Within hours of President Joe Biden’s inauguration yesterday, he signed an executive order advancing the transgender agenda. Expanding on last summer’s Bostock decision, which redefined “sex” to include sexual orientation and gender identity under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, this order requires all federal agencies to accept this definition of sex in their policies against sex discrimination. When the Supreme Court ruled on Bostock, the majority held that “bathrooms, locker rooms or anything else of that kind” were questions for another day. Yesterday’s executive order makes these questions a pressing concern for today.
The order specifically states that Bostock’s definition of sex should be applied to Title IX as well as the Fair Housing Act. This would mean that federal policy will require male athletes who identify as female to be allowed to compete on girls’ sports teams, and that women’s shelters would not be allowed to deny housing to biological men who identify as women. The Biden administration has set a course to deny athletic opportunities to our nation’s girls, as well as disregard the safety and privacy of women.
Additionally, the order raises concerns over the implications for religious freedom and the possibility that faith-based organizations that contract with the government will face the choice of violating their beliefs or losing their contracts.
In one of his first acts in office, shortly after calling for national unity and healing, President Biden has compromised the safety and privacy of women and threatened the conscience rights of faith-based organizations. As Ryan T. Anderson put it, “Actions speak louder than words. And on his very first day in office, Biden signed a radically divisive executive order mandating the transgender agenda.”
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