This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

PART I (16:29 - 16:29) ‘It’s Just Not A Lifestyle We Want to Encourage If We Believe in Jesus’: Tampa Bay Rays Players Opt Out of Wearing Uniform to Support Pride Month

• Welcome to Pride Month, Christian by WORLD Opinions (Carl Trueman)
• A Proclamation on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, And Intersex Pride Month, 2022 by White House
• Most, But Not All, Rays Show Their LGBTQ+ Support by Tampa Bay Times (Marc Topkin)
• An Attempt at Inclusion Proves There Is More Work to Do by New York Times (Tyler Kepner)
• Carolina Panthers Hire NFL’s First Openly Transgender Cheerleader by New York Post (Joshua Rhett Miller)

PART II (21:37 - 21:37) ‘The Worst Are Those With Religious Connections’: Campus Pride Blacklists Christian Universities for Christian Conviction

• 'Completely Different from High School': How Colleges are Making Space for LGBTQ Students by USA Today (Chris Quintana)

PART III (26:10 - 26:10) Cobalt Blue Is ‘In’ But Is It Real?: Evaluating the Reality and Significance of Color

• Cobalt Blue Is Color Rushing Our Summer by New York Times (Lia Picard)