The Briefing with Albert Mohler Wednesday, April 22, 2026
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Apr 22, 2026 A legal round-up on parental rights and recent Supreme Court moves around pronoun notification and preschool exclusions. A deep look at Colorado’s clash between nondiscrimination rules and religious liberty. Commentary on military childcare costs and why government programs cannot replace parental care. A spirited defense of North Carolina’s alienation of affection law and its moral aims.
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Supreme Court Sidesteps Parental Rights Pronouns Case
- The Supreme Court chooses cases selectively using the rule of four, so many major issues may wait for stronger fact patterns.
- Mohler emphasizes that SCOTUS declined a parental-rights pronoun case, leaving the appellate decision intact and delaying national resolution.
Massachusetts Student Asked School To Keep Pronoun Change From Parents
- A Massachusetts student emailed teachers in 2021 identifying as genderqueer and requested new name and pronouns, asking staff to withhold that change from parents.
- The counselor told staff to honor the student's request and use legal name and female pronouns when communicating with the parents, prompting the parents' lawsuit.
Court Takes Colorado Catholic Preschool Funding Case
- The Supreme Court agreed to hear a Colorado case on whether Catholic preschools must admit LGBTQ parents to participate in a tuition-free state program.
- Mohler frames this as a religious liberty clash over state funding conditions and the normalization of LGBTQ families through policy coercion.