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April 27, 2020
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In Iran, a Hotspot of Misery
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by Tony Perkins
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For the families lucky enough, there are still cemetery plots. But even grieving is different now, one Iranian says soberly. Not even flowers are allowed on the rows of fresh dirt. "People are dying left and right here," a medic shook her head. "It's the same way in all of our hospitals." Signs of the country's suffering are everywhere -- even from space, where the trenches of mass graves are so big that satellites can't help but notice. Like so many nations rocked by the virus, the scene feels the same -- and yet, in the closed and punishing society of Iran, nothing is.
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A Torrent of Tyrants: How Local Churches Are Fighting Back
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by Tony Perkins
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The news came down just in time for Sunday service. For all of the congregations, it had been a frustrating few weeks. Pastors in New York, North Carolina, and Mississippi had been fighting their state for the freedom they should have had all along: the right to gather, in their own creative and CDC-compliant ways, at church. But fortunately, while every locality is responding differently, every court is not. Religious liberty, they agreed, doesn't stop when a virus starts.
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In States of Unborn Emergency
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by Tony Perkins
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If there's anything this crisis should have taught us, it's the value of fighting for every life. So when Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear chose this moment to tell newborn children that they don't deserve medical care, the state was stunned. "Reprehensible" was all state attorney general Daniel Cameron could say when he heard the news that Beshear had vetoed the Born-Alive Protection Act Friday. "The governor had a choice," he shook his head, "and he used it to defend the indefensible."
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Today's show features: Russ Crosson, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Ronald Blue Trust and Author of "Money Made Simple: The Key to Financial Freedom," on what is next for the economy as states begin to reopen; Ryan Tucker, Senior Counsel and Director of the Center for Christian Ministries at Alliance Defending Freedom, on churches prevailing against overzealous state and local government officials who tried to prohibit drive-in worship services; David Closson, FRC's Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview, on FRC's new resources on reopening churches; Jonathan Butcher, Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, on a new report showing that only 15 percent of U.S. 8th graders are proficient in U.S. history, and how schools are handling distance learning during the pandemic.
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