Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana is back tracking on its decision to allow men who identify as transgender women to enroll in the formerly all-female institution.

The Daily Signal reported in November that Saint Mary’s College would allow men who identify as women to enroll at the college in the fall of 2024. That news was first reported by the Notre Dame student newspaper, The Observer. …

Members of the Saint Mary’s community rejoiced over the news to The Daily Signal, expressing strong excitement that the college had backed down.

“I’m so proud of the women at Saint Mary’s who were willing to stand up against this anti-women, anti-Catholic policy,” said Clare Bettag, a junior at Saint Mary’s. “God’s truth will always win.”

[This was always an idiotic idea, even putting aside the Catholic Church’s rejection of gender ideology and transgender identity activism. If St. Mary’s want men to enroll, go co-ed, to use an old-fashioned term. If they want to remain a college for women, then they need to limit enrollment to actual. biological females. Transgender applicants should probably look for non-Catholic educational environments anyway. — Ed]