For Immediate Release
30 June 2026
Landmark 6-3 ruling affirms that Title IX and the Constitution permit sex-based athletic teams grounded in biological reality
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Christian Employers Alliance (CEA), which engages a national network of faith-based employers across all 50 states, today applauded the United States Supreme Court’s landmark decision upholding state laws that protect women’s and girls’ sports.
In a 6-3 ruling in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., the Court held that schools may maintain women’s and girls’ athletic teams for biological females, and that doing so violates neither Title IX nor the Equal Protection Clause. Writing for the majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh affirmed that schools can “determine eligibility for women’s and girls’ sports based on biological sex.” The decision upholds Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act and West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act, and clears the way for similar protections in the more than two dozen states that have enacted them.
“This is a decisive victory for fairness, for common sense, and for every woman and girl who has ever laced up to compete on a level playing field,” said Margaret Iuculano, President of the Christian Employers Alliance. “The Court has affirmed what Scripture, biology, and basic justice have always told us: that men and women are different, and that recognizing that difference is not discrimination. It is the very foundation of fairness. Today the highest court in the land said clearly that biological reality is not bigotry.”
CEA noted that the ruling rests on the same principle of biological reality that anchors its own legal and policy work on behalf of Christian employers. The organization’s partner in litigation, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), helped lead the legal team that secured the victory alongside the Idaho and West Virginia attorneys general.
“For years, federal agencies and activist courts tried to redefine sex out of existence, and faith-driven employers were among the first to feel the pressure,” Iuculano continued. “We have fought that same battle in the workplace, defending the right of employers to operate according to biological and biblical truth. This ruling reinforces the ground we have already won, and it strengthens the legal foundation protecting our members for years to come.”
The decision lands as CEA continues to advance protections for biological reality in employment. In January 2026, CEA secured a binding agreement in federal court barring the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing certain gender identity mandates against CEA members, including requirements involving pronouns, sex-specific dress codes, and private spaces reserved for one sex. CEA also continues to back federal legislation that affirms sex-based protections in the workplace.
“The marketplace and the playing field are governed by the same truth,” Iuculano added. “When the courts protect women’s sports, they protect the principle that allows Christian employers to lead, hire, and serve according to their convictions. We are grateful, we are encouraged, and we are more committed than ever to defending the sacred marketplace.”
The full opinion is available through the Supreme Court of the United States.
Margaret Iuculano (president@joinceanow.org) is the president of the Christian Employers Alliance, promoting policies that support religious freedom and biblical principles in the workplace.
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