1. BSU athletes file lawsuit over Mountain West Conference policy allowing gender-confused men to play women’s athletics

Two Boise State women’s volleyball athletes just filed a lawsuit over Mountain West Conference policies that resulted in a forfeited match against San Jose State University (SJSU) in September.

The BSU athletes are joined by a coalition of a coach and several athletes from four other universities in the Mountain West Conference. They’re alleging that a Mountain West Conference policy – which forces teams to forfeit if they won’t compete against gender-confused athletes – violates their rights under Title IX and the U.S. Constitution:

“Recently, the [Mountain West Conference and San Jose State University have] diminished sport opportunities for women, spread inaccurate information, used their positions to chill and suppress speech with which they disagree, and punished dozens of female collegiate volleyball student-athletes for taking a public stand for their right to compete in a separate sports category, all in a concerted effort to stamp out debate over women’s rights in sport.”

SJSU has been embroiled in controversy all season due to the presence of a confused male athlete on the women’s volleyball team. Five universities – including Boise State – have already canceled previously scheduled matches against SJSU as a result.

Making matters worse, the associate head coach for the San Jose State University (SJSU) women’s volleyball team was recently suspended after filing another Title IX complaint against the school, alleging that the gender-confused SJSU volleyball athlete schemed with the opposing team to throw a match and injure one of his conservative teammates.

Instead of protecting vulnerable athletes, the university chose to suspend the coach that filed the report—allowing the biologically male athlete to continue playing and practicing with the women’s volleyball team, despite allegedly conspiring against his teammates.

As we’ve been saying, it seems like athletes and students of all political persuasions have finally had enough with biological males robbing girls of their athletic opportunities. We’ll keep you updated as this lawsuit proceeds.

2. Voters reject attempts to expand marijuana access in multiple states

Despite the high ambitions of drug activists, voters dealt a decisive loss to the predatory marijuana industry.

Legalized access to the gateway drug was on the ballot in five states—and ballot measures failed in four of those states.

Voters in Florida and North Dakota shot down initiatives that would have legalized recreational pot, and in South Dakota, a proposal that would have allowed private possession was similarly defeated.

Meanwhile in Arkansas, the state supreme court ruled that their ballot initiative legalizing medical marijuana was deceptively worded, effectively killing the measure.

Contrary to what we’ve been told, the evidence is mounting that weed is addictive, often leading to the abuse of other dangerous drugs. Clearly, people across the nation don’t want this gateway drug ravaging their communities.

But unfortunately, the drug lobby isn’t giving up—and now, they’re bringing the fight to Idaho. Earlier this week, the pro-legalization group Kind Idaho began efforts to decriminalize marijuana possession and private use through a ballot initiative in 2026.

As the debate heats up in our state, we must be prepared to fight for the health of our communities.

3. Government insists on DEI while the private sector abandons the discriminatory practice

The American Dream: Where you miss out on opportunities because you don’t have the “right” skin color, gender, or other unchangeable trait.

Sound backward? You’re not the only one who thinks so. More and more Americans are fed up with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs that favor identity over ability. Yet, government seems intent on doubling down on these policies, no matter how unfair they seem.

Our friends at the Heritage Foundation recently released a study on discriminatory promotion processes in the U.S. State Department.

According to the study, female officers in the Foreign Service were more likely to receive promotions than their male counterparts. In all five career paths the department offers, women saw higher rates of promotion—and often spent less time waiting for their promotions than men.

And here in Idaho, public colleges and universities continue to pedal DEI ideology, despite attempts by the state legislature to rein them in. All four-year public universities require students to take a course in diversity. Boise State University, University of Idaho, and Idaho State University all operate either DEI offices or student centers.

However, even as governments and public universities maintain these unfair practices, the private sector is continuing to distance itself from DEI. Over half of major US corporations have acknowledged challenges related to DEI and have begun to abandon the terminology and policies. And in recent news, Boeing became the latest major company to dismantle its DEI department.

Americans are realizing that in the workforce, talent and skill should matter more than someone’s sex or skin color. It’s about time that governments did the same.

4. Last chance to get tickets for our exclusive Bonhoeffer movie pre-screenings!

Don’t miss this opportunity to join one of the two IFPC exclusive pre-screenings for soon-to-be-released Bonhoeffer movie… still discounted for only $5 per ticket:

• Monday, Nov. 18 in Hayden (ONLY 15 TICKETS LEFT)
• Wednesday, Nov. 20 in Meridian (SOLD-OUT)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a pastor and resistance fighter whose opposition to Adolf Hitler cost him his life. His story offers us a sobering warning—if Christians delay in confronting the evil within our culture, we risk acting too late.