Texas Dame Allred says she opposes 'boys in girls' sports' despite previous donation to fight for parental rights

Texas Congressman Colin Allred released a campaign ad on Friday saying he “doesn't want” Boys playing girls' sports. However, Allred has a strong legislative history of supporting bills that would allow biologically transgender males to play girls' and women's sports at both the youth and youth levels. as well as university.

The Democratic House member who is currently running for U.S. Senate made the announcement in response to his opponent's recent attacks. Ted Cruz, who tried to link Allred to support for transgender inclusion in women's and girls' sports.

“I am a father, I am also a Christian and my faith teaches me that all children are children of God. So I want to be clear: I don't want boys playing girls' sports or anything like that. This is Ted Cruz,” Allred said in the ad.

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A new ad paid for by the Cruz campaign aired during last weekend's NFL game in Texas and was welcomed To Allred wanted an “extremely liberal vision of America” ​​that would allow “boys to play girls' sports.” Cruz is reportedly expected to air a third ad on the upcoming NFL Sunday addressing the issue.

Allred is a former NFL linebacker who played for the Tennessee Titans from 2006 to 2010 after his college career at Baylor. He announced a Senate campaign to challenge Cruz in May 2023, and won his party's nomination in early March of this year.

Texas is one of 23 states in the United States where state laws prohibit the inclusion of transgender people in women's sports. Allred was an opponent of this effort in the first year of his congressional career. It wasn't until June 2023 that he co-sponsored a bill that would “force public schools to allow biological male athletes who identify as transgender on girls' sports teams.”

Allred was previously elected to the U.S. House of Representatives From the 32nd District of Texas in the 2018 midterms. A few months after taking the helm the following January, he was co-editor and vote for The May 2019 Equality Act “which would require schools to include male athletes who identify as transgender girls on women's sports teams.”

It is the first example of her contribution to efforts to promote transgender inclusion in women's sports.

In February 2021, Allred co-sponsored and vote for Amended version of the Equality Act. This version went a step further to ensure that “individuals identifying as a different gender cannot be denied access to the locker room of their choice.”

Two months later, in April 2021, days after the Texas Senate passed a bill “that would force young athletes to Competition in sports that are consistent with the gender on the birth certificate, as reported at or near the time of birth,” Allred praised Business Leaders Oppose the Bill in a post on X.

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Libertine. Colin Allred, R-Texas, and members of the Congressional Black Caucus address the media on the steps of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill regarding the alleged verbal abuse of Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., by Rep. Joyce Beatty, R-Ohio, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (via Tom Williams/CQ-Apel, Getty Images)

“Thank you business leaders and (Texas Competition) for opposing harmful anti-transgender bills before the Texas Legislature. An inclusive Texas that welcomes everyone is good for business,” Allred wrote.

Then, in October of this year, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law prohibiting transgender student-athletes from playing on school sports teams consistent with their gender identity. Allred wrote In a post on X (then known as Twitter), “Texas should be a place where our young people can be, free from discrimination. This is another dark and shameful moment for our state because the Texas GOP is bigger. The Real Problems We Have We focus on attacking transgender students rather than addressing this issue.”

Allred even went so far as to advocate for a transgender bill of rights. In March 2023, Collaborated The resolution “recognizes that it is the responsibility of the federal government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights.” resolution Specifically, she called for federal legislation to ensure biological males “participate in team sports and programs that best align with their gender identity; (and) using school facilities that best align with their gender identity.”

Allred also supported efforts that would limit parents' rights to intervene and prevent transgender athletes from competing against their daughters.

Allred Voted against Parental Rights Act. A provision in the bill “requires school districts Attentive parent if their child shares a bathroom, locker room or sports team with a student of the opposite biological sex” in March 2023.

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Democrat Rep. Colin Allred from Texas. (Emile Lippe/Getty Images)

In response to Fox News Digital's request for comment on Allred's position and interpretation of history regarding transgender athletes in women's sports, her campaign released a statement to Cruz.

“Ted Cruz has been in office forever, but there is nothing but lies and division. Unlike Ted Cruz, Congressman Allred has a real history. A history of creating jobs, lowering costs, and protecting Social Security and health care. Ted Cruz Does this mean resorting to desperate attacks because he will say anything to get re-elected,” Allred campaign manager Paige Hutchinson wrote in a statement to Fox News Digital.

Transgender inclusion in women's sports has become a hot-button issue in the 2024 election cycle.

In June, a survey Administered by NORC at the University of Chicago Respondents were asked to consider whether transgender athletes of either gender should be allowed to participate in sports leagues that match their preferred gender identity rather than biological sex, and 65% said it should never be allowed or it happens rarely. When respondents were asked specifically about adult transgender athletes competing on women's sports teams, 69% were opposed.

Former President Trump took a strong stance against including transgender people in the White House campaign. Trump's wife, former first lady Melania Trump, also recently spoke out in her new memoir, “Melania,” against allowing biological men to play women's sports, even though she disagreed with most Republican policies regarding LGBT rights.

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Meanwhile, the Biden-Harris administration has taken sweeping steps to enable transgender inclusion.

In April, the administration issued a wide-ranging order clarifying that Title IX's ban on sex discrimination in schools includes discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation and “pregnancy or related conditions.”

rules It entered into force on August 1 and was established for the first time Gender discrimination involves conduct that relates to an individual gender identity. The Biden administration stressed that the regulation does not apply to sports eligibility. However, several expert Drs evidence presented Biden's claim to Fox News Digital in June that it would prevent biological men from participating in women's sports is untrue and that the proposal would ultimately result in more biological men participating in women's sports.

D Supreme Court After more than two dozen Republican attorneys general sued to block the Title IX changes in their own states, a 5-4 vote to reject Biden's emergency request to enact parts of new regulations that include protections for transgender students from discrimination under Title IX .

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