Parents speak out on The Ingraham Angle after girls forfeit race over biological male runner

Roughly a dozen high school girls took their spots at the starting line of a Washington cross-country meet and walked off the course in protest. The Oct. 13 protest, reported by Fox News Digital's , at a Camas High School dual meet against Battle Ground followed a decision allowing a male athlete to switch from the boys' team to the girls' varsity roster midseason.

On Sept. 5, the athlete finished 76th in an Oregon boys' junior varsity race. Just ten days later, that same runner was competing in the girls' division, as reported by OutKick's .

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School officials were fine rubber-stamping the decision, but the young Camas runners weren't about to pretend it was a level playing field. They walked off the course.

Parents Kevin and Sarah Burns appeared on "The Ingraham Angle" to explain why their daughter Holly and her teammates decided they had seen enough.

"Well, we told her that they should do what they feel is best and that they feel is right. And they got the support from their teammates, and they decided to make a difference," Kevin Burns said.

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"I think if only a couple of girls had walked off it, they would have lost some opportunities. And I don't think it would have mattered so much. But so many of them," he added. "And I want you to remember that several of the girls, such as the team, team captains, had quit before this. So there really was a lot more girls than you see in the video that were protesting this."

When families questioned the runner's eligibility, the Camas School District said its hands were tied by state rules.

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Officials explained that Washington law and high school athletic regulations require schools to let athletes compete in divisions matching their gender identity.

Holly's father explained that the school's response effectively shut down the issue.

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"The school sent us out a letter stating that, based on Washington law, it prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and expression," he said. When Ingraham summarized the letter as telling families they were out of luck, he agreed: "I guess it's okay to discriminate against actual gender."

With athletic institutions and legacy sports figures largely silent, the