Jack Crowe of National Review reports the attorneys who represent three Connecticut female high school track athletes seeking to prevent biological males from competing in women’s sports want the judge hearing the case to recuse himself.
The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed suit earlier in the year against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) on behalf of three female runners: Chelsea Mitchell, Alana Smith, and Selina Soule. The ADF is challenging a CIAC policy that allows students to compete in the division that matches their “gender identity.”
The Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest supporting the girls’ position. Attorney General William Barr said in a statement:
“In our pluralistic society, we generally try to accommodate how individuals desire to live their lives up to the point where those desires impinge on the other people’s rights … Allowing biological males to compete in all-female sports deprives women of the opportunity to participate fully and fairly in sports and is fundamentally unfair to female athletes.”
Soule told the Wall Street Journal, the idea that biological males competing as females “can do half the amount of work” and girls “have no chance of winning” is frustrating and heartbreaking.”
Connecticut and 16 other states allow students to compete in the division of their choice without restriction.
Watch the video as Matt Walsh explains what this case is really about. See what Walsh thinks of the judge’s ruling.
