Faith on Trial: Recent Episodes
Iowa Catholic Radio
Our freedom of conscience and religion is being challenged by laws and regulations being imposed by secular society. Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll talk to the top Christian litigators in the nation who have come forward to tell the truth and help defend our faith.
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Guest 1: Matt Lamb, Associate Editor, The College Fix,What to look forward to on college campuses in the coming yearsthecollegefix.comGuest 2: Thomas Olp, Executive Vice President, Thomas More SocietyOutlook for future of religious liberty under the new administrationttps://www.thomasmoresociety.org/ Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Guest 1: Julianne Fleischer, Advocates for Faith & Freedom, Two female high school students, seeking to prohibit biological boys from playing on girls’ teams, banned from wearing “Save Girls’ Sports.”
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Guest 2: Keisha Toni Russell, senior counsel, First Liberty Institute, NYC school district denied student request for official recognition of a Bible club.
firstliberty.org
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Matt Lamb, Associate Editor, The College Fix:
Students at Catholic college shocked after finally learning sex is binary;
Department of Education funds LGBT teen ‘affirmation’ study.
thecollegefix.com/
Maggie DeWitte, Executive Director, Pulse for Life
Overview of coming events: Christmas gala, March for Life
pulseforlife.org
Trump announces plan to shut down Education Department, safeguard school choice and school prayer, and fight ‘wokeness’ in public education.
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Dcn. Mike Manno - Gina Noll Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
This week on Faith on Trial
Mike Gonzalez, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, discusses an unprecedented move by George Soros to suppress conservative media by buying 240 radio stations. Curiously this the FCC approved this purchase in record time.
https://www.heritage.org/staff/mike-gonzalez
Chris Ferrara, Counsel Thomas Moore, discusses a mother facing retaliation for criticizing "Polysexual" Posters in daughter's elementary school.
Find the case here: https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/news/oral-argument-in-third-circuit-on-behalf-mother-who-faced-retaliation-for-criticizing-polysexual-posters-at-daughters-elementary-school
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Today on Faith on Trial
Guest 1: Hiram Sasser - Counsel at First Liberty - First Liberty Represents a Rowlett, TX Church that was authorized as polling place, but city opposes voting in church and this pastor’s political leanings, so to cancel it as a polling place the city is threatening to have the Church’s building occupancy permit cancelled.
https://firstliberty.org/?utm_source=Iowa%20Catholic%20Radio&utm_medium=Faith%20on%20Trial%20Podcast&utm_campaign=Church%20Polling%20Place%20Case
Guest 2: Patty Origer - Coordinator of Des Moines Dioceses ministry to Persons with Disabilities - Patty discusses what the ministry is about, how it operates and what you should know. If you or a family member has a disability, you have options and resources. We also need more people to join in this holy effort to help our disabled brothers and sisters.
https://www.dmdiocese.org/resources/evangelization-catechesis/disability-ministry
Patty Origer
Phone: 515-237-5073
Email: poriger@dmdiocese.org
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner
- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Dcn. Mike Manno and Gina Noll Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Be Not Afraid in Spanish with Fr. Fabian Moncada- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show with Dr. Bo Bonner- The Daily Gospel Reflection with Fr. Nick Smith- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
On September 17, 2024, Becket and Jones Day appealed the New York court’s decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Justices to protect these religious ministries from New York’s abortion mandate.
In a September 19 Congressional hearing, Army personnel revealed that an official investigation conducted by the U.S. Army, which concluded on July 29, found that the controversial slides were “locally developed at Fort Liberty,” and that “the slides have been used for training since 2017.” It was also revealed they “were not reviewed or approved by Fort Liberty leadership because local policies were not in place for reviewing and approving such training slides.”
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Episode Links
Mallory Sleight - https://adflegal.org/profile/mallory-sleight
Parents of a Colorado elementary school student sued a district Wednesday over a policy that transgender students should room with cisgender classmates on overnight trips.
Joe and Serena Wailes, whose daughter is in the fifth grade in Jeffco Public Schools, claim the district has not allowed them to opt their child out of a rule grouping transgender students with classmates identifying as the same gender on school trips.
https://adfmedia.org/press-release/adf-sues-school-district-behalf-co-families-violating-parents-rights
Robert Tyler - https://www.tylerlawllp.com/about-us/robert-tyler
About Advocates for Faith & Freedom (www.faith-freedom.com): Advocates for Faith & Freedom is a non-profit law firm dedicated to protecting constitutional and religious liberty in the courts. Our mission is to engage in cases that will uphold our religious liberty and America’s heritage and to educate Americans about our fundamental constitutional rights.
The Election Integrity Project California is advocating for election integrity and transparency, which are critical for the enfranchisement of every eligible voter, regardless of party or political view. This suit primarily challenges California’s unconstitutional election process for future elections.
https://faith-freedom.com/cases-all/election-integrity-project-ca-weber
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:
- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus
- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson
- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll
- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen
- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus
- The Catholic Morning Show
- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr
- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Guest 1: Adam Steinhaugh, attorney Foundation for Individual Rights and Arizona mom sues city after arrest for criticizing government lawyer. Learn More at thefire.org/Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Dcn. Mike Manno-Gina NollIowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Iowa Catholic Radio Network Shows:- Be Not Afraid with Fr. PJ McManus- Catholic Women Now with Chris Magruder and Julie Nelson- Faith of Trial with Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll- Making It Personal with Bishop William Joensen- Man Up! with Joe Stopulus- The Catholic Morning Show- The Uncommon Good with Bo Bonner and Dr. Bud Marr- Faith and Family Finance with Gregory Waddle
Guest 1: John Hovat, Author of Return to Order, From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society Phone
Topic: Corporate wokeness … how and why
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Guest 2: Thomas Breth, Special Counsel, Thomas More Society
Topic: Pennsylvania Parochial School Parents Sue School District Over Religious Discrimination
Guest 1: Daniel Schmid, Senior Litigation Counsel, Liberty Counsel
Topic: Missouri v. Biden (July 4 censorship case)
Guest 2: Tom Brejcha, President & Chief Counsel, Thomas More Society
Topic: Update on the David Daleiden case
Guest 1: Robert Muise, co-founder, American Freedom Law Center
Topic: Proposed Michigan bill to restrict Free Speech HB4474
Guest 2: Jonathan Butcher Senior Research Fellow in Education, the Heritage Foundation
Topic: SCOTUS rulings on college admissions, forced speech, LGBT & CRT, etc.
Guest 1: Prof. Rob Jenkins, Georgia State University – Perimeter College
Topic: “Biden vs Religious Freedom on Campus” published by The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
Guest 2: Charles LiMandri, LiMandri & Jonna
Topic: Kayla Lovdale v. Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Inc. Suit over minor’s transgender surgery by patient, now an adult regretting the surgery.
Guest 1: Mariah Gondeiro, VP & Legal Counsel, Advocates for Faith and Freedom
Topic: The Pines Church / Hermon School District, Murrieta, California, School will not rent to church for weekend services due to its traditional Christian beliefs and teachings.
Guest 2: Kayla Toney, Attorney with First Liberty Institute
Topic: Dr. Johnson Varkey / St. Philip’s College, San Antonio, Texas, Professor’s contract terminated over biology beliefs (his were traditional)
Guest 1: Katie Gorka
Topic: "How Cultural Marxism Threatens the United States -- and How America Can Fight it."
Guest 2: Logan Church, Campaign Director, CatholicVote
Topic: LA Dodgers honoring mock nuns The sisters of perpetual indulgence
Guest 1: Andrea Picciotti-Bayer religious freedom expert, fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology
Topic: How the Progressive Left attempts to outmaneuver the Supreme Court
Guest 2: Dr. Jules Gomes, Rome Correspondent, Church Militant/St. Michael’s Media
Topic: Australia seizes Catholic hospital over pro-life views in Canberra
Guest 1: Chris Eller, Executive Director for Ruth Harbor Ministry
Event: Annual Walk for Life this June 24, 11:00-1:00
Guest 2: Senator Chris Cournoyer, Senate District 35 (Scott County), Assistant Majority Leader
Topic: Iowa MOMs program – More Options for Maternal Support
Guest 1: Hal Frampton, Senior Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom
Topic: Queen of Angles Catholic Bookstore
Guest 2: Maggie Kelly, Assistant Editor for the College Fix
Topic: UNI Conservative faculty, students say they’re silenced at university.
Guest 1: Lori Windham, Vice President & Senior Counsel for the Becket Fund
Topic: Feds demand, then back off extinguishing candle in Catholic hospital chapel
Guest 2: Amy Contrada, author of special report by Mass Resoistance on Boston Children’s Hospital gender guide.
Topic: Report on transgender services for children
Guest 1: Erika Ahern with Catholic Vote
Topic: Catholic Vote and Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the FBI and the DOJ for their failure to provide records requested regarding the government agencies' discrimination against and targeting of Catholics.
Guest 2: Thomas Jipping, Senior Legal Fellow, Edwin Meese Center for Judicial studies, the Heritage Foundation
Topic: The Left’s Plan for Hostile Takeover of Supreme Court
Guest 1: Rita L. Marker, Executive Director Patients’ Rights Council
Topic: Assisted suicide, suicide in general, dangers, myths, etc.
Guest 2: Mariah Gondeiro, VP & Legal Counsel, Advocates for Faith and Freedom
Topic: Calvary Chapel San Jose ($1.2 million fine for violating COVID restrictions) and Jessica Tapia (teacher fired for upholding her Christian beliefs).
Guest 1: Johannes Widmalm-Delphonse from Alliance Defending Freedom
Topic: Oregon mom refused adoption over her Christian beliefs.
Guest 2: Brad Dacus, President of Pacific Justice Institute
Topic: California AB 665 “State-Sanctioned Kidnapping.”
Guest 1: Brian Burch, President of Catholic Vote
Topic: Violent and legal attacks against the Church in the light of Holy Week.
Guest 2: Mark Reed, Executive Director of the Catholic Tuition Organization
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Guest 1: Lea Patterson, Legal counsel with First Liberty Institute
Topic: Maine Christian School Challenges State Law that Prevents Participation in School Choice Program
Firstliberty.org
Guest 2: Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, Legal Analyst for EWTN
Topic: Attempts to nullify the priest-penitent privilege (seal of confession)
Guest: Rex Teodosio, American Needs Fatima
Topic: The message and promise of Our Lady of Fatima
Guest 1: Jaimee Michell, Founder & President, Gays Against Groomers https://www.gaysagainstgroomers.com
Topic: Protection of children / what is grooming / how to recognize it / attacks on group
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Guest 2: Mariah Gondeiro, Attorney Advocates for Faith and Freedom https://faith-freedom.com/
Topic: Lawsuit over California declaring itself sanctuary state for transgenderism
Guest 1: Dr. Ingrid Skop, MD, Senior Fellow and Director of Medical Affairs Charlotte Lozier Institute
Dr. Ingrid Skop is a board-certified OB/GYN practicing in Texas who has delivered more than 5,000 babies over the past 25 years. Unfortunately, she also has significant experience treating women for complications of the abortion pill, including performing an emergency surgery just last month.
Topic: Lawsuit to suspend sale of dangerous, poorly tested abortion pills.
Guest 2: Andrea Dill, Alliance Defending Freedom, legal counsel for the Center for Christian Ministries.
Topic: North Dakota pharmacy files suit against Biden Administration’s proposed rule requiring pharmacist to carry and dispense abortion-inducing drugs.
Guest 1: Christine Pratt, Counsel at First Liberty
Topic: Police Officer Jacob Kersey loses job over pro-family Facebook post
Guest 2: Arielle Del Turco, Family Research Council's Assistant Director of our Center for Religious Liberty
Topic: Author of the report: Hostility Against Churches Is on the Rise in the United States
Guest 1: Kyle Seraphin, former FBI – Whistleblower
Topic: FBI: Catholic Latin Mass attendees’ maybe white supremacy & other activities the government may be involved in to curb religious freedoms
Guest 2: Hans von Spakovsky, the Heritage Foundation
Topic: ‘Conservatives Need Not Apply’ Under Biden Administration’s Proposed Hiring Rules
Guest 1: Erika Ahern, Catholic Vote
Topic: DOJ attack on pro-life and Christian organizations and churches
Guest 2: Brenna Bird, Attorney General of lowa
Topic: New term, new policies, follow-up to DOJ actions - what in lowa?
Guest 1: Stephanie Taub, Senior Council, First Liberty
Topic: Religious accommodations in the workplace – going to SCOTUS
Guest 2: Jordan Pratt, Senior Council, First Liberty
Topic: Churches: Fighting to Make Sure Churches are Not Singled Out
Guest 1: John Huynh, Diocesan Director of Faith Journey
Topic: The bishop's trans-gender policy's pastoral roots.
https://www.dmdiocese.org/
Guest 2: Fr. Tad Pacholczyk, Ph.D Director of Education, National Catholic Bioethics Center
Topic: Handling gender dysphoria at home
Guest 1: Mark Lippelman, Senior Counsel Alliance Defending Freedom
Topic: Hunter v. US Department of Education / Religious schools can operate according to their beliefs and still receive federal funds.
Guest 2: Arthur Shaper – Mass Resistance, communication director
Topic: American Library Association / local action against local libraries
Guest 1: Alex Shadenberg, Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Canada
Topic: Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada and its reach into the U. S.
Guest 2: Will Thibeau, Analyst at the Tech Policy Center, the Heritage Foundation
Topic: When the government colludes with big tech to censor America
Guest 1: Peter Breen, vice president and senior counsel, Thomas More Society
Topic: David Daleiden and DOJ's doubling down on pro-life activities
Guest 2: Erika Ahern with Catholic Vote
Topic: What Benedict XVI taught America; 6 Legacies of Benedict XVI
Guest: Jim Houston, Director of Deacons, Diocese of Des Moines
Topic: The "call" to the diaconate and upcoming formation classes
Guest: Jeremy Tedesco, ADF Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement
Topic: How major US companies are restricting free speech and religious freedom.
Guest: Emma Waters, Research Associate, Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family at Heritage Foundation
Topic: 'Respect for Marriage Act' Assault on Religious Liberty
Guest: Mat Staver, founder & chairman of Liberty Counsel
Web: lc.org
Topic: Protecting Christmas: Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign
Guest: Brenna Bird, newly elected Iowa Attorney General
Topic: Religious liberties & safety / George Soros in Iowa
Guest: Kathie Obradovich, Editor-in-Chief Iowa Capital Dispatch – former political editor of The Des Moines Register
Topic: Review of Mid-term election results
Guest: Brad Dacus, President of the Pacific Justice Institute
Topic: California's new abortion law AB 2223 – does it really permit after birth abortion?
Guest: Kimberly Reicks -- Iowa Mama Bears
Topic: Child grooming in local schools - drag queen shows, etc.
Guest: Matt Heffron, Senior Counsel-Thomas More Society
Topic: Thomas More Society Defense of Persecuted Pro-Life Family Man, Mark Houck, Arrested in Raid by Gun-Toting FBI Agents.
Guest: John Malcolm - The Heritage Foundation's vice president for Constitutional government
Topic: "Key Cases Supreme Court Will Hear in 2022-23 Sessions."
1 & 2. Asian college racial discrimination in admissions by two colleges: Students for Fair Administration v. Harvard College and Students for Fair Administration v. UNC
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N. Carolina election law case: Moore v. Harper
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Challenge to Colorado law prohibiting Free Speech rejection of same-sex marriages: 303 Creative v. Elenis.
Guest: Dan Kleinman – Safe Libraries
Topic: Your kids and libraries: what to look for and how to protect them
Guest: Julie Blake, senior counsel for regulatory litigation, Alliance Defending Freedom
Topic: College of the Ozarks litigation
Guest: Attorney Joe Davis Becket Fund for Religious Liberties
Topic: Can the government force Catholic hospitals to provide/preform transgender surgery or abortions? Franciscan Alliance v. Beccrra
Guest: Alexander Haberbush, LexRex Institute
Topic: 1st grader scolded for "all lives matter," and school science camp becomes 4-day LGBTQ indoctrination camp, parents left in the dark
Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll have a discussion with Bryan Gonzalez from InnerVisions
Guest: Harry Mihet, Liberty Council
Topic: $10.3 Million settlement with North Shore University Health System over denial of religious exemptions for COVID vaccine
Guest: Erick Kaardl, Thomas More Society counsel
Topic: Wisconsin underreporting of "No Vote" guardianships allowed rampant voter abuse at nursing homes.
Guest: Mark Mix, president National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
www.nrtw.org
Topic: SW Airline attendant Charlene Carter - defending religious liberty
Guest: Sarah Parshall Perry Legal fellow, Edwin Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, Heritage Foundation
Topic: Biden's New Title IX Rule Puts Women in Danger
Guest: John Bursch, Senior Counsel and VP of Appellate Advocacy with ADF
Topic: Planned Parenthood v. Reynolds (Appeal denied by Court)
Guest: Jeremy Dys, First Liberty Institute
Topic: Coach Joe Kennedy case and what it means for religious liberty
Guest: Jay Greene, Ph.D, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation
Topic: Puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and youth suicide
Guest: Paul Jonna with the Thomas More Society
Topic: Proposed California abortion law “permitting" post birth abortion Ends
Guest: Lora Ries, Director, Border Security and Immigration Center and Senior at the Heritage Foundation
Topic: Homeland security’s new Ministry of Truth
Guest: Chuck Hurley, chief counsel for The Family Leader
Topic: The Dobbs case and leak of draft opinion
Guest: Jay Richards, Ph.D - Director of DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family at the Heritage Foundation
Topic: The effects of trans indoctrination on children, especially in a school setting
Guest: Ashley Sadler, LifeSiteNews
Topic: Non-investigation into suspicious abortion practices in Washington, DC; state legislation that could open doors to post-birth abortion.
Guest: Mark McDougal, executive director of Ruth Harbor
Ruth Harbor doings and upcoming Walk for Life May 7
Ruth Harbor is a Christ-centered center for helping those with unexpected pregnancies and mothering needs.
Guest: Sarah Parshall Perry, legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation.
Topic: The case: Union Gospel Mission v. Matthew Woods. Woods sued over refusal of mission to hire him for a legal aid post because he is bi-sexual and living in a same-sex relationship. State SC ruled against mission and SCOTUS refused to hear the appeal.
Guest: Keisha Russell, constitutional attorney with First Liberty, who recently testified before the Senate at the confirmation hearing for SCOTUS nominee of Ketanji Brown Jackson.
firstliberty.org
Guest: Erika Sanzi – Director of Outreach, Parents Defending Education - defendinged.org
Topic:
Schools working behind parents’ backs about children’s sexual/gender identity.
Posted warnings about five Iowa districts: WDM; Ames; Iowa City; Linn-Mar; Anamosa; Western Dubuque
Guest: Chris Schandevel, Senior Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom and the attorney who argued before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts asking the state’s top court to uphold the state law prohibiting physician-assisted suicide.
Topic: Legal challenge to state’s law prohibiting physician-assisted suicide. Arguments were held yesterday 3-9-22.
Guest: Keisha Russell, Attorney for First Liberty Institute, firstliberty.org
Topic: Judge Katanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court
Guest: Ellen Stemler, Principal of St. Theresa Catholic School, Des Moines, Iowa
Topic: St Theresa Catholic School recently hosted a press conference for Governor Kim Reynolds promoting several bills in the lowa Legislature that would provide financial assistance to parents of parochial students.
Guest: Stephanie Taub, Senior Counsel at First Liberty, where she focuses on litigation, and appellate advocacy
Topic: the continuing saga of Sweet Cakes by Melissa Ends
Guest: Robert Muise, American Freedom Law Center (Co-founder)
Topic: Suite against the Attorney General Merrick Garland filed for parents of two school districts over intimidation tactics to silence parents' objections to school curricular
Guest: Denise Harle, senior counsel and director of the center for Life with the Alliance Defending Freedom.
Topic: Status of Abortion litigation before the Supreme Court and other abortion cases of interest.
Guest: Sarah Parshall Perry, Legal Fellow for the Meese Center for Legal Legal and Judicial Studies for the Heritage Foundation
Topic: Biden administration planning lists of federal employees seeking religious exemptions to vaccine mandate
Guest: Jeremy Dys, First Liberty
Topic: Vaccine mandate, religious exemptions denied for military
Guest: Mark Lippelmann, senior counsel Alliance Defending Freedom
Topic: Religious discrimination against Christian adoption services - New Hope
Guest: Frank Chang, legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom
Topic: vaccine mandates and religious institutions cases
Guest: State Senator Bryan Hughes from Texas
Topic: SB8 – Texas Heartbeat Bill Legal challenges
Guest: former Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), who serves as Senior Political Advisor to CatholicVote.org
Topic: analysis on Tuesday's election outcomes and, if there is time, to broadly discuss redistricting/retirements effect on the races going into 2022.
Guest: Michael Austin, Reporter The Western Journal
Topic: Article: "Book Depicting Child Pornography Keeps Appearing in School Libraries: We Now Know Who's Responsible"
Guest: David Kallman, Kaliman Legal Group & Senior Counsel Great Lakes Justice Center
Topic: 6th Circuit upholds religious rights v. vaccination against Western Michigan University
Guest: Tom Brejcha, president and chief counsel, Thomas More Society
Topic: The case of David Daleiden, the independent journalist who exposed the planned Parenthood aborted baby parts scandal and has faced numerous lawsuits since; and the expanded conflicts of interest by the federal district judge who handled one of the civil cases.
Guest: Kate Anderson, Alliance Defending Freedom, Senior Counsel
Topic: 303 Creative LLC & Lorie Smith v. Elenis (and related issues, like the Jack Phillips/Masterpiece Cake shop
Guest: Dr. Roger Klein, MD, JD - Faculty Fellow at the Center for Law, Science & Innovation at Arizona State University.
Topic: Biden vaccine mandate unenforceable and unnecessary
Guest: Paul Jonna, Thomas More Society special counsel, and partner, LiMandri & Jonna LLP, partner
Topic: Church awarded $800,000 in settlement of claim against California and Los Angeles. Grace Community Church and Pastor MacArthur were the target of religious discrimination during the state's orders to cease in-person church assembly during the pandemic.
Guest: Julie Blake, Senior Counsel Alliance Defending Freedom
Topic: American College of Pediatricians v. Becerra, the case challenging new HHS rules requiring doctors to perform gender transition procedures even if that violates the physician's medical judgement or religious beliefs.
Guest: Roger Severino, Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where he directs EPPC’s HHS Accountability Project.
Topic: Case he against the University of Vermont Medical Center where a nurse was forced to assist with an abortion which the Biden Administration has now dismissed.
Guest: Bonnie Manchester - fired middle school teacher
Topic: A Massachusetts middle school teacher was fired after the teacher disclosed to parents that their children's claim that they are "transgender" after continual exposure to such propaganda as part of school curriculum.
- Bakery owner appeals ruling on transition cake
Colorado bakery owner Jack Phillips announced Tuesday that he has filed an appeal in a case brought over his refusal to create a pink-and-blue gender transition cake. Mr. Phillips, whose nine year-old legal saga includes a 2018 win at the U.S. Supreme Court, challenged the Denver District Court's ruling that he violated the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act when he turned down a request to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding citing his religious convictions.
- University Of Pittsburgh wants to be fetal parts "Distribution Hub," Sets racial quotas for "harvesting" unborn babies.
The University of Pittsburgh has proposed harvesting the bodies of aborted babies under the guidance of racial quotas. Public records obtained by the Center for Medical Progress reveal that the University of Pittsburgh sought $3 million in 2015 from the National Institutes of Health to become a "distribution hub" for the Genitourinary Development Molecular Anatomy Project. The application stated that Pitt would be the best "distribution hub" for fetal tissue due to their "over 18 years of experience" in collecting body parts from aborted babies.
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren tells Teen Vogue: Abortion is about "functioning of our democracy"
Warren told the teen publication that "voting and access to abortion are basic" rights that are "about the functioning of our democracy and about the protection of personal autonomy."
Guest: Attorney Daniel Blomberg, Becket Fund
Topic: Inter-Varsity v. University of lowa Ends
Religious Freedom Group to Challenge Veterans Administration's Vaccine Mandate
A public interest law firm that specializes in First Amendment religious freedom litigation is challenging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs mandate that all employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus. "The VA has no authority to mandate the COVID shots. Federal employees are also protected by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Forcing any person to receive one of these COVID injections is a violation of federal law. It is shocking that a federal agency would brazenly violate federal law," Staver said.
CDC Director: Vaccine Passports 'May Very Well Be a Path Forward' in US
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky suggested that vaccine passport style systems might be implemented in the United States amid the COVID-19 pandemic. When asked in a TV interview Wednesday about whether the United States would mandate a European-style "health pass” system for nightclubs or bars, Walensky said, "That may very well be a path forward."
Middle School Teacher Fired for Informing Parents That Their Two Children Had Decided to Become 'Transgender'
A Massachusetts middle school teacher with a spotless 20-year record is being fired by the principal and superintendent. Teachers and guidance counselors at the school began to introduce "transgender" ideas to children. They told children to decide their "preferred pronouns" and persuaded them that they might have been born in the "wrong" sex. As confusion grew, teachers would give them opposite-sex names to use in class and were specifically told not to tell parents. In February 2021, the teacher sawt a sister and brother (ages 11 and 13) who were now claiming to be "transgender" and seeking "gender transition." The teacher became upset and informed the parents. For that she was put on leave and the school has now started the administrative process to terminate her.
Guest: Charles LiMandri, Special Counsel for the Thomas More Society and partner at LiMandri & Jonna LLP
Topic: San Diego School Board Sued for Unlawful “Cancel Culture" High School Name Change
Domen v. Vimeo --The 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has vacated a panel decision regarding Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act. The court has agreed to rehear this case en banc, which challenges the district court's that Section 230 makes Vimeo and other Big Tech companies immune from civil rights laws. Church United and Pastor Jim Domen filed suit against Vimeo after the platform censored its content and terminated its account. Vimeo alleged the church violated its terms of service by featuring videos of men and women who left the LGBT lifestyle arguing its terms of service bans content promoting sexual orientation change therapy.
San Francisco, CA–This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to rehear a panel decision that determined that Washington State high school football can ban a coach from taking a knee in brief, personal prayer after football games. Attorneys representing the coach plan to appeal today's decision.
California proposes to censor child's medical information. The bill would require insurance companies to hide "sensitive" information regarding children's abortions, gender transitioning, and other sex related treatments from the policyholders. That "sensitive" medical procedures include abortions, sexual assault treatment, drug abuse and mental health treatment, cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and the like. If it becomes law parents will receive a bill with a medical charge for their child and no explanation of what the charge is for.
Guest: Jordan Buzza, JD, Director of Christ Medicus Foundation, The Christ Medicus Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Catholic nonprofit organization that defends religious freedom and builds Christ-centered Catholic health care. It works to accomplish this mission through public policy, public education, Catholic health care options, and empowering Christ-centered Catholic health care providers.
Topic: the Ohio medical conscience law
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Guest: John Bursch, senior counsel Alliance Defending Freedom
Topic: California donor case and what else we might expect in the area of religious liberty coming up and what road blocks we might encounter. Other cases of interest.
Guest: Sarah Parshall Perry, Legal Fellow, Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia: Constitutional violations occurred due to particular provisions in foster care contract gave too much discretion to a city official.
Article with Thomas Jipping (6-22-21) The Washington Examiner
Arizona Republican Party v. Democratic Nat'l Committee , regarding Out of precinct / ballot harvesting
Americans for Prosperity Foundation & Thomas More Law Center v. Bonta , regarding California non-profit donor disclosure law
Guest #1: Lea Patterson, legal counsel with First Liberty Institute
Topic: IRS denies religious group tax-exempt status, says Bible is too affiliated with GOP https://firstliberty.org/
Guest #2 : Brian Burch, president, Catholic Vote
Topic: Recent polling by Catholic Vote of Catholics and how it reflects on current issues before the USCCB. https://catholicvote.org/
Guest #1 : Brad Dacus, president Pacific Justice Institute
Topic: Teachers and administrator on administrative leave for voicing their opinions about local, state, and national policies concerning students' gender identity on their own online platforms. Grant Pass School District, Grant Pass, Ore. www.pacificiustice.org
Guest #2 : Mariah Gondeiro Advocates for Faith and Freedom
Topic: Santa Clara County (Calif) has requested documents of Calvary Chapel, San Jose, concerning its revenue, loans, and budgets, claiming these requests are relevant to determine how much Calvary "profited" during the pandemic. www.faith-freedom.com
Guest #1: Ryan Bangert, senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom
Topic: the case of the College of the Ozarks and its battle with the Biden Administration over gender ideology in college dorms. A federal court rejected the college's request for an emergency injunction against an Executive Order issued under the Biden administration that would force entities under the Fair Housing Act to open bedrooms and bathrooms of student housing to members of the opposite sex so long as they self-identify.
Guest #2: Robert Muise, co-founder, American Freedom Law Center
Topic: Federal suit against Genoa Charter Township (Michigan) when it denied a religious organization the right to build a modest chapel and prayer campus on its 40 acre property and demanded that the removal all religious symbols from the property, including the Stations of the Cross.
Guest #1 : Tyson Langhoffer, Senior counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom, adflegal.org
Topic: Update on Lydia, the little third-grader whose school told her she had to remove her "Jesus Loves Me" mask?
Guest #2 : Matt Lamb, Assistant editor, The College Fix , thecollegefix.com
Topic: Colorado State University student senate slams crisis pregnancy clinic - clinic fights back.
Guest #1 : Dr. Matthew Bunson, Executive Editor of EWTN News
Topic: Upcoming USCCB meeting and communion debate over pro-choice Catholic politicians.
Guest #2: Denise Harle, Senior Counsel with ADF, where she is a member of the Center for Life.
Topic: SCOTUS has agreed to hear Dobbs V. Jackson Women's Health Organization, regarding the Gestational Age Act, a Mississippi law that protects the health of pregnant mothers, the dignity of unborn children, and the integrity of the medical profession by limiting abortions after 15 weeks in gestational age, permitting them only in medical emergencies or for severe fetal abnormality.
Guest #1 : Msgr. Arthur B. Calkins, 21 years in Vatican as expert on Marian doctrine, apparitions and what does it all mean to us today . Author of "Totus Tuus: Pope St. John Paul Il's Program of Marian Consecration and Entrustment."
Guest #2: Zachary King, former high wizard, Church of Satan. Zachary will be at St. Augustin at 7 p.m. this evening. AllSaintsMinistry.ORG
Deacon Mike Manno and guest host Julie Nelson discuss Biden's first 100 days with guests Connor Semelsberger is from the Family Research Council, Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, and Mary Beth Waddell is the Family Research Council's Director of Federal Affairs for Family and Religious Liberty.
Guest #1: Rita Gitchell, special counsel Thomas More Society
Topic: Rights of human embryos/rights of monkey embryos injected with human cells: what next?
Guest #2: Laurie Higgins, Illinois Family Institute
Topic: What "woke" public schools are teaching (or not teaching) our kids: critical race theory and the rest.
Guest #1: Tom Jipping, Sr. Legal Fellow for Meese Center for Legal & Judicial Studies & Institute for Constitutional Government at the Heritage Foundation
Topic: Court packing & the president's court commission on SCOTUS decisions
Guest #2 : Julie Blake, Sr. Legal Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom
Topic: College of the Ozarks v. Biden: Can the government force a Christian college to have open dorms, gender non-specific locker rooms, showers? By presidential executive order?
Guest #1 : Bryan Neihart, Legal counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom
Topic: Photographer challenges state law that forces promotion of same-sex wedding ceremonies and forbids communicating certain views on marriage.
Guest #2: Sarah Parshall Perry, The Daily Signal and Edwin Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation
Topic: Parental rights vs. schools on issue of gender "choice,” keeping parents in the dark.
Guest #1: Georgia Howe, the Daily Wire and host of Office Hours podcast, part of PragerU www.dailywire.com
Topic: Graphic sexual content in Leander Independent School District in Austin, Texas school curriculum
Guest #2: Mark McDougal, Executive Director Ruth Harbor Ministries with Hannah, former client now staff working with new clients
Topic: Christ-centered homes, programs and services for young moms facing unplanned pregnancies or parenting young children. www.Ruth Harbor.org
Guest #1 : Mike Berry, attorney First Liberty
Topic: DOD characterizes Christians and Catholics as Religious Extremists - his testimony before the House Armed Services Committee.
Guest #2: Dr. Anne Hendershott, professor of sociology, Franciscan University, author The Politics of Envy
Topic: Resentment and discrimination against Asians - how envy figures into the mix.
Guest #1: Chris Schandevel, attorney, Alliance Defending Freedom
Topic: Student free speech issues: SCOTUS in Uzuegbunam v Preczewski held that school officials must be held accountable when they violate constitutionally protected freedoms (here, religious speech). SCOTUS asked to block immunity for Arkansas State officials who censored student wanting to establish a conservative club.
Guest #2: Iowa State Senator Amy Sinclair, Chair of the Senate Committee on Education.
Topic: SF 478 An Act providing for training, prohibitions, and requirements relating to First Amendment rights at school districts and public post-secondary educational institutions
Guest #1: Kevin Miller, Ph.D Professor of Moral Theology at Franciscan University, Stubenville
Topic: Reaction to this week's decree by the Vatican that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions since God "cannot bless sin." Statement issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and approved by Pope Francis and reaffirms longstanding Church teaching that such acts are intrinsically disordered.
Guest #2: Melanie Israel, research associate for the DeVoss Center for Religion & Civil Society at the Heritage Foundation
Topic: One consequence of the change in administrations is likely to be a surge in efforts to justify research using tissue and organs harvested from the bodies of unborn children killed in elective abortions. Mr. Biden's nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra, has vigorously advocated for federally funded fetal tissue research.
Deacon Mike Manno and Gina Noll discuss HR1 "For the People Act" - the Democratic plan for election "integrity," with Zack Smith, Legal Fellow at Meese Center for Legal & Judicial Studies with the Heritage Foundation
Guest #1: Brad Dacus, president of Pacific Justice Institute
Topic: California SB 380 which will require physicians who do not wish to participate in assisted suicide to find someone who will for their patients who request it. Emergency injunction from SCOTUS against Santa Clara County's public health orders which banned indoor church services. https://www.pacificjustice.org/
Guest #2: Alexandra Snyder, CEO of Life Legal Defense Foundation
Topic: Can you be required by your employer to take the Covid vaccine? https://lifelegaldefensefoundation.org/
Guest #1: Attorney Lisa Haba, represents survivors of human trafacking and Attorney Peter Gentala Nat'l Center on Sexual Exploitation
Topic: Suit against Twitter over allegations it allowed sexually-explicit videos to be posted and maintained despite the pleas of the underage victim to remove them; sexual exploitation of children.
Guest #2: Greg Baylor, Senior Counsel Alliance Defending Freedom
Topic: The Equality Act: what it means to religious freedom, gay and transgender rights, its effect on women's and girl's sports.
Guest #1 John Horvat, vice president American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property; Author of Return to Order.
Topic: Activities of Satanist: church desecrations, black masses, pro-abortion billboards. What is going on and how do we combat it and how do we report it. How we can get the book Return to Order free. (www.tfp.org)
Guest #2 : Matt Willkom, Executive Director of Iowa Catholic Radio
Topic: Introduction of matt as the new executive director, exciting changes coming and care-a-thon.
Guest #3 Dr. Alveda King, executive producer Roe v. Wade, evangelist, and pastoral associate for Priests for Life and director of Civil Rights for the Unborn.
Topic: The Movie Roe v. Wade follows the case for the legalization of abortion all the way to the Supreme Court. To persuade the Justices, pro-abortionists start a blitz that includes fabricating fake statistics to the media, and creating pro-abortion narrative in Hollywood; a classic courtroom drama exploring the behind the scenes story.
Guest #1 - Lea Patterson, attorney at First Liberty Institute
Topic: Maine school choice case - state prohibits religious schools from participation; Disqualification of a juror for expressing belief in the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Guest #2 - Dr. Anne Hendershott, Franciscan University
Topic: Author, The Politics of Envy. The practice of mobbing in academia and elsewhere. "It often emerges from an envy of excellence - excellent and productive people are more likely to be mobbed than 'little birds.'"
Guest #1 Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Topic: Updates on the movement for assisted suicide and euthanasia - US & Canada
Guest #2 Ashley McGuire, Senior Fellow the Catholic Association and Author
Topic: Ashley's book Sex Scandal: Drive to Abolish Male and Female
Guest #1 Christopher Dodson, Executive Director and General Counsel for the North Dakota Catholic Conference
Topic: North Dakota lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require priests to violate the seal of confession or face jail time in the state. The measure would remove the ministerial exception from mandatory reporting laws related to child abuse, requiring priests to report knowledge or suspicion of abuse even if it arose from the context of sacramental confession.
Guest #2 Dr. Matthew Bunson, Executive Editor of EWTN News
Topic: How President Biden's executive orders on gender, life, and religious liberty will impact Catholics and people of faith.
Guest #1 John Bursch - Alliance Defending Freedom, Vice President of Appellate Advocacy and Senior Counsel defending the Thomas More Law Center over California's Donor Disclosure law.
Guest #2 Douglas Blair, works at the Heritage Foundation, and is a graduate of Heritage's Young Leadership program. His articles have appeared in The Daily Signal.They are discussing the use of cartoons to target kids for indoctrination by the left; here's how the leftist are targeting kids.
Guest: Robert (Bob) Marshall, Bob served in the Virginia legislature for 26 years and also served as a congressional aid assisting in the creation of the Hyde Amendment; author of Reclaiming the Republic and co-author of Blessed are the Barron about PP. Contributor to Life Site and Lepanto and other conservative and Catholic sites and worked with the Diocese of Arlington on pro-life issues.
Topic: Equality Act and other measures that will inhibit religious freedom.
Guest #1 Denise Harle, Senior Counsel, Alliance Defence Fund
Topic: Two churches, three schools, and a pregnancy center network filed suit in state court to challenge the Virginia Values Act, a law that forces the nonprofit ministries to abandon their core convictions in hiring and other polices or face fines up to $100,000 for each violation. The law, enacted July 1, 2020, compels churches, religious schools, and Christian ministries to hire employees who do not share their stated beliefs on marriage, sexuality, and gender identity.
Guest #2 Myrna Maloney Flynn, President of Massachusetts Citizens for Life
Topic: Follow-up to November 19 interview with Myrna on new state abortion law. The Massachusetts legislature overrode a veto by the state's Republican governor to enact a law that lowers the age teen girls are allowed to get abortions without parental consent to 16.
Guest #1 Ashley McGuire, Senior Fellow with The Catholic Association
Discussion: Biden's appointment of the California attorney general as the head of Health and Human Services: Xavier Becerra, his background, his ex policy positions; and have a discussion on how his appointment will affect people of faith.
Guest #2 Benjamin Zeisloff from Campus Reform
Discussion: U of lowa dental student represented for expressing conservative view; LGBT threats to the accreditation of Christian schools.
Mike and Gina talk with Laura Belts, Attorney from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and Author of the report: Status of Free Speech on Campus.
Guests: Michael Ross, counsel for the Center for Academic Freedom regarding Booth v. Simpson County School District (Mississippi) 3rd grade student cannot wear "Jesus Loves Me" mask at school while BLM and other masks were allowed http://www.adfmedia.org/
Myrna Maloney Flynn, president Massachusetts Citizens for Life regarding proposed abortion legislation that would significantly expand abortion in state https://www.masscitizensforlife.org/
Guest #1 Nick Reaves, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty - Arguments for SCOTUS on Philadelphia adoption case; city issuing rules for adoption and foster care agencies that conflict with Catholic teaching
Guest #2 Logan Spena, Alliance Defending Freedom - Jack Denton, Florida State University student body president removed for his defense of Catholic doctrine in a Catholic chat-room - recent federal court decision in his favor issued last Friday