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May 26, 2020

Trump Insists It's Open Season for Churches
by Tony Perkins
Even though we're in a presidential election year, liberals have yet to roll out their favorite catch phrase: separation of church and state! Maybe that's because -- in the wake of the coronavirus -- some Democratic governors have brazenly crossed that line of "separation," placing stricter restrictions on church gatherings than other establishments like restaurants, malls, and even casinos. But enough is enough. And on Friday, after hearing from pastors all across the country, President Trump took advantage of his bully pulpit to start getting pastors behind their own.
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Sunday Suits: New Bill Saves Churches Court Drama
by Tony Perkins
If there's one thing that everyone can admit about this virus, it's how impossible it would be to tackle without churches. From the president to his cabinet secretaries and needy people on the ground, there's one refrain that keeps echoing across this crisis: ministry, from even the smallest of communities, makes all the difference. "The federal government can provide a role," Secretary Chad Wolf agreed. But having been on the ground and seeing the deep need, he knows, "it's the faith-based organizations... that are the backbone of the response." And now, more than ever, we need to protect them.
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HHS Rules! Another Religious Liberty Fix from Team Trump
by Mary Beth Waddell and Travis Weber
James Shupe is a biological man who was the first legally recognized nonbinary person in America. Yet he now says it "was all a sham."
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Today's show features: Ted Yoho, Representative for the 3rd district of Florida, on China sending two new aircraft carriers near the Pratas Islands, stoking fear that a Taiwan invasion could be next; Martin Makary, Professor of Health Policy at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, on reopening America safely and the possibility of a second wave of the virus; Dan Celia, Host of "Financial Issues with Dan Celia," on the stock market's recovery and what might be ahead for the economy; Ken Blackwell, FRC's Senior Fellow for Human Rights and Constitutional Governance, on rumors that the GOP is considering an overhaul of the party platform before the Republican National Convention; Travis Weber, FRC's Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, on HHS's proposed rule to add new religious freedom and conscience protections to the Affordable Care Act.

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