booktv.org. joining us now on book tv is megan roper, she s the author of this book, unfollow, a memoir of loving and leaving, the west borough baptist church, where did you grow up and how? i grew up in kansas at west borough baptist church, started by my grandfather and, you know, at west borrow we had the normal life in some place, i went to public schools, made cookies with my parents, all wonderful memories but then there was this, our lives were organized around the picketing ministry, from the age of 5i went out to protest gay people originally and then from there it morphed to everyone outside ofin our church was headed for hell and we had a duty to go and warn them of the consequences of their sins and our whole lives were organized around that ministry. how did the picketing ministry begin, you talk about the loving family that you have and a normal childhood, when did the god hate fags come? in 1991 when i was 5 year s old an incident occurred, shortly befo
were organized around a picketing ministry from the age of five i would protest gay people originally and then from there to everyone outside of the church was headed for hell and we had a duty to go with them of the consequences of their sins and our whole lives were organized around the ministry. host: how does that begin if you talk about this loving family that you have and a normal childhood when did the god in 91, when i was 5 years old, an incident occurred it happened shortly before that. an incident happened at a local park where my grand father was biking through the park and he thought he saw my older brother who was then about 4 or 5 years old being approached by two men trying to lure him into the bushes. he discovered that this local park was a place that s well known for as a meeting place for gay men. so he went and started trying to get the city to clean up the park. my grand father called it great park. the bible passage cited was in romans. the respons
and then signed by president trump to avoid a possible government shutdown. current funding expires at on thursday. and now live coverage of the u.s. house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order much the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. send your spirit of peace and calm that all might have confidence in your faithfulness to us and that no matter what lies ahead your grace is abundantly available. the issues of this day call upon all americans to be mindful of the institutions of our government and their respective places in the experiment of constitutional democratcy. democracy. bless the members of this assembly that they would be mindful of the oath each has taken to uphold the constitution and the call they have been given as members of congress. their responsibilities are monumental. bless them with a surfeit of courage as their de
it has been another type of cabinet meeting, mr. president. we appreciate you allowing us to do that and the blessings you give us to participate in that cabinet bible study. if you would, let s bow our heads. father, we thank you for the stable. everyone is here because you have ordained it to be so. the importance of what we are about, the issues of which we get the responsibility and privilege to deal with it is your call. today, we are lifting up a special group of men and women who have really been at the core of why this country has been that is our veterans; people who have sacrificed greatly, who held their hand up me,said, here am i, send when it would have maybe been easier for them, certainly less stressful for them to have not answered that call. we lift them up. you give us the opportunity. secretary wilkie has the agency that directly deals with that. so many of us have the opportunity to assist and be a part of that. we thank you for that great privilege to s
that we can make a difference in the fight against aids. but also it will remind us there is still much, much to be done. and partly, we will need to double down on our efforts if we need to set out in the bold tenure federal initiative championed by the nh and cdc and by our special guest doctor anthony and doctor john brooks. here at the bloomberg school of public health we have talked about the power of public heal health, the power that comes from doing the fundamental research and translating the research into programs and policies that make a difference. the power that comes from strong partnerships across disciplines, public and private sectors and across communities. in the power that comes from advocating solutions of the state, local and national levels. the fight against hiv-aids exemplifies how sustained commitment to these powers can make a true difference. today s conversation will be facilitated by our own chris buyer, the professor of public health and human r