The ruling from Judge Matthew P. Brookman, a Biden appointee, denied a preliminary injunction sought by the Americans Civil Liberties Union.
The uber-liberal ACLU sued after Gov. Mike Braun issued an executive order stating the terms "sex" and "gender" in Indiana law refer to the biological characteristic of being male or female.
As a result of this order, the Indiana Department of Health stopped its policy of altering birth certificates to list a person's made-up gender identity rather than their sex.
In a press release, Attorney General Todd Rokita called the court ruling a win for truth, reason, and common sense.
"Biological sex is an undeniable fact, not a feeling to be rewritten on official documents," said the attorney general. "Indiana will continue standing firm in protecting the integrity of birth certificates, ensuring they reflect reality, not ideology."
Micah Clark, who leads AFA of Indiana, tells AFN he was pleased with the ruling.
"People can pretend to be whatever they want,” he says, “but that doesn't allow you to modify your documents to do that.”
If he wants to identify as Theodore Roosevelt, Clark says for example, he is free to call himself that but his Indiana driver’s license will not change, too.
"Biology cannot be changed regardless of how you dress, or what you think in your mind,” Clark stresses. “A birth certificate needs to accurately reflect the sex that you were born, not some mental confusion you might have now.”
