Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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?