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The Colson Center policy for Brightpoint Commentaries, as well as our other media products,

public speaking, and videos, is to only use pronouns that correspond to a person's sex,

and to only use pronouns if it all necessary.

So we will use he, him and his to refer to males even if they identify as female, non-binary,

or some other identity, and we will use she, her and hers to refer to females.

This of course has the potential to make people angry.

As a result, an increasing number of Christians today argue that it's the more loving and

hospitable thing to do, and perhaps even crucial for evangelism, to use a person's preferred

pronouns, even if they do not correspond to that person's biology.

A prominent Christian voice on LGBT issues that once believed this view is Rosaria Butterfield,

someone with a well-known testimony that includes being saved out of a lesbian lifestyle.

She at one time publicly advocated for what is often called pronoun hospitality.

It was, she says, a quote, carryover from her gay activist days.

Butterfield hoped that using someone's preferred pronouns was a good way to quote, meet everyone

where they were, and do nothing to provoke insult.

End quote.

Earlier this month, and an article that was published on the Reformation 21 website,

Butterfield explained why she has not only changed her mind about this, but now deems it necessary

to publicly repent, that's her words, of her former views.

Using transgender pronouns Butterfield now believes was not only a misguided attempt at

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