Tuesday, November 11, 2025

This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses SCOTUS’s declination to take case that could have led to overturning of Obergefell, SCOTUS’s allowance of Trump’s transgender passport policy, and the 16 states suing the Trump administration over ‘morality of harm.’
Part I (00:14 – 06:10)
Supreme Court Declines to Take Case That Could Have Led to the Overturning of Obergefell: But This Does Not Mean SCOTUS Won’t Take Up the Issue in the Future
Part II (06:10 – 11:51)
Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration’s Transgender Passport Policy to Proceed: Just Look at the Arguments

• Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Transgender Passport Policy by The New York Times (Abbie VanSickle)

Part III (11:51 – 19:50)
No, Biological Designation is Not Meaningless and Useless: The LGBTQ Argument on Gender Identity Reveals the Ideology

• The Ruling About Passports Isn’t About ID. It’s About Social Control. by The New York Times (M. Gessen)

Part IV (19:50 – 26:20)
16 States Sue the Trump Administration Over ‘Morality of Harm’: Christians Certainly Care About a Genuine Morality of Harm, But That Cannot Be Defined by LGBTQ Ideologies

• US judge to block Trump directive to cut ‘gender ideology’ from states’ sex ed materials by USA Today (Reuters)

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