The Federalist Daily Briefing for 09/12/2017

Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. September 12, 2017 [They Serve Gay Clients All The Time. So Why Won’t They Cater A Same-Sex Wedding?]( By Josh Shepherd A florist and baker at the heart of major legal cases explained why they won't use their creative talents and services to affirm same-sex marriage. [Full article]( [Why You Should Stop Trying To Change People’s Minds]( By David Marcus Today on our televisions, radios, and social media the take-all approach dominates. There is very little room for synthesis, a moment that requires intellectual clarity. [Full article]( [How Online Marketers Use Facebook Quizzes To Exploit Your Narcissism For Easy Bucks]( By Jennifer Doverspike Brands know they need to make users feel as if they are gaining some insight into themselves, and that people want a personal and engaging conversation with their interactive content. [Full article]( [Peggy Noonan Was Right About The National Cathedral’s Confederate Windows]( By D.C. McAllister The reactions to Peggy Noonan’s tweets reveal the ignorance many have of the Civil War and the rash judgments they place on people in the past. [Full article]( [No, A Classical Education Is Not Impossible To Revive In America’s Degenerate Society]( By Josh Herring The education luminary David Hicks has written that a classical education is impossible because American society is too far gone. That view smacks of despair—which, bluntly, is a sin. [Full article]( [In Response To Attacks, New Florida Law Aims To Protect Religious Expression In Public Schools]( By Ashley Bateman The state's landmark legislation aims to protect religious expression, even as we see a national decrease in religious freedoms in public education. [Full article]( [Texas Clinic To Raise Harvey Death Count By 15 With Crowdfunded Abortions]( By Bre Payton In the aftermath of deadly hurricane Harvey, which killed at least 77 people, abortionists are scheming to raise the death count even higher. [Full article]( [Monuments To Robert E. Lee Should Stay Because They Mark Our Growth As A Nation]( By Gregory S. Bucher Attacking Robert E. Lee for treason now is like attacking Oedipus for not asking a man if he was his father before killing him—prosaic and beside the point. [Full article]( [Why Illegal Immigrant Advocacy Groups Aren’t Really Pro-Immigrant]( By Donna Carol Voss Group identity, open borders, and sanctuary cities are ‘pro-immigrant’ only in the world of fantasy moral high ground. [Full article]( [Democrats Keep Their Mouths Shut As Menendez Trial Gets Weirder]( By Bre Payton In Washington, Democrats keep their heads in the sand while the bizarre trial against Sen. Bob Menendez unfolds in New Jersey. [Full article]( [David Fahrenthold On Covering Hurricanes, Charities, And Foundations]( By The Federalist Staff Washington Post's David Fahrenthold shares his experience covering Donald Trump's charitable giving in 2016 on this episode of Federalist Radio. [Full article]( [In The Long Run, 9/11 Didn’t Bring Us Any Closer Together]( By David Harsanyi On anniversary of 9/11, it’s difficult not to notice that Americans don’t really share a coherent, unifying cultural or idealistic value anymore. [Full article]( [Flashback: George W. Bush To 9/11 Rescue Workers: ‘I Can Hear You!’]( By Bre Payton In the aftermath of 9/11, President George W. Bush delivered arguably the greatest speech of his presidency at Ground Zero. [Full article]( BETSY DEVOS INFURIATES THE LEFT Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced a reworking of the Obama-era campus sex assault rules that had led so many accused parties to be deemed guilty until proven innocent. “The era of ‘rule by letter’ is over,” Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Thursday afternoon, in reference to an Obama-era practice of issuing guidance documents that acted as laws. DeVos’ speech signals yet again her agency’s willingness to end the injustices that spread under the Obama administration, which made women into unquestioned victims and treated men as perpetrators without giving them a chance to defend themselves. Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter]( | friend on Facebook | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2017 The Federalist, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail because you opted in to receive e-mail updates from TheFederalist.com. Our mailing address is: The Federalist 8647 Richmond Highway Suite 618Alexandria, VA 22309 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](