Today’s (30 June, 2026) ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States deserves a note. One might want to say that it deserves applause, but should one applaud something that is, while important and appreciated, also a simple statement of fact? We do not reward students for commenting that water is wet, the sun warm, and birds fly. Be that as it may, after a season of exercises in antinatural illogic, we applaud the Supreme Court’s logic like a breeze in our sails to carry us out from the doldrums. It is this: the Court ruled that men are not women and may not weasel their way into women’s sports, whatever gender pretenses they purport. Justice Thomas simply stated: Men and boys with gender dysphoria are not women or girls, even if they believe that they are. Sex is an immutable “biological” characteristic…; it is binary; and “man” and “woman”, “boy” and “girl”, are the terms that correspond to adults and children of each sex ( West V...
Rev. Dr. Rollin Grams
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