In 2015, the Supreme Court overlooked its prior decision and by a 5-4 vote declared the 14th Amendment requires every state to grant same-sex marriages identical recognition to those of opposite sex couples. At the time, I asked, if the court believed two people of the same sex could marry each other, would the same amendment allow for any or all other relationships according to how people viewed themselves? Are there no limits and if there are, according to what standard?
A relationship that has existed since biblical times (“A man shall leave his mother and father and hold fast to his wife — Genesis 2:24 and quoted in Ephesians 5:31) was challenged on Tuesday before the Supreme Court. In the matter of biological men in biological women’s sports, the court considered whether states can ban transgender athletes from taking part in girls’ and women’s school and college sports.
This is such a violation of history, theology — God made us male and female — and common sense that the fact the argument has made it to the highest court is more proof that either standards no longer exist, or they are shifting like a weathervane in high winds.
Should the court allow biological men in women’s sports, biological men will be able to shower with biological women, use women’s restrooms and violate other spaces meant to protect women and girls.
One justice who should have recused herself is Ketanji Brown Jackson. During her confirmation hearing, Jackson refused to define “woman.”