http://www.cwfa.org/articles/5701/CFI/family/index.htm
5/24/2004
By Rebecca Riggs
Olympic decision skirts logic, fairness and truth.
Someday, boys’ Little-League infield insults like, “You throw like a girl,” may inspire Olympic careers, thanks to a bizarre decision by the International Olympics Committee (IOC).
Showing blatant disregard for biology and sportsmanship, the IOC Executive Committee voted last week to allow transsexual athletes to participate in the games. The he-to-she (or she-to-he, but don’t hold your breath waiting for a crowd in that category) guidelines for competing in the Olympics include the completion of genital surgery, two years of hormone treatments, and official legal recognition in the athlete’s home country.
“The IOC is asking us to play a game of make-believe rather than a game of sport,” said Robert Knight, director of the Culture and Family Institute, an affiliate of Concerned for America. “This isn’t fair to the other athletes, especially the women, who will have to compete with men. The post-op transsexuals may be tragically altered, but their DNA says they are men.”
Athletes from around the world have protested previous decisions to allow transsexual athletes to compete, and the reasons are obvious. Men and women have undeniable physical differences. Among other things, men have greater heart and lung capacity, a higher muscle-to-fat ratio, and more upper body strength.
“Transsexual activists talk about ‘finding themselves,’ but the truth is, they are sadly deceiving themselves and demanding that others join them in refusing their God-given sex. It’s bad enough when adults do this, but we are now seeing kids as young as 14 declaring themselves to be ‘transgendered’ and planning for surgical mutilation.”
