‘Save Women’s Sports’ bill signing was historic event kids needed to see, moms say, despite vicious attacks

Independent Women's Network’s Round Rock chapter leader Michelle Evans was cursed at by protesters in Texas at the ceremonial signing for the "Save Women’s Sports" bill.

Tyler Hightower and Marisa Clark were invited guests at Gov. Greg Abbott’s ceremonial signing of the "Save Women’s Sports Act" at Texas Women’s University in Denton on Monday – an event that both mothers looked at as a historic moment they wanted their young daughters to be witness to. 

But the women say they were shocked by the turn of events in which their daughters were subject to aggressive rhetoric and offensive language from protesters that gathered outside. 

A group of protesters gather outside the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame at Texas Woman’s University in Denton for a ceremonial signing of the "Save Women's Sports Act." (Independent Women's Voice)

Hightower told Fox News Digital in an interview that she approached her daughters with the idea of attending Monday’s signing and said both her 10-year and 6-year-old "jumped on the idea of being able to be a part of history."

RILEY GAINES, ACTIVISTS SAY THEY WERE SPAT ON, ATTACKED BY PROTESTERS AT CEREMONIAL BILL SIGNING IN TEXASBut eyewitnesses, including 12-time NCAA All-American swimmer Riley Gaines who spoke at the signing, said protesters shouted, spat and even threw things at attendees as they left the building. 

"They are on either side of the walkway, leaning over the rails as far as they can," Clark, who attended the signing with her 9-year-old daughter, told Fox News Digital of the incident. 

"I mean, you've got someone three inches from my daughter's face yelling f--- you in her face – a 9-year-old." 

"There were inches between myself, my children and the protesters," Hightower added. "That's