Today is Monday, October the 3rd, 2022, and this is the Daily Article podcast.

Today's article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum.

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are visiting Puerto Rico today and Florida on Wednesday to view areas devastated by Hurricane Ian.

There have been 87 confirmed deaths from the storm as of this morning, but the number is expected to rise.

Meanwhile, a cultural storm is brewing that is devastating not just part of our country, but our entire

society.

The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade 100 days ago yesterday, which was a historic victory

for life.

However, of all the massive consequences so far, one is especially foundational.

The culture wars are coming home. States and

local communities are taking ownership of morality issues on unprecedented levels and in unprecedented

ways. Let's consider some examples. Last Thursday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 107, which David French explains this way, and I quote,

A child can cross state lines to obtain gender affirming health care or gender affirming mental health care and obtain immediate protection from efforts from parents to bring their child home."

In quote, in short, if your child goes to California for sex change surgery, there's nothing you can do to stop them once they get to the state.

The order even blocks parents from receiving information about their child's treatments.

This is just one of the ways many in our

secularized culture are seeking to dismantle the family and overturn traditional morality. A Wisconsin

school board is going forward with sex ed curriculum that teaches lessons on gender identity

to elementary school students. A New Jersey law

forces schools to teach LGBTQ history. The New Jersey Department of Education has imposed sex

education standards requiring school districts to teach middle school students about sexual activities

that I will not describe here.

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