Wednesday, April 22, 2026

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
Part I (00:14 – 07:16)
A Loss for Parental Rights at the Supreme Court: SCOTUS Will Not Rule on Parents’ Constitutional Right to Know Child’s Request for LGBTQ Pronoun or Name Use

• Supreme Court sidesteps pronouns case on trans rights vs. parents rights by USA Today (Maureen Groppe)

Part II (07:16 – 18:07)
What the Government Wants the Government Funds and Legislates: The State of Colorado is Pushing the LGBTQ Revolution on Parents by Coercion

• LGBTQ+ vs religious rights: Supreme Court takes big case on preschools by USA Today (Maureen Groppe)
• Justices to Hear Case on Catholic Preschools That Reject Children of Gay Parents by The New York Times (Ann E. Marimow)

Part III (18:07 – 22:10)
Childcare is a Major Expenditure for the Pentagon – But No Government Can Replace Parents in the Home

• You Can’t Defend a Nation When Soldiers Don’t Have Child Care by The New York Times (Lisa Levenstein)

Part IV (22:10 – 26:35)
North Carolina’s Homewrecker Law: Some in Our Society Decry This Law – And Their Moral Compass is Broken

• The Homewrecker Lawsuits Rocking North Carolina by The Wall Street Journal (Elizabeth Bernstein)

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