Tolu Kolawole 
In a landmark ruling, the UK Supreme Court has unanimously affirmed that the legal definition of a woman under equalities law, is grounded in biological sex. This came in response to a challenge brought by For Women Scotland against the Scottish government, which had sought to expand the legal definition of “woman” beyond biological realities.
On the surface, this might appear to be a victory for common sense. But let’s not miss the deeper crisis it exposes: the very fact that such a definition had to be settled in court is symptomatic of a society in decay. We are living in an era where basic truths—once universally accepted—are now up for debate, and increasingly, it is unelected judges who are being tasked with resolving them. This trend reveals not only a breakdown in cultural consensus but also a dangerous overreach of the legal system into areas where truth should be self-evident.
For generations, Western societies have been moving away from a biblical worldview grounded in God’s unchanging word, and toward a humanistic, relativistic one where man is the ultimate authority. When man becomes a law unto himself, confusion is the result—and confusion always demands arbitration. Hence, we drag fundamental questions like “What is a woman?” before the courts.
That this question had to be adjudicated by the highest court in the land is, frankly, an embarrassment. It speaks volumes about how far our culture has descended into absurdity. The state, through its judiciary, has arrogated to itself the right to define what God has already clearly defined. And let’s be clear: if the state can define it one way today, it can redefine it tomorrow.
The ruling has drawn some responses. Scottish Trans, a trans advocacy group , urged “trans people” not to panic – implying a new societal category of “trans people” whose rights are somehow in opposition to biological reality. Meanwhile, a lesbian campaign group welcomed the decision because it allowed them to exclude biological men from their spaces. Think about that. The ideological house built by progressives is now so convoluted that even its tenants are starting to fall out with each other.
According to BBC , a UK government spokesperson celebrated the decision as bringing “clarity and confidence” to women’s rights and public services. But while there’s some truth to that, the ruling is merely a sticking plaster over a gaping wound. The deeper cultural rot remains unaddressed.
Yes, we can be measuredly encouraged that the Supreme Court recognized the binary nature of sex, and that it did so unanimously. But make no mistake: this is not a return to sanity. It’s a moment of temporary resistance in a society that is still sliding fast into moral relativism. As Yeats wrote, “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.” And in our time, the centre has long ceased to hold. Now more than ever, those who uphold biblical truth must stand firm—educating ourselves and raising the next generation to recognize that God, not the state, is the rightful definer of reality.
We should not be lulled into thinking that legal victories, however welcome, signal a cultural turning point. They are more like momentary pauses in a wider unraveling. When a civilization needs its highest court to affirm the meaning of “woman,” it reveals just how unmoored we’ve become from truth itself. The question is no longer just political or legal—it’s spiritual.
If we are to see true renewal, it won’t come from courtrooms or government decrees, but from a reformation of the heart and mind. It will come when we once again submit to the authority of a truth higher than ourselves—one not subject to trends or the loudest voices in the public square. In the end, every society must choose: will we build on the shifting sands of human opinion, or on the solid rock of God’s unchanging word? That choice is now pressing. And it begins not with institutions, but with individuals—like you, like me—who are willing to speak, teach, and live the truth, even when the world calls it heresy.
