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🗓️ 10 March 2014
⏱️ 29 minutes
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0:00.0 | The bonus episode featuring Mike Delaney, Will Harnes, and Antony King. |
0:14.0 | What is bothering you? |
0:16.0 | Alright folks, this is the challenge round. Alright? |
0:19.0 | If you're one of those people who doesn't like it when Maddie B has strong political opinions |
0:25.0 | or opinions on religion, |
0:28.0 | the show's over. |
0:31.0 | Squarespace.com, et cetera, et cetera. |
0:35.0 | See you later. |
0:37.0 | Alright, still with us. |
0:40.0 | Alright, this is an issue that only I am truly pissed off about. |
0:44.0 | Probably most people don't even know this is going on, but it's always been this just fucking bug-a-boo of mine. |
0:49.0 | Let's see. |
0:50.0 | It's the separation of church and state, |
0:53.0 | and specifically crosses where they shouldn't be. |
0:58.0 | The LA County seal for decades has had a contentious debate about |
1:06.0 | should a Christian cross be inside the seal? |
1:10.0 | And of course the answer is no. |
1:13.0 | And since from 1957 to 2004, here I'll read it. |
1:19.0 | From 1957 to 2004, the county seal featured a tiny gold cross floating above a rendering of the Hollywood Bowl. |
1:25.0 | But under pressure from critics who argued that the religious image violated the Constitution's separation church state, |
1:30.0 | the County Board of Supervisors voted three to two to remove the cross from the seal. |
1:34.0 | That vote sparked a multi-year legal battle that ended in 2007 when the US Supreme Court refused to challenge the county's decision. |
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