Below are highlights from Jim's look at news events from our nation and around the world. Stories included:
--President Biden signed the so-called, "Respect for Marriage Act" this week.
--The 12 Republican senators who threw their support behind the "Respect for Marriage Act" were swayed by cash and political clout wielded by a group of prominent donors, several of whom identify as "gay."
--Famed Christian music artist Amy Grant will be hosting a same-sex wedding.
--The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked attempts by the Biden administration to force religious hospitals and doctors to perform gender transition surgeries.
--10 trans-attorneys from the National Trans Bar Association were admitted into the Supreme Court bar becoming the latest in a small group of openly trans lawyers to gain the ability to argue cases before the highest court in the U.S.
--Cambridge Dictionary is being blasted by online critics for revising the definition of "man" and "woman" to include people who do not identify with their biological sex.
--In a brazen act of anti-Christian disrespect and cultural appropriation, Edison Middle School, in the formerly conservative town of Wheaton, Illinois, has chosen to mock a Christian symbol that celebrates the birth of Christ by prominently displaying a full size, rainbow colored gay pride Christmas tree.
--A school district that gave pre-schoolers a book on cross-dressing has changed its procedures for giving out books after news of the incident surfaced late last month.
--On December 15th, the U.S. Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act at a price to taxpayers of 858 billion dollars.