Bow High School Armbands Case: When Free Speech Meets the Trans Agenda

A major court battle in Boston could decide whether parents still have the right to speak up for sanity. Three New Hampshire dads are fighting back after being banned from their daughters’ soccer games for wearing pink “XX” armbands, a simple statement that girls’ sports belong to girls. School officials called it “harassment.” A federal judge agreed. Now the First Circuit Court of Appeals is deciding whether basic biology is hate speech.

This is not just a New England story. It is a warning for Missouri families ahead of the 2026 vote on Amendment 3. If the courts can silence parents for quietly defending common sense, every Missouri mom and dad could be next.

Standing for Fair Play and Getting Silenced

In September 2024, Bow High School hosted a girls’ soccer match against Plymouth Regional. On the field was a male, allowed to play as a girl after activists blocked New Hampshire’s new law protecting women’s sports. In the stands were dads Anthony Foote, Kyle Fellers, and Eldon Rashe wearing “XX” armbands, a quiet and respectful protest rooted in reality.

They did not chant. They did not disrupt. They simply stood supported their girls.

School officials demanded the armbands come off, claiming they created a “hostile environment.” When the fathers refused, they were hit with no-trespass orders and barred from future games. Their only “crime” was disagreeing with the radical gender ideology that replaces truth with feelings.

The Courtroom Fight

Judge Steven McAuliffe sided with the school in April, calling athletic events a “limited public forum” where free speech does not apply if it makes anyone uncomfortable. Translation: parents can clap for goals but not for truth.

At the appeal hearing this week, attorney Del Kolde of the Institute for Free Speech reminded the court that peaceful, symbolic protest is the essence of the First Amendment, citing Tinker v. Des Moines, where students wore black armbands against the Vietnam War. If anti-war speech was protected, why not pro-biology speech?

Meanwhile, the school’s attorney claimed “no protests are allowed,” comparing objections to trans participation with complaints about left-footed players. It is absurd and exposes the double standard: Pride flags are fine, but chromosome symbols are banned.

No ruling has been issued yet, but if the judges uphold the ban, every public event could become a speech-free zone unless you repeat the approved narrative.

The Bigger Picture and Missouri’s Moment

This case stems from New Hampshire’s 2024 law that kept boys out of girls’ sports. Activists sued, and the courts let boys keep playing against girls. The same activist machine is targeting Missouri now.

That is why Amendment 3 matters. It restores protection for unborn children, bans experimental sex change operations on minors, and defends parental rights. The same movement pushing boys into girls’ locker rooms is pushing puberty blockers into our kids’ arms. Missouri must say no clearly and permanently.

With radicals regaining ground in yesterday’s elections, the fight just got real. Missouri families cannot sit this one out. Amendment 3 ensures our daughters’ sports stay for daughters and that our voices stay free.

The Real Victims: Parents Who Care

Foote, Fellers, and Rashe are not agitators. They are fathers standing up for fairness. Online support exploded today under #StandWithBowParents. One mom asked, “If chromosomes are harassment, what is next, banning the word ‘girl’?” She is right. When truth offends, tyranny wins.

This case proves it: the system will label parents as threats to protect ideology. That is why Missouri must lead again.

What You Can Do

Missouri families, the warning is clear. What is happening in Bow will happen here unless we act. Support Amendment 3.

✅ Donate to help fund ads exposing how trans ideology and abortion extremism go hand in hand.
✅ Volunteer because every door knocked and every conversation matters.
✅ Share and tag #YesOn3, Spread the word at church, in your PTA, and across your community.

We stand with the Bow dads and with every Missouri parent who refuses to be silenced.

Fair play for girls. Free speech for all. Childhoods protected, starting here in the Show-Me State.