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Supreme Court backs 'biological' definition of woman
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Posted on 04/16/2025 12:56:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Judges at the UK Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law.

It marks the culmination of a long-running legal battle which could have major implications for how sex-based rights apply across Scotland, England and Wales.

The court sided with campaign group For Women Scotland, which brought a case against the Scottish government arguing that sex-based protections should only apply to people that are born female.

The Scottish government argued in court that transgender people with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) are entitled to the same sex-based protections as biological women.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: transgender; uk; unitedkingdom; xyxx

1 posted on 04/16/2025 12:56:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Their court is smarter than ours...


2 posted on 04/16/2025 12:58:48 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: BenLurkin

The blokes have embarrassed us Yanks. They know what a woman is. We don’t. Our “women” have big bags of “junk” for the TSA boys to have to go through.


3 posted on 04/16/2025 1:02:12 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Universities in this country are nothing but Houses of Prostitution for the wealthy.)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s ludicrous that ANY court should have to rule on this. Of course, a “biological” man is a man and a “biological” woman is a woman.


4 posted on 04/16/2025 1:05:01 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Magnum44

That exchange should have gotten her disqualified for the court...


5 posted on 04/16/2025 1:07:02 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: Magnum44

She’s not a biologist, you know.


6 posted on 04/16/2025 1:10:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: gitmo

Scotland seems to be particularly enthusiastic for the characteristically Euro concept of government as god.

The government in this case had already decided to be the arbiter of sex status by issuing certificates.

I’m surprised the court, being a mere component part of god government, ruled against itself.


7 posted on 04/16/2025 1:11:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I never understood what she meant by ‘in this context’.

It was a straightforward question. What the heck did she think was the ‘context’?


8 posted on 04/16/2025 1:15:42 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Magnum44

You nailed it. Their court is smarter than the Neanderthals on our Supremacist Court.


9 posted on 04/16/2025 1:27:29 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Universities in this country are nothing but Houses of Prostitution for the wealthy.)
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To: BenLurkin

“The Scottish government argued in court that transgender people with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) are entitled to the same sex-based protections as biological women.” I don’t have a GRC, but I do have a mirror.


10 posted on 04/16/2025 1:41:08 PM PDT by kawhill
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How long before the UK government arrests their Supreme Court for "hate speech"?

Not sarcasm!!!

11 posted on 04/16/2025 1:41:39 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: BenLurkin

Well that’s a Becker wrecker for trans men playing women’s sports. It will in the US also come to pass.


12 posted on 04/16/2025 1:43:06 PM PDT by Jumper
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