1. CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: The most progressive state policy on HS transgender athletes can be found in ... North Carolina?

"North Carolina’s policy on transgender athletes is among the most progressive in the country.

That 2019 policy allows participation in athletics for all students “regardless of gender or gender identification.” Students whose gender identity differs from their birth certificate merely need to provide documentation from parents or guardians, along with a medical health professional, that demonstrate the student’s consistent gender identification. Those documents need to include a list of treatments and medication relative to gender identity. The request, which is filed through the student’s school, is evaluated by the NCHSAA Gender Identification Committee."

"President Trump declared Wednesday that Iran 'appears to be standing down,' in the wake of missile strikes on American bases in Iraq that he said resulted in 'no casualties.'

'The American people should be extremely grateful and happy,' Trump said, in an address to the nation from the White House the morning after the attacks. 'No Americans were harmed in last night’s attack by the Iranian regime.'"

4. CBN: Former LGBTQers Testify: If You No Longer Want to Be Gay or Transgender, You Don't Have to Be

"A number of former homosexuals and transgendered people gathered recently outside the U.S. Congress to say sexual identity can be changed, and their changed lives are proof.

Here are excerpts from their remarkable testimonies of change."

"Pro-life and pro-family leaders sent a joint letter to members of the U.S. Congress and state legislators in Virginia this week in opposition to efforts to change the rules for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and to force it through the Virginia legislature.

The letter was sent in advance of state-based votes expected in January and in anticipation of Congress taking up the effort in the new year.

. . .

“Let us be clear, laws protecting women’s interests will be undercut by the radical language of the ERA that strips away from women their unique place in the law,” the letter says. “Not only will real protections be overwritten by this heavy-handed measure, the most profound change will be creating a constitutional foothold for abortion and introduction of vague language on ‘sex’ that may harm women’s unique interests.” "