Sept. 4, 2020

You made a difference (again)! During June's #SaveGirlsSports
Week, you took action and asked President Trump and Department of
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to reject the Left's demands to
allow biological boys to compete in girls' sports.
 Thousands of you wrote to President Trump and Secretary DeVos
with appreciation for their strong stand up to that point and a call
to continue leading to ensure women's sports were not destroyed
on the mantel of political correctness. 

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At that time, we were encouraged by the Department of
Education's May 15 decision that said a Connecticut policy
allowing biological males to play in female sports violated Title IX
- the federal law that made women's sports possible at the
level we enjoy today.  However, we knew in June that the Trump
Administration was under intense pressure to walk back its stand for
female athletes in light of the Supreme Court's Bostock decision
which redefined "sex" to include "gender
identity" and "sexual orientation" for purposes of
employment law (Title VII). 

On June 26 Family Policy Alliance sent a coalition letter to President
Trump and Secretary DeVos on behalf of 46 pro-family organizations and
ministries which echoed the call to action that so many of you
responded to on the very same day.

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We were very heartened this week to receive a reply from the
Department of Education to our letter.  A direct response from an
Administrative agency is rare - but a substantive, definitive
letter of support from a department is nearly unheard of.  That
is why we were so encouraged by the Department's letter and
wanted to share it with you.  Allow me to provide a few
highlights:

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* It unequivocally states the Department's "commitment
to ensuring Title IX is vigorously enforced at every level of
education".
* It provides the legal justification for why the Bostock decision
does not control the Department's interpretation of Title
IX or its regulations.
* It affirms the Department's view that "single-sex
teams [are] based only on biological sex at birth - male
or female - as opposed to a person's gender
identity."

Once again, let me say that YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE.  When
pro-family Americans come together and make their voices heard, great
things happen.  This is what biblical citizenship is all about!

Thank you for standing with us to defend God's design for
family, the inherent worth of every life - male and female, and
our most prized freedom of religion.

For freedom and fairness,
Amanda Banks
Director, External Relations

P.S. The fight to #SaveGirlsSports continues!  We must protect
the integrity of Title IX at the federal level as well as fairness in
sports at the state level.  If you haven't done so already,
please take a moment to sign our petition to #SaveGirlsSports by
enacting laws in every state in the nation to protect female athletics
by ensuring that only biological girls can compete in girls'
sports.

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