Hallmark waffles on lesbian brides: God’s call to serve a cause is worth its cost
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 17 December 2019
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR DECEMBER 17, 2019
Hallmark's waffling over airing LBGTQ ads contrasts sharply to the generosity of an anonymous donor who bought Olivia Newton-John's iconic black leather jacket from Grease—and then returned it to her. Today’s podcast argues against our consumeristic mind-set and suggests a better way forward: find a cause worth its cost and more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit |
| 0:12.5 | thedailyarticle.com. Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.8 | Holmark aired four television ads that featured brides kissing each other. |
| 0:24.4 | Conservative groups voiced their opposition, so the company pulled the commercials. |
| 0:29.6 | LGBTQ activists voiced their opposition to this decision, so Hallmark apologized and announced |
| 0:36.8 | plans to reinstate the commercials. |
| 0:39.3 | In other news, Olivia Newton-John's iconic black leather jacket from the movie Greece |
| 0:44.0 | sold at a charity auction last month for $243,200. Here's what makes the story so surprising. The new |
| 0:52.6 | owner then gave the jacket back to its original owner. |
| 0:56.0 | The anonymous buyer explained, this jacket belongs to you and the collective soul of those who |
| 1:01.6 | love you, those for whom you are the soundtrack of their lives. It should not sit in a billionaire's |
| 1:07.1 | closet for country club bragging rights. For this reason, I humbly and respectfully return it to its |
| 1:12.8 | rightful owner, which is you. Newton John plans to display the jacket in her cancer center, |
| 1:18.9 | the cause for which the jacket was auctioned. Yesterday, we focused on seeing God as the king of the |
| 1:27.0 | universe, who is relevant to every |
| 1:29.1 | dimension of our lives, every day of our lives. |
| 1:32.5 | Today, let's think about the best way to respond to such relevance. |
| 1:36.7 | Holmark's waffling reveals a company driven by public perception and prophets. |
| 1:41.5 | Their vacillation makes the generosity of Olivia Newton-John's anonymous donor |
| 1:45.7 | even more noteworthy for its singularity. Our economy is built on consumeristic capitalism. |
| 1:52.4 | Buy low, sell high, is more than a stock market axiom. It is the way many people engage society. |
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