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Supreme Court rules on transgender athletes in girls’ sports · The Daily Article

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Good morning and welcome to the Daily Article Podcast from Denison Forum.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's Wednesday, July 1st, 2026.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This is an automated reading of today's Daily Article authored by Dr. Jim Denison.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Today's article is titled Supreme Court Rules on Transgender Athletes in Girl Sports.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling Tuesday, rejecting President Trump's bid, to end birthright citizenship, and another upholding state restrictions on transgender athletes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The latter was good news to me since I am the grandfather of a school-age granddaughter.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, the court's ruling on transgender athletes does not end the controversy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The justice has determined that states can constitutionally ban biological boys from girl sports teams, not that they must.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, as with the Dobbs decision on abortion, the conflict returns to the states.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At present, 27 states limit school sports for women and girls to athletes whose biological sex is female.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In the remaining states, biological girls have no such protections.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As our nation nears its 250th birthday, this issue points to a factor that was foundational to our founding and remains vital to our future.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I was privileged recently to visit the National Archives in Washington, D.C., where I stood before the original declaration of independence.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Its writing was difficult to read in some places, and impossible in others due to the parchment's circuitous, and sometimes perilous journey to its present location.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As a result, I could make out John Hancock's iconic oversized signature, but many of the other names have faded over time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: By fixing their names to the declaration, they became enemies of the British government.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If captured, they could have been hanged for treason.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The founders knew the risks, which is why they concluded the document that birthed our nation with these words.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Quote, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor, and Quote.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The courage of George Washington and the many thousands who served in his continental army then made our freedom a reality.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In reflecting on their sacrifice, I realized that courage is a choice.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Colonial Americans could have chosen not to risk declaring independence from the mightiest superpower in the world, hoping that negotiations with the king would improve their circumstances.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Those in the army, beginning with their commander, could have chosen not to risk their
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Those who have served in our military over the generations following have faced a similar decision.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Even those who were drafted could have declared themselves to be conscientious objectors, chosen prison over battle, or even fled the country.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It is the same with those who serve in public office, beginning with our first president.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They chose to run, then chose to serve when elected.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Even those appointed to office chose to accept their appointment and chose every day to fulfill it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's hard to think of a courageous act that does not require a choice.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You could choose not to have the surgery, stand up to the boss, or share your faith.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Even when an intruder enters your home, you could hide rather than face them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Those of us who benefit from those who bravely founded America now have an obligation to emulate their choice.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If the nation they birthed is to flourish in the generations to come, you and I will need to serve its people in courageous ways.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This brings me to the news with which we began today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A recent Gallup poll reports that two-thirds of Americans consider sex between an unmarried man and woman to be moral.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The same numbers say same-sex marriages should be valid.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Normalization of LGBTQ behavior begins with children and their books.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Popsong lyrics since the 1960s have shifted from themes associated with care and loyalty toward language linked with harm, cheating, and rebellion.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This should not surprise us.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Music reflects and amplifies culture.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And our culture since the sexual revolution began has become increasingly lonely, anxious, and depressed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Our society needs nothing more desperately than it needs biblical truth on the moral issues of our day.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But our society increasingly rejects such truth and those who share it as homophobic and dangerous.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thus, courage is required to serve our nation by living biblically and redemptively.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Speaking the truth in love is the urgent call of the day.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: My purpose, however, is not to exhort us to be more courageous.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Rather, it is to invite us to walk with Jesus so fully that his courage becomes ours.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Peter denied knowing his Lord three times, then was filled with the Spirit, and preached the gospel boldly to the authorities before whom he had previously cowered.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Paul met the Lord on the road to Damascus, and immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: John met Christ on the prison island of Patmos, and then wrote the book of Revelation.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: When two disciples worshiped with the risen Lord, they rushed back to Jerusalem to tell others.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ronald Reagan observed,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For the sake of this country we love, will you ask Jesus to make you good today?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for listening to the Daily Article Podcast.
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