Cultural Update: Ten Commandments in Schools; Title IX rules; Warning Labels for Social Media

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

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🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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This week, Sean and Scott discuss: Louisiana mandates public schools to display the Ten Commandments, sparking legal debates and opposition.A federal judge in Kentucky blocks Biden's Title IX rules, arguing gender identity and sex are distinct.The U.S. Surgeon General advocates for warning labels on social media to protect adolescents' mental health.Listener question: Navigating self-defense as a Christian in light of Jesus' teachings on non-retaliation.Listener question: Ethics of IVF a...

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0:00.0	The Louisiana Governor signs a law requiring all public school classrooms in the state to display the 10
0:06.7	Commandments. A US judge in Kentucky followed by other states blocks Biden's title nine rules and says that gender identity
0:15.9	and sex are not the same things. The US Surgeon General calls for warning labels
0:20.8	on social media platforms.
0:22.9	These are the stories we'll discuss today
0:24.7	and we will also address some of your questions.
0:27.6	I'm your host, Sean McDow.
0:29.1	I'm your co-host, Scott Ray.
0:31.2	This is the Think Bivocally Weekly Cultural Update
0:34.0	brought to you by Talbot School Theology
0:36.2	Biola University.
0:38.2	Scott, I gotta admit this first story I did not see coming
0:41.8	because I thought we kind of debated these issues in the 80s and have moved on but apparently not.
0:49.0	This story is about how a new law approved in Louisiana on Wednesday will require public schools to display the 10 Commandments in all classrooms.
1:00.0	And by the way, if I understood correctly, this is like elementary through high school and even public college classrooms.
1:06.2	Yeah, this includes public universities too.
1:09.8	Public universities and it'll begin in 2025.
1:13.7	So the bill is called HB 71,
1:16.7	and all public schools in Louisiana
1:19.7	must display the 10 commandments beginning January 1 on a poster or framed document and they
1:27.0	give the exact size for this. It must be at least 11 by 14 inches with the text of the command is displayed in a large easily readable
1:37.2	font. The posters must also include a four paragraph quote context statement that says among other things that the
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