44, 41trump, 4238 ramaswamy. 4236 scott. 4236 haley. I think those are really interesting numbers. Encouraging for all of these candidates up here, really. Take a look at this one because one of the Big Questions is how are these folks doing with independents . Thats where victory is often lie, in that independent group, right . So interestingly when you break it down, Vivek Ramaswamy is the only gop candidate in this matchup that beats joe biden. 30 for ramaswamy among independents and 22 for joe biden. So thats pretty interesting. Just a moment in time as we say. Interesting. So among his fellow contenders there, ramaswamy has doubled his support in the past two months. So he was around 5 two months ago. Now hes 11 . That puts him in third on this particular look at this. Ron desantis has dropped six points down to 16 in the latest snapshot of these polls. A lot to dig in to with our political panel. We have Katie Pavlich and Jason Chaffetz and bill steffian. First to peter doocy. Ma
State of massachusetts rejected their application over religious beliefs and now they are suing the commonwealth over it. Im john roberts, welcome to wednesday. Gillian nice to be here on a beautiful blue sky day. John what a picture. Gillian im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Kitty and mike burke say they were turned down because of adherence to catholic teachings, a letter says they would not be affirming to a child who identified as lgbtqia plus. Comes as they struggle to accommodate 1500 children in the foster care system. Chief religion correspondent lauren green has been looking into all of this and joins us from new york. The issue is, can a secular government prevent someone from participating fully in a community because of their religious beliefs. Now, the Supreme Court has actually ruled in favor of religion in a similar case about two years ago. But the burkes say this has been devastating for them, saying massachusetts would rather children sleep in the hallways of hos
to help and raise her children. attorneys for the district say the process for this to play out in new jersey civil rights court could take up to two years but they are exploiting avenues to appeal the judge s decision. art cb cotton thank you. for more on this let s bring in bruce an attorney who represents the middletown new jersey school district. what of the three districts involved in this legal battle. the court is at least for now shutting the parents out of this decision do i have that right, bruce? that is correct thanks for having me on. what is that wrote in this decision is not making a determination on the merits. this is a procedural step to receive the status quo keep the current policies in place the districts had had. we will have a full chance to litigate this before the present owner facts and evidence and argue the legal merits of the case have full confidence in our policy does not violate the law
we cannot get the proper help for these children inless their parents are involved. why are we holding secrets back? why don t we want to let them know? martha: we re waiting for a decision from the judge. it could come down at any mow mend. that was the middletown new jersey school s board president. the state is suing three districts because they are requiring parental notification if a child requests to change his or her gender identity.