The Briefing 11-07-16

Audio · Jen Hatmaker · LGBT · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Same-Sex Relationships

• Unavoidable question #1: Can a same-sex relationship be holy? Understanding the Jen Hatmaker controversy
• Unavoidable question #2: Are same-sex relationships a "creational variance"? Understanding the Wolterstorff controversy

Airbnb · Audio · gambling · LGBT · Peter Thiel

• LGBT community to Peter Thiel: Being gay is about political identity, not sexual identity
• Will Airbnb's new "community commitment" eliminate discrimination, or is it just virtue signaling?
• Who's leading the opposition to expanding gambling in New Jersey? Area casino magnates

Audio · Catholicism · Lutherans · Physician Assisted Suicide · Pope Francis · Reformation Day

• Post-Vatican II Catholicism meets Protestant Liberalism: Pope Francis commemorates the Reformation
• In spite of opposition, D.C. Council approves bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide
• Reflections on the 499th Anniversary of the Reformation

2016 Presidential Election · China · Geopolitics · Isis · NSA

• China elevates President Xi to "core" leader, joining the ranks of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping
• Democracy on trial? The geopolitics of the 2016 presidential election
• When Iraq is finally liberated, will Iraq's Christians have a home?
• Who's securing the National Security Agency? Recent NSA security breach raises eyebrows

2016 Presidential Election · Audio · FBI · Hillary Clinton · LGBT · SCOTUS · Transgender

• FBI obtains warrant to pursue new evidence in Clinton email investigation as public distrust grows
• Supreme Court to rule in transgender bathroom case that could fundamentally reshape society