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December 22, 2023
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| States Enact 84 Laws Protecting Citizens against Transgender Extremism |
| by Ben Johnson |
| States across the country passed dozens of laws - and have debated hundreds of pieces of legislation - to protect children from the predatory transgender industry, a new analysis has found. In all, 23 state legislatures passed 84 separate laws this year preventing minors from being subjected to transgender surgeries, securing parental rights, shielding kids from sexually explicit drag queen shows, safeguarding the privacy of women's facilities, ensuring fairness in women's sports, and strengthening religious conscience rights. |
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| Governor DeWine, It's Time to Put People over Profits |
| by Amanda Magoteaux |
| On December 18, HB 68, agreed to by both chambers of the 135th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, was sent to Governor Mike DeWine's (R) desk. The bill would protect minors from gender transition procedures and also protect the integrity of women's sports. According to the Ohio Constitution, Governor DeWine has 10 days (excluding Sundays) to sign or veto this bill. Otherwise, it will automatically become law notwithstanding his signature. Thus, he has until December 29 to make his decision. |
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| Praying for Mothers This Advent |
| by Meg Kilgannon |
| As Christmas Day comes closer and closer, I can't get Kate Cox and her family off my mind. The fear in her voice haunts me from a recording I heard of an interview she gave to NBC news. I can't recall her exact words, but every mother understands the fear and exhaustion in her voice. You feel it in the very pit of your stomach as it radiates throughout your body. It goes without saying that I'm deeply sorry for the cross she has been asked to carry and the suffering that it requires. |
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| Outstanding - Ep. 58: First Amendment & Higher Education Reform |
| Podcast with Joseph Backholm and Tyson Langhofer |
| Attorney and Director of the Center for Academic Freedom at Alliance Defending Freedom, Tyson Langhofer, joins host Joseph Backholm in a discussion centered around higher education reform and the rampant violations of university students' First Amendment rights. In a place built for growth and possibilities, an alarming number of universities are silencing or punishing students simply because they disagree with them. Tyson highlights a few of these scenarios and offers an analysis of the type of speech the First Amendment protects. Joseph and Tyson also wrestle with the question: Can higher education be reformed? If so, what does that look like? |
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| Well Done, Dean Nelson |
| by Marcus Harris |
| Jesus said, "The meek shall inherit the earth." Dean Nelson undoubtedly will be in that number. I will miss him ferociously, and these words don't do his life justice. The 55 years of his life were a resounding testimony to God's goodness and faithfulness. |
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| U.K. School Guidance Endorses Parental Notification |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| New government guidelines in England are urging schools to adopt parental notification policies regarding students' social gender transition efforts. Published on Tuesday by the United Kingdom's Department for Education, the new guidance recommends that teachers first wait before agreeing to a student's request to be referred to by a new name or new pronouns in order "to ensure it is a sustained and properly thought through decision. This period of 'watchful waiting' may help to ensure unnecessary action is not undertaken." If a student's social transition-related request persists, teachers are then instructed to "engage" with parents. |
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| Samaritan's Purse Made My Christmas |
| by Chris Gacek |
| I want to offer my Yuletide thanks to Franklin Graham, the hard-working staff of Samaritan's Purse, and the millions who donated gift-filled shoeboxes to Operation Christmas Child in 2023. Two Fridays ago, I went with a friend, my former Family Research Council colleague Peter Sprigg, to put in an afternoon working at Samaritan's Purse's Baltimore Processing Center. |
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| Study: Support for Abortion Has Increased on College Campuses |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June of 2022, there have been significant developments for both the pro-life and pro-abortion sides. In one regard, leaving abortion matters up to the individual states has saved over 30,000 babies from being killed in their mother's womb. On the other hand, at-home and out-of-state abortions have grown in number as well. |
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