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The Mohler Report 9/18/2019

Listen to todays "Mohler Report." We have Merriam Webster adding a definition to the pronoun ,"they", Duke University refuses to charter Young Life as an official student organization and California is trying to provide free Abortion Pills on public university campuses, in an effort to destigmatize abortion. 

 

they

 pronoun
 ˈt͟hā 

Definition of they

 (Entry 1 of 2)

1those ones those people, animals, or things They dance well.What do they want to do?They aren't as popular as they once were.
2used to refer to people in a general way or to a group of people who are not specifiedYou know what they say.People can do what they want.They say the trial could go on for weeks.He's as lazy as they come.
3used with an indefinite third person singular antecedentNo one has to go if they don't want to.Everyone knew where they stood …— E. L. Doctorow
4used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is nonbinary (see NONBINARY sense c)I knew certain things about … the person I was interviewing.… They had adopted their gender-neutral name a few years ago, when they began to consciously identify as nonbinary — that is, neither male nor female. They were in their late 20s, working as an event planner, applying to graduate school.— Amy Harmon

 

Copied and pasted from The Merriam Webster Online Dictionary.

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The Mohler Report 9/18/2019

Posted by Art Flickinger

Constitution Day: September 17th, 2018

Today we celebrate Constitution Day! If you are like me you never gave it more than a passing thought. I can safely say, a constitutional scholar, I'm not, however, I do like to read Supreme Court decisions. The rulings I follow closely are ones that concern freedom of speech, religion and "abortion rights" (which I still have trouble finding as  a constitutional right).

The Declaration of Independence cites, "The Laws of Nature and of Nature's God." God is mentioned not only as a creator but, as law-giver, protector and judge. The implication being, that only God can rightfully exercise all three functions of government. Man can not do so, because he is a fallen creature. The Constitution was written with this in mind and is why our founders thought it necessary to have three distinct but equal branches of government, as a check and balance on one another. All our rights are inalienable rights that come from our Creator. This is one of the main frameworks that our constitution is based on and, why it has lasted so long. So, if anyone tells you our country was not founded on Judeo-Christian principles, most likely they have never read any of our founding documents.

Here is a link to an opinion piece that appeared in the 9/16 edition of the WSJ. I was unable to download a PDF copy for you to read, so if you have any free "looks" left you will be able to see it; If not it's worth tracking down a print copy of. It was what prompted me to take some time out and reflect on our constitution.

 What Ever Happened to ‘We the People’?

Posted by Art Flickinger

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