Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

At the recent art conference in London, many refer to the past year or so of conservative wins,

both in the U.S. and in other Western nations, as a kind of vibe shift.

Perhaps, but it's also just as clear that not everyone has gotten that memo.

There are many legislative bodies around the world that have doubled down on far progressive

ideology, showing how different laws actually reflect wildly different understandings of reality

in the human person.

For example, a Colorado bill just passed through

the house that would make misgendering the dead a class two misdemeanor, punishable with up to

120 days in jail and $750 in fines. Quote, if they happen to die of prostate cancer and their

gender identity as female, that's important information for us to

have, said a Democratic representative Karen McCormick of Longmont. And so, coroners and other officials

who sign a death certificate that does not align with the deceased gender identity could face

punishment similar to someone who runs a brothel. Biologists and atheist Colin Wright had a whole different take on the bill,

and I quote,

if a female who identifies as a male dies of ovarian cancer,

recording her as male would skew medical stats and obscure real biological trends

with fraudulent sex data.

Over time, and across medical context,

this will mess with how we understand and tackle health issues." Meanwhile, in Maine, the House Speaker repeatedly silenced

and then House Democrats officially censured, State Representative Laurel Libby, for arguing

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