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While we’re on the topic of entertainment, “The Sound of Freedom” continues to stun at the box office, with the film bringing in more than $150 million. But beyond its Hollywood impact, the movie is sparking calls for investigations into human trafficking.
“Republican senators are pressing for hearings on human trafficking and citing the groundswell of alarm set off by the movie ‘Sound of Freedom,’” The Times’ Kerry Picket . “Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin led a GOP letter to the Democratic chairmen of the Senate’s Judiciary, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Foreign Relations committees that highlighted the need for the hearings.”On the opinion page, Mr. Hallowell highlights one rock star’s powerful sermon about God, purpose and the chaos we see in current culture.
“At a time when celebrities, pop stars and actors routinely unleash political mantras aimed at targeting temporal woes, Mr. Cooper was doing something quite different,” Mr. Hallowell wrote of the rocker’s message. “He was exposing the spiritual crises before us to offer an eternal path forward.” ReadAnd Everett Piper’s “Ask Dr. E” column tackles whether there’s “a spectrum more comprehensive than a heterosexual male and female.
A curious reader wrote in to express the worry there’s “just too many ‘what-ifs’” on the gender front, adding, “Perhaps we should defer to a power much higher and do what Jesus tells us to do, stop judging and love!” As always, Mr. Everett offers
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