by Arutz Sheva Staff
Coalition for Jewish Values slams Biden order forcing schools to allow biological males to use female restrooms, compete in women's sports.
The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 1500
traditional, Orthodox rabbis in matters of public policy, today
expressed grave concern regarding President Joe Biden’s executive order
that requires federally funded schools to allow biological male students
who identify as female to use women’s bathrooms and compete on women’s
sports teams.
Entitled “Preventing and Combating Discrimination
on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation,” the Executive
Order contends that “Children should be able to learn without worrying
about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker
room, or school sports.” The rabbinic group maintains that, to the
contrary, children — and girls in particular — will now worry that they
cannot privately and safely use their own bathrooms or locker rooms, and
will be expected to undress in the presence of biological members of
the opposite sex.
"It is a sad day indeed when the new
administration, which entered office with the promise to unite, has
commenced its activities by offending basic principles of privacy and
decency, by endorsing the use of women's changing rooms by biological
males who claim to be females,” said Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer, Chairman of
the CJV Rabbinic Circle. “This Executive Order threatens the safety of
all Americans, especially women and girls.”
The CJV stated that
"Biden's order also effectively eliminates women-only sports teams, a
key element of Title IX, the landmark federal law that guarantees equal
opportunity for women. Women-only teams were created precisely because
it is unreasonable — and unequal — to merely grant women access to men's
teams due to inherent biological differences. Women will now be denied
both leadership and scholarship opportunities," and the CJV criticized
the administration’s "attempt to discriminate against women while
denying the realities of human physiology."
“‘Science’ that
denies the reality that is in front of our eyes is not ‘science’ at all,
but an agenda-driven effort masquerading behind an illogical pretense,”
said Rabbi Ze’ev Smason, Midwestern Regional Vice President of the CJV.
“For millions of women and girls across the country, this regressive
legislation violates their basic right to equal access. Accommodating
the needs of a small minority should never infringe on the rights,
liberties and sensitivities of the vast majority.”
The CJV expressed its hope that President Biden would issue a new Executive Order rescinding this ill-advised change.
Arutz Sheva Staff
Source: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/295638
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