This is Molly Hemingway of the Federalist. Join me, my husband Mark of Real Clear Investigations,

CNN political commentator Scott Jennings, Dr. Carl Truman of Grove City College, and others for the 2025

Making the Case Conference, Friday, July 18th, and Saturday, July 19th at Concordia University, Chicago.

Learn more at Issuesetc.org. Making the case, July 19th at Concordia University, Chicago. Learn more at Issuesetc.org. Making the case, July 18th and 19th in Chicago.

Issuesetc.org. How did you hear about this opportunity? Who was more invested from the jump? Who took more

convincing? I want to know that whole story. When I first saw the flyer on social media,

there was a gay couple on the flyer. And so the initially kind of sparked my interest.

And I was very much intrigued to learning more about the show and kind of what that experience was going to be.

I was super honored that when they were choosing three modern day families, that they did choose

the same-sex couple as a modern-day family because we are.

And we are your neighbors and your coworkers.

And so it was this great, amazing opportunity to normalize same-sex couples and same-sex families.

That's Joe Riggs, a man who is being featured along with his same-sex partner, Jason Hanna,

in a new TV series called Back to the Frontier, produced by Magnolia Media,

which is the media outlet of Chip and Joanna Gaines.

Greetings in, welcome to Issues, etc., live on this Wednesday afternoon, July the 16th.

I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. We're going to be talking about the platforming of a

same-sex couple in a new TV series from Chip and Joanna Gaines.

Glenn Stanton, a focus on the family, will be our guest. We'll spend some time with Dr. Eric Fenske,

executive director of Lutherans for Life, talking about Lutherans and life issues. Then in the

second hour, we'll look forward to Sunday morning, according to the one-year lecture,

talking with Pastor Will Whedon about Jesus calling the first

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