It's Monday, October 17, 2022.

I'm Albert Moller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from

a Christian worldview.

Sometimes an issue arises in public conversation, and you take a look at it and you say,

there's a lot here.

Later, you find out there's not as much there as you thought.

Sometimes the opposite is the case.

You consider an issue and you find out there's a whole lot more at stake than even had been

admitted at the onset.

I'm talking about a headline news story out of Virginia, and it has caught the attention

of the Washington Post.

That turns out to be crucial.

Over the weekend, the Washington Post ran an article of the headline, LGBTQ Bill on

Child Abuse, creates uproar in Virginia and beyond.

Laura Vizzella and Gregory Schneider are the reporters on the story.

And as I said, it's important that the Washington Post's a liberal, secular newspaper with

a national reputation is reporting on this story because otherwise, it might just be seen

as a local story in Virginia.

It becomes quite a bit more significant when the Washington Post is taking account of the

story.

Now the headline tells us about an LGBTQ Bill on Child Abuse that creates an uproar and

is a headline went on to say in Virginia and beyond.

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