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What Happened in Loudon County

Jan 4, 2023John StonestreetTransgenderTransgender

In December, the public school superintendent in Loudon County, Virginia, was fired and indicted for lying to parents about the rape of a young girl in a restroom by a male classmate. Covering the story, The Washington Post admitted the male student was wearing a skirt when he gained access to the girls’ restroom but then added that there was “no evidence” he was transgender.

But for years now we’ve been told that anything and everything counts as evidence … the clothes someone chooses to wear, the pronouns they request, the restroom they choose, the gender they claim, or the plastic surgery they’ve had.

In the coverage of the Colorado Springs shooter, too, the press has been largely unwilling to concede that anyone who identifies as a protected sexual minority can do wrong. Both are examples of a Critical Theory mood that infects culture and the irrationality of reducing identity to inner feelings that justify all outer expressions.

It’s always better and safer to base policy on objective biological reality.

What Parents (Don’t) Want from Disney

Dec 27, 2022John StonestreetLGBTLGBT

Disney has had a rough year. First came Turning Red, a film that lost the company $168 million dollars. In March, there was the dustup with Ron DeSantis over Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Then there was Lightyear, a summer box office failure, whose star boldly predicted that parents concerned with the film’s LGBTQ agenda would soon “die off like the dinosaurs.”  With market shares slumping, Disney recently fired CEO Bob Chapek and replaced him with his predecessor, Bob Iger. Writing for WORLD Opinions, Samuel D. James summed it up nicely: 

Whether or not its stock improves, the company has to reckon with the fact that stuffing children’s entertainment with sexual revolution shibboleths is bad for the bottom line. … As the world’s foremost creator of children and family entertainment, Disney’s LGBT signaling feels invasive in a way that typical Hollywood liberalism does not. 

Maybe it’s time for Disney to listen to the words of a particularly wise old baboon. “The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.”

In the British Isles, Priests Shock the Public With the Truth

Nov 28, 2022John StonestreetLGBTLGBT

Recently, a visiting priest in Kerry, Ireland, spoke clearly about sexuality and gender during his homily. Of transgenderism and same-sex sexual activity, he stated, “That is sinful. That is a mortal sin.” He then described the power and possibility of forgiveness. In response, the Irish Mirror called his message “bizarre.” The Bishop of Kerry apologized, saying that Sean Sheehy’s views “do not represent the Christian position.”

Except of course, they do. Unlike those of at least five bishops in the Church of England, who called this month for same-sex marriage ceremonies to be officiated in the Church.

In response, Calvin Robinson, another “shocking priest”—so shocking the Church of England wouldn’t ordain him—boldly reminded them that “Christ will not fit into your box” of re-interpreting Scripture.

Culture is most powerful in what it normalizes, and when lies are normalized, the truth becomes shocking. Thank God for Christian ministers willing to “shock” and speak truth.