Nineteen drag queen story hours and nine LGBTQ comic books: Why a biblical response to Pride Month is relevant to us all
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 3 June 2026
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Summary
In honor of Pride Month, the Boston Public Library has scheduled nineteen drag queen story hours, while the New York Times is recommending LGBTQ-themed comic books and graphic novels for children and teenagers. The decades-long drive to normalize LGBTQ ideology is working, but their cultural success will not be achieved until anyone who disagrees is seen as abnormal and dangerous. But the deeper concern is not merely cultural change—it is how easily we can grow silent about biblical truth and begin to question God’s word on one issue, making us more likely to do so on others. If you think this conversation is irrelevant to your life, that very thought may prove otherwise.
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Scriptures verifying that God intends sexual activity only within the covenant of heterosexual marriage: Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5–6; Leviticus 18:22; Romans 1:26–17; 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; 1 Timothy 1:10; Jude 7).
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings. This is Chris Elkins, narrator of the Daily Article Podcast. With a mix of joy and sadness, |
| 0:07.2 | I want to share with our Daily Article podcast listening audience, my plan to retire, effective June 18th. |
| 0:13.8 | After narrating more than 1,000 daily article podcast episodes and serving with Denison Forum for 10 years, |
| 0:20.4 | the time has come. But there's a history |
| 0:22.5 | here. I have known both Jim Denison and Jeff Bird, our co-founders, since the late 1990s, when we all |
| 0:29.0 | served at a leading church in the Dallas area. My wife, Minnie, served as Jim's executive assistant |
| 0:34.4 | for several years before transitioning with Jim and Jeff to form Denison |
| 0:38.4 | Forum. Even our daughter-in-law, Catherine, served Denison Forum in recent years. Leaving something |
| 0:44.1 | in which you're deeply invested is never easy. And while I'm well beyond the typical retirement age, |
| 0:50.6 | this transition is still a bit of a paradox. Let me explain. I heard someone say once, |
| 0:56.9 | every end is a new beginning. Therein lies the paradox. While I will engage in a certain amount |
| 1:03.0 | of looking back over the next few weeks as I approach the end of this season of my life, |
| 1:07.8 | there is also a great anticipation about what's next. I want to be available. |
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| 1:19.0 | it's only a temporary response if you don't get fixated on looking back. So, along with the |
| 1:24.9 | Apostle Paul from Philippians 3, verse 14, I press onward toward the goal of the prize of the upward calling of God in Christ Jesus. |
| 1:34.4 | Amen and amen. |
| 1:41.8 | It's Wednesday, June the 3rd, 2026, and this is Denison Forum's Daily Article Podcast. |
| 1:48.6 | I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's daily article authored by friend and cultural theologian, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 1:56.3 | In honor of Pride Month, the Boston Public Library has scheduled 19 drag queen story hours across its branches, |
| 2:04.8 | most of them designed for children ages 18 months to five years old. There will also be a |
| 2:10.7 | pride-themed kids concert with a focus on LGBTQ youth family pride and craft nights at which children can make fidgets, keychain |
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