What the Bathroom Debate Has to Do with Marriage, Food and What It Means to Be Human, and Why Thankfulness Is Countercultural

The debate over whether men should be allowed in women’s restrooms moves to Capitol Hill, but is corrupted by our confusion over marriage.  RFK Jr. has sparked a national conversation about food, which is really a conversation about what it means to be human. Also, how Thanksgiving points us outward and upward in a culture that constantly directs us inward.

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