You cannot elevate people like Kim Davis and Ted Cruz and Huckabee and Ann Coulter and Donald Trump.

And then as a country, turn around to pretend that it's Islam that causes this.

This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show.

If you'd like to support the work we're doing, please visit the Contributes tab at BestOfALife.com.

Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfALife podcast with groups today from Democracy Now,

the Young Turks on the media, humorlessqueers, citizen radio and gay USA.

We begin today's show on Capitol Hill, where Democratic lawmakers are continuing and historic

sit-in on the floor of the House, the first ever, to demand the Republican leadership take action

on gun control after the Orlando massacre left 49 people dead. Democrats are pushing for votes

to expand background checks for gun purchases and to curb the sale of weapons to people on

government watch lists of proposal strongly opposed by the American Civil Liberties Union,

Center for Constitutional Rights and other groups. This is a scene right now as we broadcast on

the floor of the House, which is being live-streamed from the phones of lawmakers since the Republican

leadership have shut off the official camera feed that feed C-SPAN. C-SPAN is broadcasting

the video streams from the phones of Congress members on the floor. This is Florida Congress

member Ted Duage speaking live. My friends, my colleagues that I've shared this experience with,

I join you in standing not to help fill those holes. We can't do it, but to provide just a

little bit of comfort, a little bit of comfort to those families and those communities that age.

That's why we're doing this. That's why we're going to prevail. That's why I'm so proud to have

been part of this with all of you. That was a live stream as we broadcast of

this historic sit-in that began yesterday morning at just about 1130. The sit-in initiated by

Georgia Congressmember John Lewis of veteran of the Civil Rights Movement.

...