In times past, the Olympic games were the most elite athletic event in the world. Not so much today. For years, we have applauded our world-class female athletes. Remember Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mary Lou Retton, Katie Ledecky, Simone Biles... They’re legends of which movies are made of. Their resolution, achievements, and grit made us proud to be Americans, showcasing skill and discipline that took years of blood, sweat, tears and years to cultivate. Young girls looked up to them and were inspired to pursue their own dreams. But what if Jackie had been forced to race against men? Or Mary had been forced to compete against men? Or Katie had been forced to swim against men? Or Biles forced to compete against male gymnasts. What if, after all their years of training and imagining, their accolades had been taken away because they were forced to compete against men? For today’s Olympians, this could become a reality. Powerful institutions in our country and around the world have embraced radical ideology to the detriment of the privacy, safety, and fairness of our girls. Sadly, the media, schools, universities, and even our federal government, to include presidential candidate, Kamala Harris have bought into a lie, and they want the rest of us to live according to this prevaricate, too: that’s what makes us men or women is our own identity, not how God created us.
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