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Conservatives rallied around Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday as he wrote about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld state laws barring biological men from women’s sports.
Thomas followed the high court’s ruling to uphold state laws preventing transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports with a concurring opinion, saying, “Men and boys with gender dysphoria are not women or girls, even if they believe that they are. Sex is an immutable ‘biological’ characteristic, see ante, at 10; it is binary; and ‘man’ and ‘woman,’ ‘boy’ and ‘girl,’ are the terms that correspond to adults and children of each sex.”
He added, “To use language to obscure reality to show ‘indifference regarding the truth’— is to lie to the public and cease to treat our fellow citizens ‘as equal[s].’”
This concurrence was touted by numerous conservative public figures as they celebrated the ruling.
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Texas Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne wrote, “Truth, fact, and common sense from Justice Thomas in ruling that “men and boys with gender dysphoria ARE NOT WOMEN OR GIRLS”. Amen, sir!!”
“Right into my veins!” Evolutionary biologist Colin Wright joked.
Conservative influencer Allie Beth Stuckey touted the ruling as “a win for reality.”
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“This is fire,” Texas state Rep. Jeff Leach wrote with a flame emoji, going on to suggest, “Put it in the louvre.”
Breitbart News reporter Elizabeth Weibel praised Thomas’ words as a “TRUTH BOMB.”
The opponents of the ruling slammed the court’s decision.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which represented trans athletes in West Virginia and Idaho, expressed “heartbreak” over the justices’ decision.
“This is a heartbreaking ruling for our clients and transgender girls like them who’ve asked for nothing more than the same opportunities afforded to their peers,” ACLU senior counsel Joshua Block said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.
“The reality is that the equality of transgender women and girls takes nothing away from, and in fact promotes, the equality of all women and girls. We will continue to advance the fundamental principle that all young people deserve equal opportunity to thrive and succeed.”
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Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.
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