In their latest Memo for the Movement the conservative leaders of the Conservative Action Project called upon all conservatives to vehemently oppose the Biden administration’s
radical attempt to rewrite Title IX. Whether it’s the deluded insistence that men can get pregnant, the intentional effort to replace mothers with the phrase “pregnant people,” or the inability to even define a woman, the Biden administration’s Title IX proposal is merely the latest illustration of the left’s woke war on women–a war that through both policy proposals and institutional capture seeks to erase women from civil society.
The full text of the Memo and list of signers follows:
August 1, 2022
Washington, DC
On June 23, 2022, on the 50th anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Department of Education released a proposed rule that guts Title IX’s protections for women and girls, and redefines “sex” to include “sex stereotypes, sex-related characteristics, sexual orientation, and gender identity.”
Title IX–the pinnacle achievement in educational equality for women–was passed in recognition of the inherent distinction between men and women, one born from immutable biological traits, and prohibits discrimination based on sex in any educational program or activity that receives federal financial assistance, from Kindergarten through college.
But the Department of Education’s proposed rule aims to destroy the very purpose of Title IX with definitions and applications that will:
Allow biological males who identify as women to access women’s bathrooms, locker rooms, dorms, athletic facilities, and other sex-segregated venues at any federally funded educational institution, thereby creating a high-risk environment that violates women’s basic privacy;
Allow biological males to compete in women’s sports at any federally funded educational institution, thereby limiting women’s opportunities for scholarships, playing time, and participation by ignoring the distinct competitive advantages males possess over females;
Allow federally funded educational institutions to weaponize woke ideology and undermine free speech through a broadened definition of sexual harassment that includes the vague and subjective concept of “unwelcome sex-based conduct,” thereby muzzling students and teachers and creating a heckler’s veto of the highest order;
Allow federally funded educational institutions to deprive those accused of sexual assault or harassment of due process protections by requiring the adjudication of claims by a single investigator, thereby gutting the 2020 Title IX rule establishing those protections, including the introduction of evidence, representation by counsel, and cross-examination of witnesses, in order to protect both accused and accuser; and
Remove protections for federally funded religious educational institutions that adhere to a traditional belief on sexuality, gender, and marriage by eliminating previous clarifications on Title IX’s religious exemption that were issued as recently as 2020.
Conservatives vehemently oppose the Biden administration’s radical attempt to rewrite Title IX. Whether it’s the deluded insistence that men can get pregnant, the intentional effort to replace mothers with the phrase “pregnant people,” or the inability to even define a woman, the Biden administration’s Title IX proposal is merely the latest illustration of the left’s woke war on women–a war that through both policy proposals and institutional capture seeks to erase women from civil society.
With its new Title IX rule, the Biden administration is pursuing a radical agenda and proposing a change to our laws and to our educational system that will do irreversible and long-lasting harm to women, girls, the wrongly accused, our faith institutions, and freedom of speech. With such a transformative proposal under consideration, it’s imperative that citizens take action to defeat it.
Under federal law, the Department of Education is required to take written comments from the public into consideration when promulgating a new rule of any kind. The public comment period on its new Title IX rule closes on Sept. 12.
We encourage concerned citizens, parents, and students to submit public comments in opposition to the administration’s radical Title IX rewrite and urge lawmakers to utilize every tool and legislative option available to rescind this regulation upon implementation.
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.
The Honorable Matt Schlapp
Chairman
American Conservative Union (ACU)
L. Brent Bozell III
Founder and President
Media Research Center
Penny Y. Nance
President & CEO
Concerned Women for America
David N. Bossie
President
Citizens United
Chad Connelly
Founder and President
Faith Wins
The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell
President
The Leadership Institute
Star Parker
Founder & President
Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE)
Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.
President and CEO
First Liberty Institute
Melvin Adams
President
Noah Webster Educational Foundation
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project and President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute
Lori Roman
President
ACRU Action Fund
David Bozell
President
ForAmerica
The Honorable Tony Perkins
President
Family Research Council
Myron Ebell
Director, Center for Energy and Environment, Competitive Enterprise Institute
William L. Walton
The Bill Walton Show
Resolute Protector Foundation
The Honorable Brooke Rollins
President and CEO
America First Policy Institute (AFPI)
Alan Sears
Founder
Alliance Defending Freedom
Kristen A. Ullman
President
Eagle Forum
Ralph Benko
Chairman
The Capitalist League
Guillermo J. Aragon
Chief Strategy Officer
Martin Capital
Lourdes Cosio
Campaign for the American Future
Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain, National Federation of Republican Assemblies
Karen England
President
Capitol Resource Institute
Kevin Freeman
Founder
NSIC Institute
Charles J. Cooper
Assistant Attorney General, President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
Saulius "Saul" Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
Grace-Marie Turner
President
Galen Institute
The Honorable Stephen Stockman
Former Member, Texas
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
Brigitte Gabriel
Founder and Chairman
ACT For America
Mat Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
Gary Marx
President
The Concord Fund
Seton Motley
President
Less Government
Randy M. Long
Founder
Long Business Advisors, LLC
C. Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
Mark Fitzgibbons
President of Corporate Affairs
American Target Advertising
Dr. Chris Hughes
Founder & Chairman
Citizens for America Foundation
Robert Chambers
Executive Vice President
AFA Action
Floyd Brown
Founder
The Western Journal
Jay Mount
President
MDS Communications Corporation
The Honorable Jason Rapert
Founder & President, National Association of Christian Lawmakers
Marcia G. Taylor
CEO
Bennett Family of Companies
Paul Gessing
President
Rio Grande Foundation
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
Trent England
Executive Director
Save Our States
The Honorable Mike Hill
Former Member
Florida State Representative
Anne Schlafly Cori
Chairman
Eagle Forum
Jack Park
Conservative Activist and Donor
Jeremy Cerone
Member
Council for National Policy
Gerard Kassar
State Chairman
NYS Conservative Party
Marty Dannenfelser
Vice President for Government Relations and Coalitions, Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE)
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
Terry Schilling
President
American Principles Project
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute
Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)
Wesley Denton
Chief Operating Officer
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Senior Legal Fellow
Conservative Partnership Institute
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)
Thomas E. McClusky
Principal
Greenlight Strategies, LLC
Kevin Roberts, Ph.D.
President
The Heritage Foundation
The Honorable Paul S. Teller, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Advancing American Freedom
The Honorable James S. Gilmore III
68th Governor of Virginia (1998-2002)
The Honorable Scott Walker
President
Young America’s Foundation
Michelle Easton
President, Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women
Rod D. Martin
Founder & CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Christina Murphy Lusk
President
The Martin Foundation
Sherri R. Martin
Executive Vice President
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Ron Pearson
Executive Director
Conservative Victory Fund
Tim Macy
Chairman
Gun Owners of America
Carey Woodruff
Executive Vice President, Foundation for American Christian Education
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
Kelly M. Kullberg
Senior Advisor, American Association of Evangelicals (AAE)
James L. Martin
Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association
The Honorable Diana Denman
Presidential Appointee
President Ronald Reagan
Joseph A. Morris
Partner, Morris & De La Rosa
Former Counsel to Chairman, U.S. E.E.O.C. (President Reagan)
The Honorable Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
Conservative Caucus
Sheryl Kaufman
Board Member
Americans for Limited Government
Tom DeWeese
President
American Policy Center
Mario Navarro da Costa
Director, Washington Bureau
Tradition, Family, Property
Richard D. Hayes
Partner
Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP
Richard Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government
Dr. Steve Pettit
President
Bob Jones University
Randy Page
Chief of Staff
Bob Jones University
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
The Honorable James C. Miller III
Budget Director for President Reagan (1985-1988)
Richard Rounsavelle
Trustee
MRC
Joan Holt Lindsey
President
Lindsey Communications
Dr. Virginia Armstrong
National Law & Worldview Chairman
Eagle Forum
Susan Carleson Currer
Chairman
American Constitutional Rights Union
Allen J. Hebert
Chairman
American-Chinese Fellowship
G. Eric Georgatos
Executive Producer
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The Honorable Jake Hoffman
Representative
Arizona House of Representatives
Sean Noble
President
American Encore
Dr. Allen Unruh
Founder
National Abstinence Clearinghouse
Amb. Henry F. Cooper
President Reagan's Chief Defense and Space Arms Negotiator
Former SDI Director
Michael Lunsford
Executive Director
Citizens for a New Louisiana
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