Cities Clash with State Laws Over LGBTQ Symbolism

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Part I (00:14 - 10:35)
Have You 'Evolved' in Moral Conviction? Watching the Language of the Cultural Left, Certain That History is Moving Their Way

• Will Pope Leo XIV accept LGBTQ+ people as Francis did? Here's why advocates have hope. by USA Today (Marc Ramirez)

Part II (10:35 - 19:30)
The Report on Mifepristone Has Struck a Nerve: The Left’s Response to the EPPC's Report Reveals Deadly Commitment to Abortion

• Conservatives are trumpeting a new abortion-pill study. One problem: it’s bogus by The Guardian (Moira Donegan)
• The War Against Manhood and the American Cultural Crisis by Thinking in Public (R. Albert Moher, Jr. and Josh Hawley)
• The right’s new playbook to restrict access to abortion pills by Vox (Rachel Cohen)
• Digging into the math of a study attacking the safety of the abortion pill by The Washington Post (Glenn Kessler)

Part III (19:30 - 23:29)
Blue Dots in Red States: Utah and Idaho Cities Adopt Official LGBTQ Flags to Get Around State Laws

• Salt Lake City and Boise Adopt Official Pride Flags in Response to State Laws by The New York Times (Victor Mather)

Part IV (23:29 - 28:04)
Kermit the Frog, Coming to a Commencement Ceremony Near You? The ‘Who’s Who’ of Graduation Speakers Has an Embarrassing Amphibian Guest

• Governors, Actors and a Talking Frog: Here’s Who’s Speaking at Graduation by The New York Times (Mitch Smith)

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