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
when it called its district attorney boudin. and that local election in blue, blue california was held up by pundits as a canary in the coal mine for democrats the party, according to them had a crime problem that republicans would seize on in an election year, one that already favored and here were some of those headlines. progressive backlash in california fuels democratic debate over crime. california voters send a stark message to democrats on crime and homelessness. democrats need to know the message that crisis september. week of recall, gas topped $5 a gallon for the first time ever and republicans began gearing up to make the election all about inflation. those were theoretically, the contours of this election, only a few months ago, as of the first week of june and then two weeks later, everything changed. the united states supreme court struck down a 50-year precedent protecting a woman s own right to control her own body which upended politicals across the country.
services so that anybody who leaves a shelter for a hotel or other place to stay will be eligible to receive the same level of services being offered at these shelters. our partners at hud are also supporting the people of hawaii by providing a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures of federal housing administration insured mortgages and home equity conversion mortgages. this also another very important step in their recovery process. and lastly, debris remostly is a critical aspect of this recovery. we have mission assigned epa and the army corps of engineers to start the process of debris collection and planning for removal. also mindful and i stress to my team every day and every time i talk to them that we need to continue to ensure that we have a strong respect and awareness of the native hawaiian cultures and history during our response and recovery processes. i want the people of hawaii to hear it from me.
of people don t really understand vis-a-vis crime. and the ways in which oz has tried to tether fetterman s vulnerabilities to also being soft on crime. do you think that s any more of an effective line of attack, given what we know of fetterman s background, and the person he is just categorically is not a weak person. i think no matter what his recovery processes looks like. the man does look enfeeble. no he doesn t. and actually, it s very interesting because i was thinking about that tonight, so much of the initial attack that oz made on fetterman about crime has to do with his work on the parole, the clemency board, and granting clemency, including two brothers who work on his campaign now who were wrongly convicted and served 27 years for murder that they didn t commit. it has nothing to do with crime around the country. it s truly a bait-and-switch
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