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 thats 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 response to that first p
Jocelyn benson talks about democracy and Election Integrity and efforts to remove donald trump from the 2024 president about. This is part of the association of american loss collapse annual meeting in washington dc. It is about an hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] all right, good morning, everybody. Welcome to our session today, our president s conversation we are going to be having, grateful to have so many folks gathered in washington for this annual meeting. So glad to have so many colleagues front and center. Love that. I am really glad to have Jocelyn Benson, the 43rd secretary of state of michigan here to talk with us today. Shes not just secretary of state of michigan but our colleague and friend of ours for so long and in her role as secretary of state, she certainly a leader in insuring elections are secure and accessible. And shes tasked in the job overseeing the election. The last two, 2020, and 2022 elections saw a record turnout and
I think it is very important for the American People to understand that this is a dangerous world, that we live at risk and that this nation is at risk in a dangerous world, and that they ought not to be led to believe as a conflict. Once of these hearings that this nation cannot or should not conduct covert operations. And thanks for joining us for American History. Tvs Congress Investigate series, which looks back at significant congressional investigations. This week, the irancontra investigation. Of 1987. Joining us, jim townsend, director of the levin center for oversight and democracy. Mr. Townsend, in a nutshell. What was the irancontra affair and how did it begin . Well, the irancontra affair was a scandal that erupted in 1986, 87. Under the Reagan Administration involving and really com collects web of activity centered around an effort by the Reagan Administration to provide aid to the nicaraguan contras who were rebels, who were trying to overthrow a socialist government in
Risk in a dangerous world, and that they ought not to be led to believe as a conflict. Once of these hearings that this nation cannot or should not conduct covert operations. And thanks for joining us for American History. Tvs Congress Investigate series, which looks back at significant congressional investigations. This week, the irancontra investigation. Of 1987. Joining us, jim townsend, director of the levin center for oversight and democracy. Mr. Townsend, in a nutshell. What was the irancontra affair and how did it begin . Well, the irancontra affair was a scandal that erupted in 1986, 87. Under the Reagan Administration involving and really com collects web of activity centered around an effort by the Reagan Administration to provide aid to the nicaraguan contras who were rebels, who were trying to overthrow a socialist government in nicaragua. The reagan ministration was devoted to trying to concern about what they thought would be soviet influence coming in to Central America
I think it is very important for the American People to understand that this is a dangerous world, that we live at risk and that this nation is at risk in a dangerous world, and that they ought not to be led to believe as a conflict. Once of these hearings that this nation cannot or should not conduct covert operations. And thanks for joining us for American History. Tvs Congress Investigate series, which looks back at significant congressional investigations. This week, the irancontra investigation. Of 1987. Joining us, jim townsend, director of the levin center for oversight and democracy. Mr. Townsend, in a nutshell. What was the irancontra affair and how did it begin . Well, the irancontra affair was a scandal that erupted in 1986, 87. Under the Reagan Administration involving and really com collects web of activity centered around an effort by the Reagan Administration to provide aid to the nicaraguan contras who were rebels, who were trying to overthrow a socialist government in