WASHINGTON (March 13, 2025) – WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) argued that the American people largely agree that it is unfair to allow biological males to compete against women in sports in a speech on the Senate floor.
Kennedy highlighted the story of Rep. Laurel Libby, a Maine lawmaker whose state legislature recently censured her after she spoke out against the state high school league for allowing a transgender athlete to compete in women’s pole vault.
Key excerpts of the speech are below:
“I am not here to try to meddle in the Maine state legislature. Let me say it again, I love Maine. I think it is one of the most beautiful places in the world, and the way they handle their local politics is none of my business. That is not why I am here, but I am here to say . . . Ms. Libby’s belief about the fairness of transgender women participating in women’s sports is based on science. It is.
“You may disagree with the science, and you may disagree with her. If you do, you are entitled to do that, but Ms. Libby didn’t just pluck this point of view out of thin air. A lot of Americans agree with her.”
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“So, I can’t say whether her constitutional rights are being violated or not, but I can tell you this: Common sense and the laws of nature—or the laws of God, if you please—are certainly being violated because female young women are fundamentally different from male young boys, and that is just a natural fact.”
Watch Kennedy’s full speech here.
