<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW252360659 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW252360659 BCX0"><span class= "TextRun SCXW252360659 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW252360659 BCX0">Washington DC celebrated Independence Day in a big way last weekend. Two states with two </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW252360659 BCX0">very different</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW252360659 BCX0"> education directives and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW252360659 BCX0">new research on suicide </span><span class= "NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW252360659 BCX0">has</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW252360659 BCX0"> some very </span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW252360659 BCX0">soberin</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW252360659 BCX0">g findings.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW252360659 BCX0" data-ccp-props= "{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW252360659 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW252360659 BCX0"><span class= "EOP Selected SelectionWithBorder NewSelectedHighlightColor SelectionPipeEnd SelectionPipeBegin SCXW252360659 BCX0" data-ccp-props= 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SCXW252360659 BCX0"> <ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW252360659 BCX0" role="list"> <li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW252360659 BCX0" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="25" data-list-defn-props= "{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW252360659 BCX0"><a class= "Hyperlink SCXW252360659 BCX0" href= "https://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-schools-must-follow-lgbt-policies-for-tuition-program.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW252360659 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink">Christian Post article on Maine school directive</span></a><span class= "EOP Selected SelectionWithBorder NewSelectedHighlightColor SelectionPipeEnd SelectionPipeBegin SCXW252360659 BCX0" data-ccp-props= "{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW252360659 BCX0"> <ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW252360659 BCX0" role="list"> <li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW252360659 BCX0" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="25" data-list-defn-props= "{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW252360659 BCX0"><a class= "Hyperlink SCXW252360659 BCX0" href= "https://apnews.com/article/texas-education-board-reading-list-bible-vote-eb6ea9e23e303da0ca2da6132889e020" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW252360659 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink">AP article on Texas schools</span></a><span class= "EOP Selected SelectionWithBorder 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data-ccp-props= "{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></strong></p> </div> <div class="ListContainerWrapper SCXW252360659 BCX0"> <ul class="BulletListStyle1 SCXW252360659 BCX0" role="list"> <li class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW252360659 BCX0" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="26" data-list-defn-props= "{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW252360659 BCX0"><a class= "Hyperlink SCXW252360659 BCX0" href= "https://attheu.utah.edu/health-medicine/landmark-study-reveals-century-long-cycles-in-u-s-suicide-rates-and-a-long-term-crisis-among-youth/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW252360659 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink">Suicide Study</span></a><span class= "EOP Selected 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