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And it's now time for your daily Fortis News break the production of Fortis Institute.
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We started in Texas where Texas Attorney General Ken Paxden recently closed a loophole
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the gender transition industry was counting on.
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In a new legal opinion, Paxden made clear that psychologists, counselors and social workers
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all qualify as healthcare providers under SB 14, the state's ban on child sex change
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Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council had argued the law only covers medical services.
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Paxden wasn't buying it saying you don't need a prescription pad or scalpel to facilitate
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a minor's transition and anyone who does, including with public dollars, can face consequences.
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Paxden's not alone either, HHS sent letters to all 50 states warning that children may
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not be removed from homes simply because the parents refused to affirm a child's opposite
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Assistant Secretary Alex Adams said removals must rest on objective evidence of serious
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harm, not radical gender ideology.
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Meanwhile, Arizona's house passed the Medical Freedom Act banning broad mandates for medical
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interventions including procedures, drugs and injections.
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In an inseparate measure, lawmakers advanced new limits on taxpayer funds for transgender
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procedures on minors, including a ban on referrals.
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On the world's stage, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Munich Security Conference
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that the West belongs to one civilization, one rooted in Christian faith and shared sacrifice.
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And AOC fired back that cultural appeals are very thin and pushed for a class-based, materialist
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And Bishop Robert Barron had a couple of words for that, Karl Marx.
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Barron told Wilkinshow that, quote, you don't preserve a civilization by pretending
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its soul is optional.
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The Justice Department opened its antitrust trial against live nation recently in New
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York accusing the company of a monopoly power that raises fees and kills competition.
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Live nation's attorney insisted that they hold no such power, but the Department of Justice
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points to 400 artists and 265 venues under the company's control in North America alone.
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If the business is all about bringing joy is live nation claims, somebody forgot to
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mention that to the service fees, and finally, wired, ran a piece spotlighting researchers
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using the drug BMT to pursue two-way communication with what they call non-human entities, building
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it as a kind of alien search program for the mind.
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And Michael Knowles offered a translation of his own, saying that if these beings are
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real and non-physical, you're not making contact with space tourists, you're conducting
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Yeah, Scripture has a word for that, and the word it uses, it's not breakthrough.
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That wraps up today's Fortis News break, I'm Jimmy Hicks, if you want more, you can
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And until tomorrow, go serve your king.
