Welcome to the Monday edit. This week, like every week, we're joined by our executive producer Chris. Say hi, Chris.

Bonjour.

Y'all, we just got through America's 250th birthday, the semi-quincennial, if you will, honey, what a word.

And as a gift, a special extra gay gift for all of you, we've got a heaping helping of your burning questions.

This week, it's all about what's going on in your world. It's not a typical Monday edit. It's all about you. Our Instagram and DMs are open, darling. We always have been and we always will. Keep sending us your written submissions and you may find yourself on an episode of the Monday edit. We also especially love voice memos. If you want to leave us a voice memo, we love that. But obviously keep it clean for the pure eyes of our executive producer, you know, and me, don't be gross. But before we jump in, we do need to hit up one order of business, which is, what are we getting better at? What I'm working on getting better at this week with my husband is because we have so much more work with Liza, it's like really like sticking to the plan.

Like we got to make a plan and stick to the plan.

I can't be like getting lost zoned out in my phone.

I got to like look alive.

I got to be present.

I also was like trying to get better about like changing an outfit for this episode, but I didn't. Listen. I'm just really still in my scar phase and that's fine. What are you getting better? Listen, I'm getting better at cleaning up after myself after my night of painting. I cannot tell you how many times I wake up in the morning and I'm like, oh God, the Van Gogh was it's just too much you know like just too much too much chaos too much drama it's like must have a nice clean space every time like I work at Disney you know like I need that like everybody has to have a clean desk at the end of the day like that's that's what I'm getting better at for sure I want that for my makeup counter too we're both I love that for that for us. We're going to get better. We're doing it.

We're going to do it.

It's going to be great.

Everywhere you look right now, people are talking about America's 250th anniversary.

And while a lot of folks are celebrating, there are also people trying to use this moment to rewrite history.

Christian nationalists are pushing the idea that America was founded to be a Christian nation where one religious movement gets to decide

who belongs. But that's not what this country was founded on. America was founded as a democracy

committed to liberty and justice for all. That's why I want to tell you about Americans United

for separation of church and state.

They work every day to protect church state separation and defend everyone's right to live as

themselves and believe as they choose so long as they don't harm others. The stakes are real. These

attacks show up in censorship efforts, attacks on public schools, restrictions on reproductive

freedom, assaults on

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