Greetings and welcome to the November the 11th, 2025 edition of Denison Forum's Daily Article Podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's daily article, authored by cultural pastor and theologian, Dr. Jim Denison.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will not revisit its landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

The court rejected an appeal from Kim Davis, a former Kentucky County clerk who was ordered to pay compensation to a same-sex couple after denying them a marriage license

due to her religious beliefs. For those of us who believe in Jesus' definition of marriage,

found in Matthew 19 v. 3 through 6, and referenced in Genesis 2 versus 18 through 25,

this news is disappointing, but not surprising. Whether the issue is abortion, adultery, divorce,

pornography, or euthanasia, or a host of other moral concerns, we should not expect a secular

democracy to guide itself by biblical morality. How is such secularism working for our culture?

Among millennial and Gen X respondents to a recent survey, Moore chose ethical non-monogamy over monogamy as their relational style preference.

In case you're not familiar with ethical non-monogamy, and I hope you aren't, the term refers to romantic or sexual

relationships where all partners consent to having multiple intimate relationships. Of course,

for those of us who believe biblical morality, the term is as oxymoronic as minor surgery.

There's no such thing for the patient, or an unbiased opinion, or the

civil war. An elderly member of the church I pastored in Atlanta cautioned me against the latter

term, reminding me that there was nothing civil about it. Pornography is becoming more violent and addictive than ever.

Chatbots are becoming more sexually explicit as well.

Without the constraints of network television FCC regulations,

streaming services air movies regularly that are highly pornographic.

I won't link to recent examples, nor will I watch them. A recent Saturday

night live host actually made jokes about sex trafficking, rape, and pedophilia. Again,

I won't link to what she said due to its disgusting nature. At the heart of our cultural

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