Madison Reporter

Catholic Vote President Brian Burch said recent rulings by state supreme courts on cases of “transgender controversies” are showing “a level of insanity rarely seen before” in decisions affecting public policy. 

"There is a level of insanity rarely seen before in today's public policy decisions and in the courts,” Burch told Madison Reporter. “The idea that biological boys pretending to be girls should be allowed to compete in girls sports is one example. Another is the idea that a minor has the capacity to consent to life-altering life-damaging 'transgender' surgery promoted by far-left ideologues."

Just the News (JTN) reported on two separate cases where the transgender controversy has made its way into the courts. In one case, a federal appeals court ruled that the West Virginia trangender ban violated Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in schools. In the other case, an Ohio judge blocked a state ban on gender treatments for minors.

In the West Virginia case, the court ruled "that a West Virginia law that banned boys who identify as girls from playing on girls' sports teams discriminated against a teenage athlete." The student in question was a 13-year-old who identified as a girl since elementary school and had been taking puberty-blocking medications. According to Just the News, "the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of Pepper Jackson after GOP Gov. Jim Justice signed the transgender ban into law in 2021."

JTN also reports that this week saw the U.S. Supreme Court allowing "Idaho to enforce a similar ban while a challenge proceeds through the lower courts. Including Ohio, 23 states have enacted bans on myriad gender-related treatments for minors, according to the pro-LGBT Movement Advancement Project. Arizona has only banned surgeries."

Madison, Wisconsin-based Catholic Vote is an advocacy organization that wants to “inspire every Catholic in America to live out the truths of our faith in public life,” according to the group’s website. Founded in 2008, its president is Brian Burch.