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Today we're going to talk about the oral arguments

before the Supreme Court in the case of the US versus Scermetti,

about the use of so-called transgender medicine for minors.

We're also going to talk about the renovations

of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which is

set to open this coming weekend. So we have a lot to get to today. We're so glad you're with us.

Please stick around. Welcome to Breakpoint this week. From the Colson Center for Christian Worldview,

I'm Maria Bear, alongside John Stone Street, president of the Colston Center.

John, I just got back from a long walk with my dog listening to the oral arguments in this week's case, United States versus Scrimetti.

So this is the case that was argued before the Supreme Court regarding Tennessee's law that

would prohibit doctors from prescribing puberty blockers

or cross-sex hormones to children for the express purpose of treating, I'm putting that in

quotes, their gender dysphoria. It was fascinating that the oral arguments were

incredibly riveting, if you can use that word, to describe oral arguments.

I think I had an odd sense of relief right at the beginning because the plaintiffs, so the people arguing against the law argued first.

And I had an odd sense of relief which quickly grew into horror once I realized what exactly

they were saying because from the get-go they acknowledged, of course, we all know there

are clear biological differences between boys and girls. And of course, their argument

depends almost entirely on that being the case, because they're arguing that you have to

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