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[The Move to Abolish Gender?] Also: Camera Tickets and the Degrading of, … | The Founding Fathers and Fake News | [View online] [ChristianityToday.org][Donate] [The Galli Report newsletter] Friday, January 20, 2017 [The Move to Abolish Gender?] I've followed theologian John Milbank from afar from some years. As with many theologians, there are some pieces I question and others I applaud. [Here is one of the latter,] as he dissects what is going on in the transgender movement. One key quote would be: Transgender as promoted today is a deadly earnest attempt to abolish gender altogether. Naturally, this promotion is most of all directed towards adolescents and children (rendering our fears, legitimate and not, over child abuse, somewhat hypocritical) by the commercial music industry. But as he notes, it's not just the music industry that promotes and benefits from this move, but many aspects of the marketplace. One does not have to agree with everything he says in this long read for it to give one pause and new perspective. [Sponsoring Children: On the Other Hand] Last week I noted how attendees of the recent Passion conference sponsored every Compassion child available in four countries—some 7,000 children newly sponsored. This week, we are reminded that another [145,000 Compassion children will likely lose their sponsorship in India.] And this after 45 years of remarkable service there. It's another example of national ideology working against the welfare of its people. [Camera Tickets and the Degrading of, Well, Democracy] The title— ["That Time I Turned a Routine Traffic Ticket into the Constitutional Trial of the Century"—]reflects the self-important tone of this piece, but the author does raise good, and sometimes humorous, points about due process. I had some personal interest in this piece on traffic cameras because last year I loaned my car to an acquaintance and then received a ticket for running a red light while he was driving it, with a picture to prove it. Of course, one cannot tell from the picture who was driving the car. The Carol Stream, Illinois, police just assumed I was guilty. The assumption of such a system is that I am legally liable for the behavior of people who drive my car—an odd notion, to say the least. In short, municipal officials and their private contractors have at their disposal the powers of both criminal and civil law and are excused from the due process duties of both criminal and civil law. It's a neat trick that would have made King George III blush. [The Founding Fathers and Fake News] Here's [another piece] that reminds us that "fake news" is hardly a new phenomenon. The new twist in here is that the author reminds us that this phenomenon was well known by our nation's founders, who apparently took steps to try to mitigate it. "[Jesus Christ] could not and would not demand anything other or better for himself than that he should share the sorrow of his people and God's people." —Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics, IV I page 477. Grace and peace, [Mark Galli] [Mark Galli] [Mark Galli] Editor, Christianity Today More froM Christianity Today [Women's March Sets Out to Exclude 40 Percent of American Women] What pro-life feminists actually have in common with their pro-choice counterparts. [Retraining Our Minds on the Things of Christ: Thoughts as We Draw Closer to Inauguration Day] Four Questions to Ask Ourselves as We Adjust to a New Political Reality [7 Reasons to Consider a Small Church Internship] Small churches have unique characteristics, quirks and blessings that can only be learned by having ministry experience in them. Follow Us [Facebook] [Twitter] [RSS] [Subscribe to this newsletter] IN THE MAGAZINE [Current Issue] [Luther's Return to a Gospel of Grace Is Still Relevant 500 Years Later] [Reading the Reformation in 2017] [Pro-Life's Reformation Ripples] [View Full Issue] [Subscribe Now] Related CT Newsletters [CT Connection] The official newsletter of the global media ministry. [Sign Up Now] [CT Entertainment] Reviews and perspectives on movies, TV, and music. [Sign Up Now] [The Galli Report] Delivered via email to subscribers weekly. [Subscribe] | [Email Preferences] | [Unsubscribe] | [Privacy Policy] | [Advertise] | [Subscribe to CT] You are currently subscribed as: {EMAIL} Copyright ©2017 [ChristianityToday.org], Christianity Today, 465 Gundersen Drive, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved.