Christians Should ‘Build Bridges’ With Feminists to Resist Transgender Ideology

WASHINGTON — A former agnostic who became a Christian apologist is urging conservatives to build bridges with unlikely allies to combat the movement to normalize transgenderism, particularly the gender transitioning of young people.

Houston Baptist University professor Nancy Pearcey spoke Tuesday at The Heritage Foundation where she said the definition of what it means to be human and confusion about sexuality have become the “watershed” issues of our time. 

In a world under the influence of postmodernism, where even the meaning of male and female is now called into question and deconstructed, she encouraged people to forge strategic alliances with people whom they disagree.

“I’m all for bridge-building,” said Pearcey, author of Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions About Life and Sexuality, when asked to comment on the growing unity among conservatives and far-left feminists, and how such efforts might continue. In February last year, Heritage hosted a panel of ideologically diverse women who, despite their differences, are resisting trans-activism together, particularly government-backed efforts to replace “sex” with “gender identity” in the law.

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“Some people have asked me, ‘Should we do this?’ Of course we should do this. We should always build bridges with anyone wherever we can,” Pearcey said. 

Although Love Thy Body argues…