OPINION:
After women spent eons fighting for equal rights and, in turn, making stunning advances in various arenas, including sports, it’s remarkable that so many have willingly ceded their hard-earned privileges to liberal mantras and absolute nonsense.
The fact that there are so many people who continue to ignore and even defend biological boys and men competing in women’s sports isn’t just nonsensical. It’s dangerous, particularly when it comes to contact sports. And yet many people willfully look the other way.
To be abundantly clear: There’s no world in which biological men, who are, on average, physically stronger than women, should compete against females. At the least, it’s unfair, and at most it opens girls and women up to potential injury.
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But, for some reason, sparing feelings, ignoring facts and living in fear of what the angry mob will do if we speak up for logic, reality — and the safety of women — has too often tragically won out. In recent years, though, a tide has started to turn.
In fact, in many ways, transgender madness helped propel President Trump to victory in 2024, with the Democratic Party and its politicians so out of touch on the issue that the public revolted at the polls.
It’s unclear how much sway the issue will have in November’s midterm elections, especially considering economic issues. But the fact remains: The public has consistently — and strongly — spoken on the issue, and liberals are most certainly not on the winning side of American inclinations.
According to the Pew Research Center, “73% of Americans were uncomfortable with transgender athletes competing on sports teams that do not match their sex at birth.” And that’s not all. The vast majority — 66% — want a law or policy that would require trans athletes to play on teams that match their “sex at birth.”
Despite this national consensus on the issue, various states are still hashing out the details and making decisions for themselves. Colorado is taking center stage in that battle this November when voters will take to the polls to weigh in on two transgender referendums. Washington will also have a similar measure on the ballot.
In Colorado, one provision would ban transgender kids from playing in school sports, and the other would appropriately ban transgender surgeries for minors. Both are sure to draw significant attention because of the highly publicized nature of the issue.
First, Proposition 134 specifically addresses athletics, and it’s notable considering that Democrats in the state have repeatedly attempted to evade any measure that would ban men from women’s sports.
According to The Washington Times’ Valerie Richardson, Colorado actively allows biological men and boys to compete in the girls’ category if these individuals identify as female. Republicans and concerned parents have fervently pushed back, to no avail.
Now parents, families and concerned citizens will have a chance to take to the polls to challenge this dynamic entirely — as they should.
According to Ballotpedia, a “yes” vote on Proposition 134 would support “requiring student athletes to participate on men’s or women’s school and collegiate athletic teams that match their sex, defined as biological reproductive systems.”
Colorado Proposition 13, the second measure, also will offer voters a “yes” or “no” option, with a “yes” vote calling for a prohibition on healthcare professionals “performing or providing surgeries to persons under age 18 for the purpose of altering biological sex characteristics, defined as ‘treatment in response to a minor’s perception of sex or gender,’” according to Ballotpedia.
This is another area where the American public has spoken clearly. While we know doctors have provided puberty blockers, hormones — and even radical, life-changing surgeries to minors suffering from gender dysmorphia — the majority of adults seem horrified by this reality.
The Pew Research Center found last year that 56% of the public supports banning health care professionals from providing minors with “care related to gender transitions.” This, again, is a common-sense approach, especially considering some of the primary factors.
Young people do not have the life skills and mental maturity to make life-altering decisions that will forever affect their ability to have and care for children later in life. An emotional whim at the age of 13 shouldn’t be so fervently embraced, especially when profit seems to be a motivator.
Furthermore, proponents of so-called gender-affirming care will claim that parental consent is all that’s required. In reality, many parents dealing with these issues with their kids are shell-shocked and unsure of what to do.
Toss in a doctor manipulating them by saying their kids will kill themselves if that “care” isn’t given, and you have an emotionally manipulative situation that simply shouldn’t be driving any healthcare decisions.
Hopefully, Colorado voters will turn out at the polls and do the right thing by defending women’s sports and vulnerable young people. Otherwise, the madness will simply continue.
• Billy Hallowell is a digital TV host and interviewer for Faithwire and CBN News and the co-host of CBN’s “Quick Start Podcast.” Mr. Hallowell also is the author of four books.
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