- And welcome back tothe CBN news channel.

In the world of collegeand high school sports,

there's a battle brewingover whether boys and men

who identify as female

can compete against biological females.

Idaho is one of the epicenters.

It's new law bans transgenderathletes from female sports.

Now the ACLU is suingthe state over the law,

and is asking the NCAA to boycott Idaho.

We're joined today by Madison Kenyon,

an Idaho State University track athlete

who has filed a motion supporting the law,

joined along with herattorney Christiana Holcomb

with the Alliance Defending Freedom.

Ladies, thank you so muchfor coming on the broadcast.

Madison, let me begin with you.

You found yourself competingagainst a transgender athlete,

a biological male in a college event.

What happened?

- Yeah, so in the,

when I was racing in crosscountry and in track,

I did compete against a male athlete,

and both times I lost.

And it's just very discouragingand very frustrating,

because biologically, malesare capable of so much more.

So when you go out and you're training

at the collegiate level,

you're putting everything out there

and training as hard as you can.

And then you get beat by somebody

who you can't really compete against,

because they will naturallyhit levels of success

in athletics that are higher

than what I'm capable as, as a female.

- Yeah.

Christiana, to you,

what's the significance ofwhat's happening in Idaho?

- Well, Idaho is thefirst state in the union

to pass a fairness in women's sports act.

It's designed for the common sense purpose

of ensuring that onlybiological girls compete

on the girls' team.

So what the NCAA is doing here

is really completely out of step

with what the American public wants.

A recent poll demonstrated

that well over 75% of Americans agree,

it's unfair to allow males to compete in

and to dominate girls sports.

So we really hope theNCAA does not go forward

with this boycott of Idaho.

- Yeah.

Madison, why did you decideto get involved in this issue?

- So there are obviousbiological differences

between males and females

that make the way the twocompete against each other

in sports unfair.

Typically males have morefavorable characteristics

that allow them to compete

at higher levels of success than females.

And so when the twocompete against each other,

it's completely unfair.

And so I personally have experienced that,

and I've lost to a male,and I know that it's unfair.

And so I got involved in this

because I thought it was the best way

for me to stand up forsomething that I believe in,

and to support women's sports,

and to advocate for these opportunities

that should be protected for us.

And to let other girls know

that if they also think that they need,

they want fair competition,

that they can speak up about it as well.

- Yeah. Christiana, finalquestion to you, ma'am.

What would it look like

if the NCAA actually boycotted the state,

and what will happen if this new law

protecting femaleathletes gets overturned?

- Well, if the NCAAboycotts the state of Idaho,

that sends a really chillingmessage to female athletes

all across the country,

that the NCAA doesn't careabout your fair competition.

And look, ultimately, we do hope

that Idaho's fairness and women'ssports act will be upheld.

It's consistent with the purpose

and the promise of titleIX, a female athletes,

and the objective of providing them

with fair competition

and the opportunity to showcasetheir athletic talents.

- Madison and Christiana,

thank you ladies for coming on the show.

Wish you a great weekend.