Rachel Levine sworn in as America's first transgender four-star admiral
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 21 October 2021
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Rachel Levine was sworn in as a four-star admiral Tuesday, making her the highest ranking official in the commissioned corps and the first openly transgender four-star officer in the uniformed services. In The Daily Article for October 21, 2021, Dr. Jim Denison encourages us on how to raise our families in a culture where unbiblical morality is more endorsed and enforced than ever before.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit thedailyarticle.com. |
| 0:14.7 | Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.8 | Romans 1513 says, |
| 0:21.6 | May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power |
| 0:27.6 | of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. |
| 0:30.6 | Rachel Levine was ceremonially sworn in as a four-star Admiral Tuesday, making her the |
| 0:36.6 | highest ranking official in the Commission Corps |
| 0:39.5 | and leader of 6,000 public health service officers. This story is making news because she is now |
| 0:46.6 | the first openly transgender four-star officer in the Uniformed Services. Last March, she became |
| 0:53.7 | the nation's highest ranked openly transgender |
| 0:56.4 | official after being nominated for U.S. Assistant Health Secretary by President Biden. |
| 1:02.7 | In her response this week, she stated, may this appointment be the first of many like it |
| 1:08.0 | as we create a more inclusive future. Her hope is the point of my article today. |
| 1:15.9 | The sexual revolution continues to advance in our culture. For example, the Pentagon has spent |
| 1:22.8 | $15 million in the last five years to treat 1892 transgender troops, including 11.5 million |
| 1:31.5 | for psychotherapy, and 3.1 million for surgeries, including sex reassignment procedures. People |
| 1:39.3 | magazine is featuring an interview with Jamie Lee Curtis and her transgender daughter. Jamie Lee said, |
| 1:46.2 | if one person reads this, sees a picture of Ruby in me and says, I feel free to say this is who I am, |
| 1:53.7 | then it's worth it. Vienna's Natural History Museum has found a way to display art containing nudity |
| 2:00.5 | that has been banned on social media platforms. |
| 2:04.2 | According to the Washington Post, they will showcase it on a subscription-based website, |
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