This is the Daily Civil Podcast for Wednesday, November 23, I'm Virginia Allen.

The Senate is considering a bill that could have dire implications on religious freedom.

The bill is called the Respect for Marriage Act and goes very far beyond gay marriage to

make the acceptance and even endorsement of gay marriage compulsory.

J. Richards is the director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion and Family

and a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation. He joins us here on the show today

to discuss the bill and why it poses a threat to Christian organizations and anyone who holds

to a traditional view of marriage. Stay tuned for our conversation after this.

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Last week, all 50 Democrats in the Senate and 12 Republicans voted to start debate on the

so-called Respect for Marriage Act. J. Richards is the director of the Richard and Helen DeVos

Center for Life, Religion and Family and a senior research fellow here at the Heritage Foundation

and he says the bill being considered in the Senate would be more accurately named if it

were called the Disrespect for Marriage Act and J. Richards joins us now to talk about this.

J, thanks so much for being here. Thank you Virginia. We're not on the problematic women

and podcasts right now, are we? No, we're not. We're on the daily side of the podcast.

I just wanted to verify that. I had to know the details.

Good to verify. Okay, okay, carry on.

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