slickspics / Depositphotos.com
CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) – This Sunday is the Red Mass; a church service for those in the legal profession. Judges, lawyers, administrators, magistrates and law students are prayed over, asking that the Holy Spirit give them the gifts of wisdom, discernment, and understanding.
The day after, the first Monday of October, is the start of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term.
There are three cases that will define the LGBTQ community in the term ahead. Here’s an overview of them.
Childes vs Salazar is a case from Colorado that challenges that state’s ban on sex-reassignment surgery for minors. A doctor says the law violates freedom of speech because it limits what doctors can discuss with their patients.
Little vs Hecox challenges Idaho’s ban on biological males competing in female sports. 29 states have similar bans. This case will determine of all of those laws are constitutional or not.
West Virginia vs BPJ is also a trans-athletes case. It centers on whether Title 9 covers transgener athletes.
The trans community is likely to lose all three cases.
There is ample clinical evidence that offering gender-reassignment surgery to children is harmful. Children simply aren’t old enough to make such decisions, and de-transitioning is difficult or impossible. States have an interest in keeping children safe. State laws that ban sex change operations for minors will be upheld.
The two sports related cases are also losers for the LGBTQ community. Athletes who were born male have different bone mass, muscle structure and hormones. There are many cases where female athletes who’ve been forced to compete against bio-males suffered serious injuries. Even supporters of LGBTQ rights will concede that male versus female competitions are unfair to biological females.
2026 will likely be the year that the overreach of the LGBTQ agenda will be rolled back. If you’re an adult male who wants to pretend to be a woman, or visa versa, that’s your right… although the rest of us don’t have to play along. But transitioning children and invading women’s sports is illogical. Most of us agree that there are limits.
I predict the Supreme Court will agree.
Chris Conley
Comments