587 - Rep. Mary Miller's Hateful Invocation Blunder

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Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

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🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

– He's Sikh, not Muslim: GOP Rep. Mary Miller's bigoted blunder goes viral. (0:41)

– Arizona court blocks predator's confession from trial—because it was made to a pastor. (17:44)

– A Christian Nationalist will lead the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. (31:15)

– An Oklahoma City employee moonlights as a pastor who preaches death for LGBTQ people. (56:11)

– Thou shalt not ignore the law: Illinois county sued over Ten Commandments monument. (1:12:15)

– Supreme Court hands win to Catholic Charities in case that could gut worker protections. (1:31:30)

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1:28.6	Let's start with something that happened in, with an Illinois lawmaker.
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1:34.7	Oh.
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1:36.5	So about a week ago, the United States house, every time it begins its workday,
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