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DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
(0:0 – 17:52):
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Direct Threat to Religious Liberty: Legislative Bans on Conversion Therapy on Both Sides of the Atlantic as Canada Passes Most Comprehensive Conversion Therapy Laws in the World and Britain Seeks to Follow Suit

NPR (RACHEL TREISMAN)
After Two Failed Attempts, Canada Bans Conversion Therapy

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-4: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy)

GOVERNMENT OF EQUALITIES OFFICE (ELIZABETH TRUSS)
Open Consultation: Banning Conversion Therapy

BBC NEWS
Religious Group Warns Against LGBT+ Conversion Therapy Ban

PART 2
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Combining Courage Against Apartheid, Rejection of Biblical Revelation Of Sexuality, and Aquamation: Archbishop Desmond Tutu Dies at 90

THE GUARDIAN (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE)
What is Aquamation? The Process behind Desmond Tutu’s ‘Green Cremation’

PART 3
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Against Cries to Defund the Police, Eric Adams – Former Police Captain – Takes Office as Mayor of New York City

NEW YORK TIMES (EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS)
Eric Adams Takes Office as New York City’s 110th Mayor at a Perilous Moment

ASSOCIATED PRESS (MICHELLE PRICE)
On Busy 1st day, NYC Mayor Urges Resiliency Against Pandemic

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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What Does ‘The Right To Bear Arms’ Mean? SCOTUS Considers Constitutionality Of New York State Gun Carry Law

CNN (TIERNEY SNEED)
Thomas and Roberts Grill New York On How Restrictions Apply In Rural vs. Urban Areas

WALL STREET JOURNAL (STEPHEN HALBROOK)
When Is a Constitutional Right Not a Right?

USA TODAY (JOHN FRITZE)
Can New Yorkers Carry Guns? A 700 Year-Old Law May Inform Supreme Court's Second Amendment Decision

PART 2
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Toxicity Of Identity Politics In Public Schools — How Should Parents Respond?

USA TODAY (ERIN RICHARDS, ALIA WONG, AND LINDSAY SCHNELL)
Culture Wars Have Taken Hold of School Board Elections. Students Say Their Well-Being Is At Risk.

PART 3
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When Charges of Racism Are Weaponized for Politics, the Actual Sin of Racism is Obscured

WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
The Big ‘Racist’ Fail in Virginia