This week, Townhall covered how the Biden administration rewrote Title IX, the federal civil rights legislation that took effect in 1972 to prohibit sex discrimination in federally funded schools, in an effort to push the LGBTQ+ agenda on Americans.
Going forward, the basis of “sex” now encompasses the concept of “gender identity.” This means that if a man says he “identifies” as a woman, he is entitled to partake in women’s activities, use women’s spaces, and others have to use his preferred pronouns and chosen name.
Predictably, Biden’s rewrite of Title IX angered many Americans, as they pointed out that this is the left’s latest attempt to erase women. Several states vowed not to comply with the new regulations.
This week, news broke that several states, organizations, athletes, parents, and college students filed a lawsuit against Biden’s rewrite of Title IX.
The lawsuit was filed by Parents Defending Education, Independent Women’s Forum (IWF), Speech First, and the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina.
According to Parents Defending Education (PDE), the lawsuit points out that the updated Title IX law, would provide males access to girls’ locker rooms and bathrooms and require speech codes that indoctrinate young students with gender ideology. In addition, the new regulations also end “basic due process rights owed every student by limiting individuals accused of sexual harassment from defending themselves.”
“The role of Cabinet agencies is to interpret laws as written by Congress – not to redefine the meaning of words to suit a fringe group of activists. The final rule lays bare the Biden Administration’s contempt for families, trumping state laws which reiterate parents’ right to access information and make decisions about issues related to their children’s gender identity in schools. By lowering the standard of ‘harassment’ to little more than a one-off expression of humor, satire, or parody, the free speech rights of every young learner in America has become subordinate to how the most sensitive student might interpret a phrase. This Title IX rule is both unconstitutional and immoral, and we look forward to vindicating our members’ rights in court,” Nicki Neily, president of PDE, said.
🚨BREAKING: @DefendingEd, @IWF, @Speech_First, and the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina just filed a landmark lawsuit against the Biden Administration over their illegal Title IX rewrite.
— Nicki Neily (@nickineily) April 29, 2024
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When the new rules came out, Miguel Cardona, Biden’s education secretary, claimed that the new rules built upon the legacy of Title IX.
“This final regulation strengthens and restores vital protections against sex discrimination, including sexual harassment. It also protects students against discrimination based on pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation and gender identity,” he said a video posted to X.
For over 50 years title IX has opened doors for girls and women.
— Secretary Miguel Cardona (@SecCardona) April 19, 2024
The final regulations we released today strengthen vital protections against sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, discrimination based on pregnancy, and related conditions.https://t.co/Xf70v3axOp pic.twitter.com/TnRUz2mG0K
