(From Eighth District Congressman Jason Smith)On issue after issue, it seems more and more like it’s not just right versus left or conservative versus liberal; it’s common sense versus crazy. Debates are playing out between supporting law enforcement versus defunding the police or securing our borders versus allowing drugs and criminals to freely cross our border.
Maybe no issue highlights the crazy we are fighting against better than whether to protect women’s sports or to allow men who claim to be women to play in women’s sports. And Missouri is leading the way on pushing back against this crazy.
I was so proud to see Sophie Cunningham — a Columbia, Missouri basketball star from Rock Bridge High School who attended Mizzou and now plays in the WNBA for the Indiana Fever — becoming the most prominent female athlete to speak out in defense of keeping women’s sports protected for biological women. She’s been relentlessly questioned by the media and even fellow WNBA players and coaches for speaking out, but she refuses to back down. “I said what I said,” she told reporters after being pressed about her views, “and I’ll always believe in that.” That’s the kind of common sense that comes from Missouri.
What’s as remarkable as Sophie speaking out is the fact that there aren’t more female athletes willing to publicly state that same opinion. Sophie has been left to defend her position alone, and no other WNBA player has come to her defense. Worse still, the WNBA appears unable to say that biological men shouldn’t be able to play in their league. How is this possible?!?
While the issue of protecting women’s sports has received renewed attention after Sophie began speaking out, this isn’t a new fight for me. I’ve coauthored the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act multiple times, and I’ve helped lead the fight to get it through the House of Representatives in both this Congress and the previous Congress. Senate Democrats have been siding with their base’s extreme agenda over protecting the rights of women and girls who just want a fair shot at competing in the sports they love, and they have blocked the bill from moving forward both times.
Title IX opened doors for millions of girls across this country, including right here in Missouri, and I’m not going to sit back and watch that progress get thrown to the side to appease a nonsensical political movement. I’m proud that at the state level, Missouri has led the way by ensuring only biological women can compete in women’s sports.
Sophie Cunningham earned her place in Mizzou history by beating the best competition women’s basketball had to offer, and now she’s using her platform to stand up for the girls coming up behind her. Every girl picking up a basketball, a bat, or running track in Missouri or any other state deserves that same fair shot Sophie had. That’s what this fight has always been about, and it’s why I’ll keep pushing for this commonsense legislation until it’s signed into law.
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Yes, you would think it would be "Common Sense", yet a good majority of Liberal Leftist Democrats, don't think that away! They believe it is fine to Force Girls to share Locker Rooms and Restrooms with Boys and then compete against them in Sports. Or - Force Middle School Children to go to Drag Queen Shows - Right here in Missouri.
This was allowed by the Administration and Teachers - Right here in Missouri. Is that what you want your Children Exposed too, by people that lack Values, Morales, and Character - By Forcing your Children to believe this is Normal!
This is all part of the Indoctrination of our Children by the Woke, DEI, CRT, Pronoun Shaming Leftist Liberal Democrats. Who still don't understand that there are only 2-Sexes - How Stupid are they? So, if we need Legislation and Laws on the Books - We need Permanent Bans on this in Missouri. Then so be it to STOP them from using their Political Stances to Force our Children into doing things that are not Natural!
Roughly 21 to 23 states do not have statewide bans or legislation restricting transgender youth sports, meaning athletes who are assigned male at birth can often participate on girls' teams depending on local school district or state athletic association policies.
States Without Statewide Bans or States without restrictive statutory or state-level athletic association bans on transgender or cross-sex participation in school sports include:
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada (managed by local/association policy rather than state ban) New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Washington, D.C. (Note: Other states like Alaska, Virginia, and Wisconsin do not have explicit legislative statutes banning participation, but their state high school athletic associations enforce independent restrictive rules.) The Majority of these are Democratic Liberal States - who won't fix their Crime Rates - or anything else.
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