The debacle created by Democrats pandering for the few votes that stand to get has the entire nation at odds—Should men be allowed to compete against girls in women’s sports? I don’t think it’s a debatable topic given the biological advantage but lawmakers have been too scared to protect women’s rights for fear of being labeled a bigot.
Slowly though, over the last few months, many lawmakers have moved to protect the integrity of womens’ sports. The lastest to join the call to correct this injustice was Governor Kevin Stitt who authored a bill that bans biological males from competing against girls in the public school system.
National Review reported that the “Save Women’s Sports Act passed the Oklahoma House by a 79-18 vote last week, and was subsequently approved by the state Senate.
“This bill…to us in Oklahoma is just common sense,” Stitt, a Republican who is running for reelection this year, said at the signing. “When it comes to sports and athletics, girls should compete against girls. Boys should compete against boys. And let’s be very clear: That’s all this bill says.”
The bill reads in part, “athletic teams designated for ‘females’, ‘women’ or ‘girls’ shall not be open to students of the male sex.”
Opponents of the bill claim that it goes against federal civil rights law:
“Ultimately, SB2 violates the United States Constitution and federal civil rights law, puts Oklahoma at risk of losing federal funding, and harms transgender youth, all to solve a problem that does not exist,” Tamya Cox-Toure, head of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Oklahoma chapter, said in a statement.
Where transgender athletes’ rights end and where girls’ rights begin has been a political hot potato since Biden took office, with more than a hundred bills preventing transgender females from competing in women’s sports being filed in state legislatures across the US. In Florida last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act into law, banning transgender women and girls from participating in sports that align with their gender identity.