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Hi, I'm Jim Dedeson, a Denison Forum, and this is the daily article for Wednesday, May 12, 2021.

The title is, Biden administration will require hospitals to provide sex change procedures.

A brilliant book explains our cultural moment.

The Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, announced this week that it will prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Their statement requires health care providers and other organizations that receive funding from HHS to provide medical services to transgender individuals.

Such services include sex change procedures for any and all patients who request them,

even children.

The HHS announcement does note that its Office for Civil Rights, quote, will comply with

the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, end quote.

However, if the so-called Equality Act, now before the Senate becomes

law, such appeals to religious liberty will be expressly forbidden. In that case, faith-based

hospitals would be required to perform sex change surgeries on children and adults. This is just

the latest step in a spiritual conflict that involves every

evangelical Christian in America. The rise and triumph of the modern self is a book by historian

Carl Truman. It's being called the most important cultural book of the year, maybe even

decade. I just finished other reading and began the book yesterday,

and so far, I would have to agree. For instance, Truman utilizes the work of sociologist Philip

Rife to offer a concise explanation for our cultural progression from the ancient world to today.

Rife notes that we have sought meaning and purpose in four stages. First,

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