The Briefing with Albert Mohler Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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Apr 21, 2026 Discussion of recent shifts in prison policy tied to biological sex and a federal ruling. Coverage of hospitals halting youth transgender treatments and the legal and medical concerns behind that. Examination of UK politics over single-sex spaces and why enforcement is stalled. A pastoral dilemma about what to do when a polygamist converts to Christianity.
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Transgender Policy Ripples Through Institutions
- Transgender policy changes cascade through institutions because they force concrete decisions about bathrooms, teams, and prisons.
- Albert Mohler traces how the 'T' shifted policy debates, noting courts and the Trump order targeting biological-sex alignment in prisons.
Court Ruling Opens Door To Prison Transfers
- The Trump administration's gender order defines male/female by reproductive cells and aimed to stop placing biological males in female prisons.
- A D.C. Circuit panel recently found insufficient evidence that transfers would be cruel and unusual, allowing the policy to move forward.
Creation Order As a Predictive Framework
- Mohler frames objections as rooted in creation order: denying biological sex causes predictable harms in competitive and private settings.
- He cites athletics and school restrooms as places where biological differences produce clear problems.