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
iowa voters, gillian and john, are listening to the candidates messages in des moines. everyone except trump reminds the voters it s early in the race but not for long. we are going to hit thanksgiving, christmas and before you know it, the caucus time in iowa. back to you. gillian: alexis in des moines, great to see you what looks to be a genuinely good time. john: fly over to the white house right now, fema administrator is back on the mainland and she s talking about the devastating situation in maui, specifically lahaina, and what the federal government is doing to respond to it. let s listen. in addition to them, 30 specialists from the hhs mortuary teams are already in maui and will soon be joined by the mortuary specialists from the department of defense. these experts are going to be able to help identify loved ones. now i want to be honest with everyone. this is also going to be a very