Society & Culture

“An Oregon County Court has granted a Portland resident’s request to be designated ‘genderless.’ The 27-year-old video game designer has been granted the right to change his name to ‘Patch,’ only one name, and to be designated as ‘agender,’ meaning no gender.”





…how do we properly respond to a big world in which needs surface according to their “newsworthiness” but rarely get solved immediately, and instead just disappear from our notice?—John Stackhouse





“It’s a very strange place we’ve found ourselves in when elites say we have no right to judge adultery, but we have every right to judge couples who take steps to avoid it.” National Review



“Pence’s decisive votes — first to bring the proposal to the Senate floor and then to pass it — broke 50-50 roll calls and provided final action by Congress to reverse an Obama administration regulation. The rule in question effectively bars states from prohibiting funds for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. The House of Representatives approved the measure in a 230-188 vote in February.”



“Taking advantage of the country’s new law, Canadian transplant surgeons have harvested organs from dozens of euthanasia patients. According to the National Post, 26 people in Ontario who died by lethal injection have donated tissue or organs.”



“The University of Regina is asking its male students to own up to their toxic masculinity, and they’re setting up a confessional booth—similar to those in Catholic churches—where guys can confess their sins of ‘hypermasculinity.’” Weekly Standard

“[T]wo girls were stopped from boarding a United Airlines flight because they were wearing leggings. The girls were flying as guests of employees, and thus were subject to the company’s dress code.” BBC News

“The Persian king might have been a pagan, but he still served God’s plans. For some Christians, Donald Trump does just that” The Guardian



“HB 2 requires doctors to perform an ultrasound and show their patients pictures, explaining the images in detail. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), argue that it is unconstitutional”



President Donald J. Trump to deliver Commencement keynote address / First Sitting U.S. President at Liberty Commencement since George H.W. Bush spoke on the same date in 1990