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Ruling represents apocalyptic loss for LGBT activists

The Supreme Court in the United Kingdom, which has been at the heart of a lot of left-leaning precedents for citizens there, stunningly has decided that men who say they are female are not "women."

The Telegraph called it a "landmark" ruling and quoted "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling, who has been badgered and bludgeoned by those in the transgender agenda for her criticism of the movement, saying it would protect "the rights of women and girls across the U.K."

It's an apocalyptic loss for the LGBT activists, especially those pushing the transgender agenda, as Joe Biden did for four years while he was president in the United States.

The court ruling, a unanimous decision, said "woman" and "sex" in the 2010 Equality Act referred to biological sex, not a belief expressed by a male that he is suddenly female. In fact, following the science, changing gender does not happen, as being male or female is embedded in the human body down to the DNA level.

The ruling comes in a years-long legal war between campaign group For Women Scotland and the Scottish government over the definition of a woman.
The ruling said, "The unanimous decision of this court is that the definition of the terms woman and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex."

Further, that ruling adopted what President Donald Trump recently, by executive order, concluded about sex in America: It is binary.

He, in fact, said the American government recognizes two genders, male and female.

The UK court's 88-page decision said the "concept of sex is binary" under the Equality Act 2010.

The report noted "Labour Women's Declaration, a gender-critical group, called on Sir Keir Starmer to take concrete action to ensure the judgment is fully reflected in all public sector guidance."

The group said, "The government now needs to instruct all government departments to bring their policies, training and guidance into line with the judgment. The 'clarity and confidence' the ruling brings must also be applied to all positive action initiatives and associations for women within the Labour Party, such as women's branches and committees."

Mermaids, promoters of the transgender lifestyle, claimed the ruling could have "harmful implications."

"We are deeply concerned at the widespread, harmful implications of today's Supreme Court ruling. As LGBT+ organizations across the country, we stand in solidarity with trans, intersex and non-binary folk as we navigate from here…"

Amnesty International claimed, "The ruling does not change the protection trans people are afforded under the protected characteristic of 'gender reassignment,' as well as other provisions under the Equality Act."

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins pointed out, "Supreme Court rules that a woman is legally defined as … a woman. … Yes, the science was settled in the Precambrian [era]. Nice that the law has finally caught up."

The Scottish Parliament created the disaster in 2018 by adopting quotas for transgenders on public sector boards.

Rowling said, "It took three extraordinary, tenacious Scottish women with an army behind them to get this case heard by the Supreme Court and, in winning, they've protected the rights of women and girls across the U.K.. For Women Scotland, I'm so proud to know you."

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said, "Women are women. We didn't need a court to tell us that. But here we are. It took a Supreme Court decision to confirm what we all know: that a piece of paper cannot make a man a woman. For too long the price has been paid by individual women taking action to uphold the law, at great personal cost."

John Swinney, first minister for the Scottish government, said, "The Scottish Government accepts today's Supreme Court judgement. The ruling gives clarity between two relevant pieces of legislation passed at Westminster. We will now engage on the implications of the ruling. Protecting the rights of all will underpin our actions."

The decision even was applauded by organizations for lesbians, who long have sought to exclude males who say they are female.

A statement from Reem Alsalem, the United Nations "special rapporteur" on violence against women and girls, praised the decision.
"It represents the triumph of reason and facts based deliberations and the return of common sense. Congratulations to For Women Scotland and all their allies that have supported them in their quest to uphold the rights of women to equality and non-discrimination. The ruling is a recognition that the erasure of the ordinary meaning of sex in law and in policies has rendered it impossible to upholding the protection [of] women, including lesbians on the basis of the characteristic of sex. Beyond the U.K., I hope other jurisdictions are paying attention to this groundbreaking ruling."