Welcome to the Breakpoint podcast. I'm Shane Morris. On today's episode, we want to present a special panel discussion held by the North Carolina Family Policy Council, examining the Supreme Court's most recent decision dealing with religious liberty and gender identity. The host is John Rustin of the North Carolina Family Policy Council with panelist John Stone Street, Ryan Anderson of the Heritage Foundation, and Matt Sharp of the Alliance Defending Freedom.

I do want to note that the audio is taken from an online discussion, and there are a couple of brief rough spots.

We apologize for that.

Now, since John Rustin gives us a thorough

introduction of the topics and the speakers, let's get started. Well, good evening and welcome

to the North Carolina Family Policy Council series of virtual events entitled Understanding North

Carolina's Dynamic Landscape. This is the second of a five-part series as we take a look at some of the most pressing issues facing our culture today.

Our first program two weeks ago featured David and Jason Benham, the Benham brothers, talking with us about Christianity and the cancel culture.

The Benham shared about their personal experiences

with cancel culture after their HGTV reality series was abruptly canceled in 2014 because of

the brothers' unwavering stand for life and biblical marriage. David and Jason gave us some

inspiring advice about how we as Christians should seek to live out our faith

in the public square, especially in the midst of an increasingly hostile culture. If you didn't

have a chance to join us for the last program, don't worry. We'll send you a link following

tonight's event. And speaking of tonight's program, we are taking a look at Life Liberty and the U.S. Supreme

Court. As we're extremely pleased to welcome our special guest tonight. John Stone Street

serves as president of the Colson Center for Christian World View and as host of the Colson

Center's Breakpoint Radio podcast. John is a sought-after author and speaker on areas of

faith and culture, theology, worldview, education, and apologetics. John has co-authored four books,

a practical guide to culture, restoring all things, same-sex marriage, and making sense of your world, a biblical worldview.

Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D. is a renowned author and the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow

with the Heritage Foundation. Ryan is founder and editor of Public Discourse, the online journal of the

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