A federal court in Kansas has issued a temporary injunction against the Biden Administration’s proposed changes to Title IX regulations.
The court’s injunction came after the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) and Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Moms for Liberty, Young America’s Foundation, and several states, including Kansas, Wyoming, Utah, and Alaska.
The plaintiffs, comprised of parents and students from K-12 schools and colleges, contested the Department of Education’s new interpretation of “sex” under Title IX, which now includes gender identity and sex stereotypes.
This broader definition has sparked concerns among students and parents who argue it infringes on First Amendment rights by penalizing those who do not adhere to the new delusional gender identity ideology or coercive use of preferred pronouns.
“The court’s ruling today stopping Biden’s Title IX changes from going into effect is a huge win for individual liberty, equality, and parental rights,” said Kimberly Hermann, Executive Director of SLF.
The decision leaves it to the Biden administration “to determine whether patchwork enforcement of the [Title IX] rule is feasible and worth the risk,” Kansas judge John Broomes said in his ruling.
The injunction prevents the enforcement of the new rule in Kansas, Alaska, Utah, and Wyoming, as well as schools attended by members of Young America’s Foundation and every school with children of Moms for Liberty members.
Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich, co-founders of Moms for Liberty, expressed their support for the ruling, stating, “Gender ideology does not belong in public schools and we are glad the courts made the correct call to support parental rights.”
They added, “We will always stand up for the rights of parents and the protection of children. All parents must have their voices heard and their right to raise their own children is part of the very fabric of a free America. The federal government has no right to claim our children as their own or to push parents out of the classroom.”
The Title IX rule is set to take effect by August 1 in locations without an injunction blocking it.
Governor Scott Walker, President of Young America’s Foundation, highlighted the ruling’s significance for gender-specific rights and biological truth.
“This is a victory for women everywhere whose voices will no longer be silenced by the Biden Administration’s illegal rewrite of Title IX. We will continue to stand for our students’ rights to proclaim biological truth and will cede no ground to the left’s lies. Soon, students can return to campus secure in the knowledge that they cannot be punished for what they believe,” Walker said.
Last month, two other judges issued orders temporarily blocking the rule from taking effect in Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The Education Department has appealed both rulings against its Title IX revision and asked trial courts to allow portions of the rule that haven’t been the subject of legal challenges, such as streamlining investigative procedures, to take effect on August 1 as scheduled. Courts have yet to rule on that request.
Parents who do not want their children indoctrinated with Gender Ideology in school and want to protect their parental rights to raise their children with their family and religious values may join Moms for Liberty by texting LIBERTY to 53445.
