CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 17, 2025
SOMETIMES SANITY COMES IN THE LEAST LIKELY PLACE.
THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS RULED THAT MEN WHO THINK THEY ARE WIOMEN – IN OTHER WORDS TRANSGENDERS – ARE NOT LEGALLY WOMEN. WHO KNEW?
THE JUDGES SAID THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF A WOMAN IS BASED ON BIOLOGICAL SEX.
THE DECISION CAME AFTER A CAMPAIGN BY WOMEN’S RIGHTS ADVOCATES. IT’S AN ARGUMENT MADE HERE BY THOSE WHO WANT TO PROTECT WOMEN’S SPORTS.
THE RULING WASN’T WASN’T PERFECT. THE JUDGES SAID WOMEN WHO REMAIN SEXUALLY-ORIENTED TO OTHER FEMALES WOULD BECOME A SAME-SEX ATTRACTED FEMALE, IN OTHER WORDS A “LESBIAN” AND WOULD LEAD TO AN INEVITABLE LOSS OF AUTONOMY AND DIGNITY FOR LESBIANS AS WELL AS IMPACTING LESBIAN CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS IF WOMAN WAS NOT PROPERLY DEFINED.
AT LEAST WE HAVE A COURT IN THE UK THAT KNOWS THE DEFINITION OF A WOMAN. RECALL WHAT NOW JUSTICE KANTANJI BROWN JACKSON SAID DURING HER CONFIRMATION HEARING BEFORE THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. WHEN ASKED TO DEFINE “WOMAN” HER ANSWER WAS “I’M NOT A BIOLOGIST.”
MAYBE SHE AND OTHER DEMOCRATS CAN GET HELP BY READING THE DECISION BY THE UK SUPREME COURT. THEY APPEAR IN NEED OF HELP. I’M CAL THOMAS.