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

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stomstreet.

One of the most effective tools in recent years to shape culture is the corporate equality index from the human rights campaign.

Today, on Breakpoint, Katie Faust, of Them Before Us, explains.

You may be surprised to learn that when you picked up that matte red lipstick at Ulta,

you were helping fund cross-sex hormones for gender-confused kids.

Or that when you ordered that chicken alpaste store with extra guac at Chipotle,

you were subsidizing IVF and surrogacy,

which is intentionally creating children who will be separated from their mother or father.

That may sound extreme, but according to a new report published by my non-profit then before us,

there's often a pipeline between our daily purchases and child harm.

This harm is thanks to the human rights campaign's Corporate Equality Index.

Launched in 2002, the CEI presents itself as a benchmarking tool,

rating companies on how well they implement LGBTQ inclusion policies in the workplace.

It promises to help businesses create fair, equitable environments for employees.

But far more than shaping office

culture, it has quietly reshaped how corporations think about children, families, and even the human

body itself. And whether we realize it or not, most of us are participating. Companies don't just

earn points for preventing workplace discrimination. They are rewarded for adopting a slate of policies that reach far beyond the office into medicine, reproduction, and family structure.

That includes offering family formation benefits like IVF, surrogacy, and gamete donation. It includes covering gender transition procedures, and it includes financially

supporting organizations that promote these practices even among minors. In other words, a high score

isn't just about tolerance. It's about aligning with a specific vision of what it means to be human,

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