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Nebraskans will consider a constitutional amendment to protect girls sports in the 2026 midterm election, which will be held on November 3.

Through the initiative process, Nebraska citizens submitted over 211,000 signatures to get the “Fairness for Girls” Amendment added to the 2026 general election ballot.

A ballot initiative is a process that allows citizens to propose statutes or constitutional amendments to place on the ballot after gaining a requisite number of signatures. Citizens then vote on the measures in a regularly scheduled election.

Twenty-six states allow for this type of “direct democracy,” where a majority of voters can directly change the law in their states, in addition to the usual process of state and federal elected representatives proposing and passing laws.

The initiative, also called the “Nebraska Sex Requirement for School and College Sports Amendment,” would add the following text to the state constitution:

(1) Schools must expressly designate each athletic team or sport as one of the following based on biological sex: (a) Males, men, or boys; (b) females, women, or girls; or (c) coed or mixed.

(2) Athletic teams or sports designated for females, women, or girls pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall not be open to students of the male sex.

If approved, it would establish constitutional protections for sex-separate athletics, ensuring female athletes receive equal access to athletic opportunities. The measure would prohibit “transgender”-identified males from competing in girls sports.

While Nebraska has a law protecting girls sports, those safeguards are only statutory, meaning they can be weakened, repealed or overturned. The Fairness for Girls Amendment would ensure girls sports are protected by the Nebraska Constitution.

Fairness for Girls, the leading campaign supporting the initiative, says the measure would:

Protect Fairness in Girls Sports: Allowing men to compete in girls sports destroys a level playing field and undermines fairness for our daughters.
Protect Girls’ Opportunities: Over 900 medals have been awarded to biological males competing in girls sports.
Protect Girls’ Physical Safety: Protecting girls from preventable, potentially life-altering injuries is not controversial. It’s common sense.

The Nebraska Family Alliance (NFA), a Focus on the Family-allied organization, strongly supports this Amendment. NFA Advocacy & Engagement Coordinator Elizabeth Nunnally said,

Men and women have distinct biological differences, and girls sports protections are common-sense. Equal opportunity, privacy, and safety are fundamental rights of every Nebraskan, and Fairness for Girls will establish these safeguards for girls sports in the Nebraska Constitution once and for all.

The organization added, “Nebraska has the opportunity in November to make history and become the first state to adopt these protections through a voter-led constitutional amendment.”

Citizens living in Nebraska can help ensure girls sports are protected for generations to come by voting “Yes” on the state’s Fairness for Girls Amendment on November 3. You can visit the Nebraska secretary of state’s website to learn more about early voting.

All citizens have additional opportunities to promote life, religious freedom, free speech, the God-given reality of biological sex, marriage and children’s rights this election season. In the 2026 midterm election, please support candidates who most align with your Christian values.

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Vermont Ballot Measure Would Enshrine ‘Gender Identity’ Into Constitution

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In the 2026 midterm election, Vermont citizens will consider Proposal 4 (Prop 4) which would guarantee protections for each person’s sexual preference and “identity” in the Vermont Constitution.

Vermont’s General Assembly passed Prop 4 earlier this year, referring it to voters to consider at the ballot box on November 3. The Vermont Senate passed the proposed constitutional amendment in a 29-0 vote, while the state House of Representatives passed it 128-14.

The “Equality of Rights” Amendment proposes a long list of various characteristics, invented identities and expressions to add as protected classes in the Vermont Constitution, including an individual’s “sexual orientation,” “gender identity” and “gender expression.”

If passed, the ballot measure would add this proposed language to the Vermont Constitution:

That the people are guaranteed equal protection under the law. The State shall not deny equal treatment under the law on account of a person’s race, ethnicity, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or national origin.

While “equal rights” may sound compelling, Prop 4 would have negative consequences for Vermont citizens.

Prop 4 threatens the privacy and safety of women by protecting individuals’ “gender identity” and “gender expression.” If the measure passes, biological men identifying as women would have a constitutional right to access women’s bathrooms, locker rooms and sports.

Now, you might be wondering what so-called gender identities the measure would protect. The answer is … all of them. Gender activists say there are at least 72 different gender identities – from xenogender to cakegender to biogender to chaosgender.

Of course, these different gender identities aren’t real. They’re made up out of whole cloth by gender activists, who continually create new “identities” for any person to become by a simple declaration.

But the point stands. If Prop 4 passes, any person could make up and identify as any gender identity – even ones not yet invented – and instantly receive constitutional protections.

You might still be confused as to what all that means. If so, you’re not alone. As we’ve previously written, “Gender activists are making all this up as they go along, so don’t expect it to make sense.”

Additionally, Prop 4 poses a significant threat to religious freedom by enshrining protections for “sexual orientation” into the state constitution.

Laws that protect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI laws) are frequently used to target people of faith and those who believe humans are created male and female.

As Dr. Ryan T. Anderson has warned, “SOGI laws are the ones that have been used to penalize bakers, florists, photographers, schools, and adoption agencies when they declined to act against their convictions concerning marriage and sexuality. Such laws do not adequately protect religious liberty or freedom of speech.”

For example, same-sex activists sued Christian baker Jack Phillips for refusing to create a custom cake for their “wedding,” an action they claimed violated the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, which contains SOGI protections. Thankfully, Phillips eventually won his case – and two additional ones.

In the case of Vermont, the Vote No on Prop 4 campaign encourages Vermont citizens to Vote “No” on Prop 4. It warns that if the proposal passes, it would:

Enshrine unequal rights into the Vermont Constitution.
Exacerbate Vermont’s affordability issues.

The group also advises that voting “No” on Prop 4 would not end equal rights in Vermont. It would send the Vermont Legislature back to the drawing board to draft a real equal rights amendment.

The Vermont Family Alliance, a parental rights and child protections advocacy group, opposes Prop 4:

Our main concern … is that [because of Prop 4] the legislature will pass laws that discriminate against biological women, Christians, and traditional families by providing “expanded protections” to the finite list of state-sanctioned “historically marginalized populations” … specifically under “gender identity” and “gender expression” in the proposed amendment.

If you live in Vermont, we encourage you to vote “No” on Proposal 4 this November 3, or when you vote early this election. You can visit Vermont’s secretary of state’s website to find out more about early voting.

Related articles and resources:

What is “Gender Identity”?

How to Talk to Your Children About ‘Transgenderism’

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