teams defined by biological sex, and West Virginia has permissibly maintained female sports for biological females consistent with Title IX,\u201d Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the majority opinion.<\/p>\n

Kavanaugh added, \u201cSafety and competitive fairness issues can arise when females are forced to compete against males. In recent years, 27 states and various sports-governing bodies have all drawn the same line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unbelievably, lawyers for Linday Hecox, a transgender athlete in Idaho, argued that biological men have no competitive advantage in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n

In an incoherent dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that the court\u2019s decision \u201cinflicts a hardship on those it disfavors without giving them the fair and full opportunity the Constitution requires to litigate their contentions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, all the usual suspects, notably teacher union leaders, were aghast at the decision. Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, said, \u201cAs a nation, we long ago decided that discrimination is wrong and that everyone, regardless of their gender, race, or place, deserves an equal opportunity to succeed. That commitment must include transgender youth, who, like all students, deserve the chance to fully participate in school, thrive, and prepare for their future. Sports teach young people leadership, confidence, self-discipline, and teamwork, lessons no child should be denied because of who they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

What it comes down to is the simple truth that there are natural physical differences between boys and girls. As explained by Colin Wright, an evolutionary biologist, \u201cSex differentiation begins in the womb, and boys also experience a brief surge of testosterone in infancy, often called \u2018mini-puberty,\u2019 which influences later body composition and motor development. By school age, boys already tend to have more lean mass, less fat, larger hearts, and greater lung capacity. These differences are not \u2018stereotypes.\u2019 They are physical traits directly relevant to sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wright also notes that boys differ significantly from girls across all grades, and large school-based fitness datasets corroborate these findings. \u201cBefore puberty, boys outperform girls in grip strength, muscular endurance, running speed, aerobic capacity, ball throwing, and kicking distance, while girls generally outperform boys in flexibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, scientist James Nuzzo\u2019s review of nearly 170 studies with grip-strength data from more than 350,000 children across 45 countries found that boys are consistently stronger than girls at every age.<\/p>\n

Mark Schneider, president of Protect Our Kids, sums it up:<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s decision is a victory for common sense, for equal opportunity, and for every girl who has ever stepped onto a playing field believing that their talent and hard work\u2014not gender identity\u2014should determine the outcome of fair competition. When girls compete, they deserve to know they\u2019re competing against other girls. Today\u2019s decision gives teeth to that promise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another victory in America\u2019s culture war unfolded in Texas, where on June 26 the state approved a sweeping new book list that includes excerpts from the Bible, which Texas education officials regard as a vital work of literature for understanding our country\u2019s founding and culture.<\/p>\n

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The proposed social studies standards highlight the influence of the Bible and the Ten Commandments on the founders and on American law, referencing various biblical figures. They sometimes ask students to connect religious texts to history, including a sixth-grade standard that compares Harriet Tubman to Moses in the Exodus story.<\/p>\n

However, critics argue that using the Bible violates the separation of church and state and is part of a broader effort to infuse Texas public schools with Christian values. Mark Chancey, a professor of religious studies at Southern Methodist University, warns that these standards will reflect a Christian nationalist momentum and serve as a model for like-minded individuals in other states.<\/p>\n

Another naysayer, Rachel Laser, president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, maintains, \u201cThe government of Texas, let alone any American government body, should never be in the business of imposing one religion on everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cimposing\u201d argument is absurd. The Texas action has nothing to do with indoctrination. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, \u201cCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is no mention of the \u201cseparation of Church and State.\u201d Additionally, the Bible is not exclusively Christian; for example, Abraham and Moses, both Jewish figures, are mentioned repeatedly.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Utah state senator Todd Weiler importantly notes that from the American Revolution onward, religion has shaped pivotal moments in American history.<\/p>\n

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\u201cClergy preached independence from their pulpits, framing liberty and equality as moral obligations. Abolitionists condemned slavery as incompatible with the belief that all people are children of God. The civil rights movement was largely organized through churches, where ministers called for justice grounded in both constitutional ideals and biblical teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Weiler also asserts that while students may be able to place the Emancipation Proclamation on a timeline and explain its significance during the Civil War, far fewer know that Abraham Lincoln told his cabinet he had made a solemn promise to his \u201cMaker\u201d to issue it.<\/p>\n

Many national leaders have framed national events through a religious lens. During the D-Day invasion, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered one of the largest public prayers in history on the radio. He asked Americans to join him, not just once but daily, in praying for our troops. In 1954, Congress added \u201cunder God\u201d to the Pledge of Allegiance as a direct ideological counter to communism.<\/p>\n

The U.S. has just celebrated its 250th anniversary with two positive, common-sense school-related changes. In states that choose to prohibit it, boys will not be allowed to participate in girls\u2019 sports, and schools in Texas will be permitted to include references to the Bible.<\/p>\n

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