In a Feb. 15 press release, SSPX stood by its decision to ban females from involvement in male sporting events: “Sports for boys are seen as training for the battlefield of life where the boys will need to fight at times through great difficulties. As such, it is more appropriate that it be men who train and direct the boys in these sports programs for only men can teach the boys to be men, just as only women can truly teach girls to be women.” The release disputed the Sports Illustrated story, saying, “It is not a question of women having no authority over boys as the quote in the paper (if it was accurate) seem [sic] to indicate. It is a question in athletics of men training boys to be men.”
After Campbell was barred from officiating, her fellow referees also walked off the court. Fred Shockey, an Army vet who became a ref about three years ago, told Sports Illustrated: “I have been led by some of the finest women this nation has to offer, and there was no way I was going to go along with that.” The Kansas State High School Activities Association is currently considering whether to take action against St. Mary’s.

Besides the group’s obvious sexism, SSPX, like many radical traditionalist Catholic outfits, also preaches anti-Semitism, which is most evident in The Angelus, a monthly magazine published by the SSPX press, and on the SSPX website. One example now on the website is a 1997 Angelus article by SSPX priests Michael Crowdy and Kenneth Novak that calls for locking Jews into ghettos because “Jews are known to kill Christians.” It also blames Jews for the French Revolution, communism and capitalism; suggests a Judeo-Masonic conspiracy has destroyed the Catholic Church; and describes Judaism as “inimical to all nations.” (For more on the group’s extremism, read here and here).