by Rod Dreher –
\nThe fact that between my generation and my children\u2019s, the number of self-identified transgenders has increased by 800 percent, testifies to the final victory of the Sexual Revolution in destroying all the traditional sources of the Self.
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Gallup\u2019s new poll<\/a> reveals shocking information about the sexual identity of Generation Z:<\/p>\n In addition to the pronounced generational differences, significant gender differences are seen in sexual identity, as well as differences by people\u2019s political ideology:<\/p>\n This is a staggering finding, whether you think the news is positive, negative, or neutral. This kind of change in something as fundamental as sexual orientation, in such a short period of time, is mind-blowing.<\/p>\n The trans part is the most shocking: between Gen X and the Millennials, the number of self-identified trans people has increased by 500 percent<\/strong>. Between Gen X and their children\u2019s generation, Gen Z, the number of self-identified trans people has increased by 800 percent.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n This is the effect of the collapse of cultural standards, and the propaganda campaign waged in the media and in schools. Today I had a private Zoom conference with senior clergy of a conservative American denomination. They said that the trans thing is exploding among their youth \u2014 kids who were raised in this conservative church \u2014 and pastors are struggling to know how to talk about it. One cleric said other pastors tell him that they don\u2019t want to \u201clead\u201d with preaching on transgenderism, for fear of alienating seekers. He said he tells them that you have to take that risk, because families and congregations are being hammered by propaganda all the time.<\/p>\n pastors have to find the courage to tell the truth, no matter what it costs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n I agreed, and told him that pastors have to find the courage to tell the truth, no matter what it costs. The dominant culture knows what it believes about transgenderism, and does not hesitate to teach it, constantly. In my experience, parents don\u2019t know what to say or do. If they don\u2019t learn about it from the church, where will they learn it?<\/p>\n One cleric said that in his church\u2019s youth group, some kids stood up and walked out when they begin to present the Church\u2019s teachings on the body, sex, and gender. \u201cThey have been told in school that whenever you hear somebody criticize trans, that you are to stand up and walk out,\u201d the cleric said.<\/p>\n I pointed out that this is what Solzhenitsyn told his followers in the Soviet Union to do when confronted with lies: stand up and walk out. Amazing that the other side is using the same tactics against the church!<\/p>\n On the Zoom call, which was to discuss Live Not By Lies<\/a>, <\/em>I talked about the Equality Act, which has just been re-introduced in Congress, and which is likely to pass, given that the Democrats control it. President Biden has said that he would sign it into law. If it becomes law, the Equality Act will write SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity) into federal civil rights law. This will have devastating effects on our society. Ryan T. Anderson, the new president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, briefly outlined them.<\/a><\/p>\n Excerpts:<\/p>\n![\"Gallup](\"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Gallup_Generation-Z_LGBT_2021-poll-01.png\")
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