{"id":2624029,"date":"2026-07-04T21:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/perkins-what-matters-on-the-playing-field-matters-in-the-family\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T21:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T01:40:35","slug":"perkins-what-matters-on-the-playing-field-matters-in-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/perkins-what-matters-on-the-playing-field-matters-in-the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Perkins: What Matters on the Playing Field Matters in the Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fperkins-what-matters-on-the-playing-field-matters-in-the-family%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=2624029&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--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >content discusses contemporary societal debates<\/a> on gender, sexuality, and family structures. It highlights how court rulings, such as the U.S. Supreme Court&#8217;s decision on women\u2019s sports, recognize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-upholds-west-virginia-save-womens-sports-law-banning-trans-athletes-from-girls-sports\/\" title=\"Federal Judge Upholds West Virginia \u201cSave Women\u2019s ...\u201d Law Banning Trans Athletes From Girls ...\">inherent physical differences<\/a> between males and females, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-lotus-shows-why-counting-the-cost-of-christianity-matters\/\" title=\"&#039;White Lotus&#039; Shows Why Counting The Cost Of Christianity Matters\">echoing biblical teachings<\/a> from Matthew 19 about God creating humans as male and female. The article traces the progression of social policies, including the legalization of redefining marriage and the introduction of gender-neutral public facilities, illustrating how these changes challenge conventional notions of family and societal roles. It emphasizes that biological realities matter not only in sports but also in family life, advocating for the recognition of male and female differences as essential to human well-being and societal stability.the author calls for reexamining legal decisions like Obergefell, suggesting they conflict with biological facts and the natural design for marriage and children.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In Matthew 19, the Pharisees, always trying to trap Jesus, cornered Him on the subject of marriage and sexuality. He replied, \u201cHave you never read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This week, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its majority opinion on women\u2019s sports and the definition of sex, spent 45 pages explaining that \u201cfemales and males have inherent physical differences relevant to athletic performance.\u201d What Jesus said in one sentence took the highest court in the land 45 pages to explain.<\/p>\n<p>But there is a reason.<\/p>\n<p>The court gave judicial sanction to this cultural race to the bottom when it redefined marriage in its 5-4 decision in Obergefell 16 years ago. Some of us, despite the hate labels and deplatforming, warned that redefining marriage was never just about \u201cmarriage equality\u201d or allowing people to marry the one they loved. It was about a radical reordering of society as human sexuality became something viewed as infinitely customizable.<\/p>\n<p>We have short memories, so let me take you back about 11 years. Less than six months after Obergefell, the Charlotte, North Carolina, City Council ignited the bathroom wars by allowing men who identified as women to use women\u2019s restrooms. The state legislature intervened, only to face boycotts from the NBA, NCAA, and other sports organizations. The agenda then moved into the schools, where parents who opposed bathroom policies or objected to schools hiding a child\u2019s social transition from parents were increasingly marginalized, even called domestic terrorists by those working with the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s sports became the point where the public drew a clear line, as more girls lost championships, scholarships, and opportunities to male-bodied competitors \u2014 sometimes suffering physical injuries in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Now return to the court\u2019s decision in West Virginia v. BPJ. The majority states, \u201cFemales and males have inherent physical differences relevant to athletic performance.\u201d In acknowledging biological reality in athletics, the court has exposed the tension within its own jurisprudence. Many Americans now recognize that redefining marriage opened a Pandora\u2019s box, leading to efforts to redefine human sexuality throughout education, sports, medicine, government, and other areas of public life.<\/p>\n<p>If females and males have inherent physical differences that matter on the playing field, do those differences not also matter in the family? The social sciences consistently confirm what Jesus reminded the Pharisees: God made humanity male and female. He then declared, \u201cfor this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined inseparably to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.\u201d That one-flesh union produces children, who were designed to have both a mother and a father. Decades of research have repeatedly found that, on average, children raised by their married mother and father who love one another experience better outcomes across numerous educational, behavioral, and economic measures than children raised in other family structures.<\/p>\n<p>The court should not stop with women\u2019s sports. If biological reality matters on the playing field, does it not matter in the family? The truthful answer to that question requires reexamining Obergefell, a decision that conflicts with biological reality, the well-being of children, and the design for marriage that Jesus affirmed.<\/p>\n<div><em>Tony Perkins is president of Family Research Council and executive editor of The Washington Stand.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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