DNC policy platform slammed over ‘explicit’ Title IX protections for LGBT students: 'Flagrant lawlessness'

Critics blasted the Democratic Party's 2024 policy platform for continuing to try to expand Title IX and redefine 'sex' to include transgender students.

"After Friday’s SCOTUS order, the Biden-Harris Title IX rules are in effect in less than 50% of the country — underscoring the flagrant lawlessness of this policy, as well as the deep unpopularity of this issue," Nicole Neily, the president and founder of parental rights group Parents Defending Education, told Fox News Digital. "Americans agree on relatively little these days, but opposition to progressive gender policies is one of the few issues that transcends racial, political, and socioeconomic lines — so doubling down on this issue is a risky move."

Matt Sharp, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian nonprofit that also focuses on parental rights issues, said the decision to include transgender protections in the Democratic Party’s platform "flies in the face of growing opinion" about expanding the definition of sex discrimination to include gender identity.

"I think it's really concerning to see the DNC platform sort of keep going down this same path that courts time and time again have pushed back on, have not allowed to move forward, and that ultimately the American public is not in favor of," Sharp said.