Bethany Hamilton's Stand
Breakpoint
Colson Center
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🗓️ 20 February 2023
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This month, the World Surf League announced it will allow transgender-identifying men to compete in its women's surfing competitions.
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| 0:00.0 | With a woman at look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with a point. |
| 0:04.8 | This month, the world's surf league announced it will allow transgender identifying men to |
| 0:09.0 | compete in its women's surfing competitions. |
| 0:11.3 | The new policy made an even bigger splash when sole surfer Bethany Hamilton announced she'd |
| 0:16.0 | no longer compete because of the policy, like any athletic association that caves to radical |
| 0:20.6 | gender ideology, WSL's new policy threatens hard-won fairness for women in sports. |
| 0:25.9 | This year, transgender athlete Leot Thomas, a below-average men's swimmer, snagged a division |
| 0:31.2 | one national title, and women's swimming. |
| 0:33.9 | These policies are rooted in ideology not science. |
| 0:37.1 | Despite what activists claim, male athletes retain competitive advantage over women, even |
| 0:41.2 | after taking estrogen for an extended time. |
| 0:43.9 | Now, Hamilton is taking a lot of heat and during threats and vitriol because of the |
| 0:47.7 | stand. |
| 0:48.7 | She's essentially stating the obvious, but as George Orwell said, in a time of deceit, |
| 0:52.9 | telling the truth is a revolutionary act. |
| 0:55.6 | For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with a Point. |
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