The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding an executive order President Donald Trump issued Wednesday called Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports:
“The executive order ‘Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports’ is important legally but also vital for the long-overdue message it sends to women and girls: your rights matter. For too long, our daughters have heard the opposite message from those in power. Schools, activist groups, so-called experts, and politicians demanded that women either celebrate the ’victories’ of males in their sports or stay silent. Those in power told girls that their discomfort with males in their locker rooms amounted to bigotry.
“President Trump told our daughters the truth: that men and women are physically different, those differences matter, and women deserve their own sports and spaces. Rather than standing alone in these truths, female athletes now have the U.S. government on their side. At Alliance Defending Freedom—where we have led the way representing female students and athletes since 2015—we understand what a sea change this represents. ADF partnered with states like Tennessee and Kansas to support female athletes against an illegal rule change from the Biden administration, and these two cases were referenced in the new executive order.
“We also know that it remains necessary for the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in. Activist groups will continue to challenge women’s sports laws state by state, thwarting the will of the American people. As we celebrate this order, we urge the Court to take up this issue and protect women’s sports once and for all.”
Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, parental rights, and the sanctity of life.
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