{"id":1994234,"date":"2023-08-08T12:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-among-activists-attacked-by-protesters-during-bill-signing-in-texas\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T12:53:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:53:11","slug":"riley-gaines-among-activists-attacked-by-protesters-during-bill-signing-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-among-activists-attacked-by-protesters-during-bill-signing-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Gaines, one of the activists assaulted by protesters during a bill signing in Texas."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Friley-gaines-among-activists-attacked-by-protesters-during-bill-signing-in-texas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1994234&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Swimmer and Activist Riley Gaines Attacked \u200cAfter Bill Signing<\/h2>\n<p>Swimmer and activist Riley Gaines was \u2062among a group of women \u2062who faced a terrifying ordeal \u2064on Monday. They were attacked following the signing of a bill that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-arkansas-bans-transgender-athletes-from-womens-sports\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Arkansas Bans Transgender Athletes From Women\u2019s Sports\">bans transgender athletes<\/a> from competing\u2063 on collegiate women&#8217;s sports teams\u2062 in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Gaines had attended \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-gov-slammed-for-bill-signing-ceremony-in-deli\/\" title=\"Calif. Gov. slammed for bill signing ceremony in deli\">bill signing ceremony<\/a>, which took\u200c place at \u2064the Texas Women&#8217;s Hall of Fame \u2064in Denton. However, outside the venue, a large\u2063 group of protesters gathered to voice their opposition to \u2064the legislation. Michelle Evans, \u200ca leader of the Independent\u2062 Women&#8217;s Network&#8217;s Austin chapter, estimated that around 250 \u200bprotesters were \u2063present.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;As I was walking \u200cthrough\u200d Texas Woman&#8217;s \u200bUniversity \u2063after the #SB15 signing I was physically\u2062 assaulted \u2014 \u200cincluding being spit on in the eye \u2014 by the kindness and inclusion crowd,&#8221; Evans wrote on\u2063 X.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Macy Patty, another athlete who was present at the \u200dsigning, \u2062shared her experience on X,\u2063 stating that the protesters were &#8220;extremely\u200b hostile and spitting \u2064on people.&#8221; She expressed concern for the safety of herself, Gaines, and the other women, and requested prayers for the protesters to &#8220;find\u2063 hope\u2064 in Jesus Christ.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paula Scanlan, also an athlete, reassured her followers on X that she was able to leave the event safely. She acknowledged the name-calling by the protesters but emphasized that they had achieved\u2062 a victory for\u200b women&#8217;s \u200bsports in Texas.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Our work is not \u2063finished, and I\u2062 hope other states will follow in the footsteps of Texas,&#8221; Scanlan wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The bill, known as S.B.\u2063 15 or the Save Women&#8217;s Sports Act, will officially take effect next month. \u200cAlthough it was\u2062 signed into law in\u200c June, the signing ceremony on Monday was symbolic.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Women have thrived under college sports,&#8221; Abbott wrote on X. &#8220;They&#8217;ve mastered discipline,\u2064 spurred drive, &#038; cast visions to achieve greatness. We won\u2019t allow that to be jeopardized in Texas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Texas becomes the fifth state this year to implement a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-among-activists-attacked-by-protesters-during-bill-signing-in-texas\/\" title=\"Riley Gaines, one of the activists assaulted by protesters during a bill signing in Texas.\">policy\u200d banning\u200b transgender athletes<\/a> from participating in women&#8217;s sports at the collegiate level. A similar policy was enacted at the high school\u2064 level in \u20632021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"link\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swimmer and activist Riley Gaines was assaulted with other women after witnessing the signing of a bill in Texas. The bill prohibits transgender athletes from participating in women&#8217;s collegiate sports. 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