Riley Gaines, West Virginia AG Team Up To Take 'Protect Women's Sports' To US Supreme Court
Last week, a U.S. Circuit of Appeals court reversed a ruling that kept a teenage transgender girl (biological male) from competing in girls' sports in West Virginia. In response, five girls refused to compete in a track & field meet against that athlete.
OutKick obtained an exclusive video of their protest.
West Virginia middle school girls refuse to compete against transgender opponent
On Wednesday, Riley Gaines, host of the OutKick podcast "Gaines for Girls," joined West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey as he signed "The Stand With Women Commitment." During the press conference, Morrisey announced that he's taking the case to the United States Supreme Court.
"We must protect our young women," Morrisey told reporters. "Opportunities for women and girls [are] precious. And we have to take advantage of every one of them. And every time a biological male competes, he takes away an opportunity from a biological girl."
Riley Gaines and West Virginia Attorney General, Patrick Morrisey, plan to take a recent ruling on transgenders in women's sports to the United States Supreme Court.
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Morrisey and Gaines then joined "America Reports" on Fox News Channel and spoke with host Sandra Smith about their efforts and about the young women in West Virginia who risked their status on their team to protest the unfairness of being forced to compete against a biological male.
"I could not be more proud of these girls," Gaines said. "They're in middle school, yet they're the ones who are forced to be the adults in the room to advocate for their own rights to equal opportunity, safety and privacy."
"I want everyone in West Virginia and across the country to know that there are people standing up, and they're going to fight for the rights of those young women," Morrisey added. "What we saw last week with those five young girls stepping up, I think that should be replicated across the country."
Riley Gaines and West Virginia Attorney General, Patrick Morrisey (pictured), plan to take a recent ruling on transgenders in women's sports to the United States Supreme Court.
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Morrisey went on to explain exactly why he is taking this case to the Supreme Court and why winning this case is about more than just fairness in women's sports competition.
"We have to win not only to protect women's sports, but to protect women's privacy, to protect safe spaces, to have just a sense of basic fairness and decency," he told Fox News. "There are significant differences between men and women, and it's right for legislatures to separate sports and other functions on the basis of biology."
Riley Gaines receives a lot of criticism and negative press from the left-wing activists for her pro-woman advocacy, but she said that doesn't matter because her faith drives her to keep going.
"I believe truth and sanity will always prevail from a worldly sense," Gaines said. "More importantly, from an eternal sense, because the Bible tells us the outcome. Being a Christian, that's all the reassurance that I need. It's what keeps me grounded. It's what keeps a smile on my face and allows me to have an incredibly light heart."
She then added that a lack of strong leaders is a major contributor to biological men invading women's sports and spaces.
"We need more courage to be shown," Gaines said. "We're governed by weak-kneed, spineless, morally-bankrupt cowards across academia, across corporate America, and, of course, within our government. We need more leaders."
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