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Joseph Backholm

Joseph Backholm

Joseph is a senior fellow for Biblical worldview and strategic engagement at the Family Research Council. Previously, he served as a legislative attorney and spent 10 years as the president and general counsel of the Family Policy Institute of Washington. He also served as legal counsel and director of “What Would You Say?” at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview where he developed and launched a YouTube channel of the same name. His YouTube life began when he identified as a 6-foot-5 Chinese woman in a series of videos exploring the logic of gender identity. He and his wife, Brook, have four children.


Articles by Joseph Backholm

A transgender power play in California

Joseph Backholm | The golden state launches an “emergency” attack on parental rights

Joseph Backholm | Remembering how we ended up with a reversal of Roe

Joseph Backholm | Our culture’s gospel of tolerance has destroyed the ability to identify threats to children

Joseph Backholm | Pride Month reveals the tremendous privilege enjoyed by LGBTQ advocates


Recent

Joseph Backholm | Oklahoma’s governor and lawmakers put a stop to nonbinary gender markers on birth certificates

Joseph Backholm | What LGBT teachers and praying coaches teach us about education and worldview conflict

Joseph Backholm | That’s good news for parents and bad news for Democrats in November

Joseph Backholm | The reality behind the poll numbers

Joseph Backholm | The city’s recent school board recall elections reflect a changing mood among voters

Joseph Backholm | Progressive values promote a “good” separation of God’s image-bearers