How Minnesota Catholics and Lutherans Teamed Up Together to Open Their Churches

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🗓️ 28 May 2020

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Last week, Catholic bishops in Minnesota and Lutherans in the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod united to go against Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota’s stringent order that only allowed 10 people at church services. Diana Verm, senior counsel with Becket Law, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss the stand they took that brought Walz back to the negotiating table, and her law firm’s work on behalf of faith leaders in the state. Listen to the podcast, or read the lightly edited transcript below. We also cover these stories: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweets "Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China, given facts on the ground." President Trump made threats to regulate or even close down social media platforms after Twitter added a fact check label to two of the president’s tweets. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., says President Donald Trump should stop tweeting about Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” implying that Scarborough may have murdered an aide who worked in his office. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, May 28th. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:10.1	And I'm Rachel Del Judas. Last week, Catholic bishops in Minnesota and a number of Lutherans in the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod,
0:19.0	joined forces to go against the Governor of Minnesota's stringent stay-at-home order that only allowed 10 people
0:25.6	at church services.
0:27.4	Diana Verme, Senior Council with Beckett Law, joins me on the Daily Single Podcast today to talk about what happened and her law firm's work on behalf of faith leaders in the state.
0:38.0	Don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five star rating on Apple
0:44.1	podcasts and encourage others to subscribe. Now under our top news.
0:48.2	Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that Hong Kong is no longer a self-governing entity from China.
0:58.0	On Wednesday, Pompeo tweeted,
1:00.0	Today I reported to Congress that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous in China, given facts on the ground.
1:07.0	The United States stands with the people of Hong Kong.
1:10.0	His remarks come as China pursues a so-called national security law that is sparking
1:16.4	protests across Hong Kong. It is expected China will pass the law. In his statement, Pompeo said,
1:23.2	after careful study of developments over the reporting period,
1:27.4	I certified to Congress today that Hong Kong does not continue to
1:31.2	warrant treatment under United States laws in the same manner
1:37.0	as U.S. laws were applied to Hong Kong before July 1997.
1:41.8	No reasonable person can assert today that Hong Kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from China, given facts on the ground.
1:49.0	President Trump made threats Wednesday to regulate or even close down. Social media
1:55.8	platforms after Twitter added a fact check label to two of the president's
2:00.8	tweets. Earlier this week, Trump tweeted against mail-in voting,
2:05.4	specifically California's plan to mail a ballot to every resident in the state.
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