8.12.25 Religious protections at work, detainment at Alligator Alcatraz, and maternity care in rural America

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Two lawsuits testing the limits of religious protections, deportations and due process, and rural maternity care. Plus, a hippo’s mom stare, Daniel Suhr on religious freedom in the federal workplace, and the Tuesday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from Dordt University, where pre-med students gain knowledge through undergraduate research and hone skills through hands-on simulations. Dordt.eduFrom WatersEdge Kingdom Investments — personal investments that build churches. 5.05% APY on a three-month term. WatersEdge.com/investWatersEdge Kingdom Investments - WatersEdge securities are subject to certain risk factors as described in our Offering Circular and are not FDIC or SIPC insured. This is not an offer to sell or solicit securities. WatersEdge offers and sells securities only where authorized; this offering is made solely by our Offering Circular.And from Covenant College. Rigorous academics, grounded in Reformed theology, lived out in Christ-centered community. covenant.edu/WORLD

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0:00.0	Good morning.
0:06.4	A Christian charity won a lawsuit by a former employee fired over her same-sex relationship.
0:12.3	The customer service representative in this case said she was discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation.
0:19.2	World Vision said, no, we made our decision based on our religious beliefs.
0:23.1	We'll talk about that case and more.
0:25.5	Later, a retiring physician says younger doctors just see the profession differently.
0:31.0	The first question we get asked is, do I have to work on the weekend or do I have to work at night?
0:35.9	Which, from our generation, we just assume that came with the territory.
0:47.1	It's Tuesday, the 12th of August.
0:49.2	This is The World and Everything in it from listeners-supported World Radio.
0:53.0	I'm Mary Reichert.
0:54.0	And I'm Nick Einker.
0:55.2	Good morning.
0:57.6	Now the news.
0:58.7	Here's Kent Covington.
1:00.7	The federal government has assumed control over Washington, D.C.'s metropolitan police.
1:06.7	President Trump declared a public safety emergency in the District of Columbia on Monday
1:11.1	and announced that the Justice Department would take the lead in policing the district for now.
1:15.9	Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals,
1:20.4	roving mobs of wild youth, drugged out maniacs and homeless people,
1:25.4	and we're not going to let it happen anymore.
1:28.2	We're not going to take it.
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