With a one minute look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice put pro-life protesters on trial for their role in a 2021 sit-in at an abortion facility in Tennessee, each one face over a decade in prison now as well as hefty fines.

America's got a long history of civil disobedience and peaceful protests, but increasingly,

the state has grown quite selective in what's tolerated and what's condemned,

and now, apparently, convicted.

Federal animus toward pro-life activism is on the rise, as are examples of hostility

from law enforcement.

This is especially odd when compared to the U.S. immigration and customs

enforcement agents who declined to comment about four men who were released

after beating New York police officers.

But beyond the complexities of the immigration debate and the ethics of civil disobedience,

this reflects our cultural mood, in which the moral status of individuals are predetermined based on their group, not their behavior.

The more that the state reflects this mood, the more elusive true justice will be.

I'm John Stone Street.