The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling forcing a Christian-owned women-only nude spa in Washington state to admit biological males identifying as women, dismissing claims of religious freedom and association. The decision, affirmed last week after a full court declined review, prioritizes transgender ideology over women’s privacy and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Olympus Spa, owned by conservative Christians, challenged a state anti-discrimination law after a trans-identifying man filed a complaint with the Washington Human Rights Commission in 2020. The spa had denied service to protect female clients and employees from exposure to male genitalia. A federal judge dismissed the 2022 challenge in 2023, and the appeals court majority treated the case as routine public accommodation discrimination, ignoring the profound violation of women’s dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a blistering dissent, Trump-appointed Judge Lawrence Van Dyke cut through the euphemisms: \u201cThis is a case about swinging d**ks. The Christian owners of Olympus Spa \u2014 a traditional, women-only, nude spa \u2014 understandably don\u2019t want them in their spa. Their female employees and female clients don\u2019t want them in their spa either.\u201d He warned that regulators and judges are forcing women and girls as young as 13 to endure the consequences of \u201cFrankenstein social experiments,\u201d exposing them to male anatomy in intimate spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nearly 30 colleagues, including Judges M. Margaret McKeown and six others, condemned Van Dyke\u2019s language as \u201ccrass\u201d and \u201cvulgar,\u201d with some declaring, \u201cWe are better than this.\u201d Yet the dissent\u2019s bluntness highlights the moral insanity of the ruling: it erodes biological reality, religious liberty, and protections for women in favor of radical gender ideology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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