The UK’s equality watchdog issued a statement on Tuesday saying it’s “likely to be lawful” for sporting bodies to ban transgender athletes in order to ensure fairness and the safety of competitors. The intervention comes after The Telegraph reported that a middle-aged person who had transitioned from a man to a woman—and who was described by a…
UK Equality Watchdog Makes Statement After Adult Transgender Cricketer Played Against Teen Girls
Democrats Vote to Impose Transgender Supremacy on America
Commentary Every House Democrat voted for the so-called “Equality Act” (H.R. 5) on Feb. 25, 2021. Every Senate Democrat up for re-election cosponsored a version of the bill in the Senate (S. 393). You must hand it to Democrats: They are good at branding. But the truth is the so-called “Equality Act” should be called…
UK Equality Act Incentivizes ‘Ideological Uniformity’: Report
Britain’s Equality Act should be amended as it has been interpreted in ways that “incentivize ideological uniformity” rather than true diversity, a conservative think tank has argued. The Equality Act, which was enacted under a Labour government and came into effect in 2010, was intended to protect individuals from discrimination and promote a fairer and…
Equality Act Slams the Door on Religious Freedom
Commentary The Supreme Court’s recent decision, Fulton v. Philadelphia, is justifiably getting mixed reviews. Catholic Social Services sued the city of Philadelphia, through the Philadelphia Archdiocese, for canceling its 50-year contract with the Catholic social services agency because it refuses to certify same-sex couples as foster families for the purpose of foster care. The Supreme…
Tennessee Governor Signs Bill to Prohibit Gender-Confirming Treatment for Minors
Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday signed legislation that prohibits gender-confirming treatment for children that want to change their gender, the latest in a chain of new laws in the state that transgender advocates have argued are discriminatory. The move makes Tennessee just the second state to enact such a ban after Arkansas approved a similar…
Tennessee Governor Signs ‘Bathroom Bill’ Protecting Access to Biological Sex
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a law to protect access to gender-specific bathrooms on Friday, triggering many progressive groups to claim the law will discriminate against the LGBTQ community. The legislation, called The Tennessee Accommodations for All Children Act (pdf), mandates that a public school has to provide “a reasonable accommodation” to a person who…
How the Equality Act Ends Religious Freedom in America
Commentary It has been well established that the Equality Act would spell the end to the fundamental freedom of religion in America. Yet, the majority of faith leaders continue to ignore this and other growing tyrannies against freedom. Last year, when we were all told by an administration friendly to faith that they needed 15…
The Inequality Act
Commentary Our constitutional republic was founded on the proposition that all men are created equal. Supporters of the Orwellian-named Equality Act, which recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives and is now being considered by the Senate, claim that their bill protects this foundational American ideal. But, in reality, this legislation would deliver inequality for Americans, including…
Female Athletes Refused Chance to Testify to Senate Panel About Equality Act
Three present and former Connecticut high school biological female athletes were barred from testifying Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Equality Act that recently passed the House of Representatives. The Equality Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Christiana Holcomb, the Alliance Defending Freedom legal counsel for…
The Equality Act: The Next Step for the Cancel Culture?
Commentary There has always been tension between freedom and equality in the United States. History shows us that the American vision expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution to protect individual freedom and provide equal opportunity was not realized in the first decade of the Republic. Nor was it fully realized 70 years…
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