back in 1969. today, conservative justices are acting like a super legislative body to roll back rights, pushing a right wing agenda that the majority of americans do not want. also tonight, the culture of violence in america. and how the powerful gun lobbyists created a permission structure where it s not just about the right to own guns, it s fair game to use them. and sinking in the polls. ron desantis is now pushing his vulgar, hate-filled anti-lgbtq message all across america in lieu of any actual policy proposals to help the american people. but we begin tonight with the supreme court, which now days is acting more like a super congress, with last week s rulings on affirmative action and lgbtq rights and on everything from voting rights to women s right, labor policies and guns, they acted like unelected politicians and not a court. it s the result of a long game from a right wing that recognizes that they have lost the culture wars. so instead, they say fine. we
their work. they ve been designated an anti-lgbtq hate group. the adfers and the colorado baker who refused to make a cake for the gay couple and been involved in the barrage of anti-transgender bills being considered in states across the country. the adf also wrote the mississippi law behind the supreme court s decision throwing out 50 years of reproductive freedom in dobbs versus jackson s women s health. and now they re behind the current case to kill the abortion bill mifepristone an effort funded by billionaires whose names you have heard or or who don t want you to hear them. the shadowy s donor trust and the charles koch constitute. they scored a victory in the name of christianity thanks to this supreme court. representing the evangelical web designer never made wedding websites but didn t want to make hypothetical sites for lgbtq couples who didn t exist. the alliance defending freedom
also i think the orthodox catholic church has a lot to answer for. i mean, what s going on with this patriotic careel had the easter ceremonies for president putin. he has endorsed this whole move killing civilians, invading another country, aiming for grandma s and killing babies? this orthodox catholic church. the pope has got to speak out about this. you can t do this in the name of christianity. and these guys were all out there in public. this is mass shown throughout russia and europe. good luck with that i don t know what bible this christian leader is reading. but there is nothing christian about this. ainsley: is he doing whatever vladimir putin tells him to do. think about the congregation. if the high priest is telling them this is okay. then the congregants might agree. steve keep in mind putin and his
man? i think that s the question. so we have not seen pope francis try to negotiate, obviously, with vladimir putin. he has reached out to the archbishop of the russian orthodox church. and it s mind boggling to me that that archbishop is actually supporting putin and this invasion. in the name of christianity, no less. so i think the pope is doing what he can behind the scenes, but there are many obstacles. and whether or not he can get through to russia. the russian people themselves, many of them are not behind this. we know this is putin and his henchmen and it s not necessarily a popular decision in russia. so who does the pope need to get to? he needs to get to sane thinking people who can actually begin to make a difference. there s great penalty for any russian citizenry and perhaps even for the archbishop to speak out publicly against putin.
they re doing in the name of christianity, which, by the way, has been inferred, that they re trying to push out western liberalism. you know, gay parades have been quoted, you know, that the west is having too much influence. so it s almost reminiscent of the holy wars, as bringing back religion as the ones that will triumph in terms of pushing out all of these sort of nefarious encroachments. and this is ridiculous that this could ever be done in the name of christianity. so to your question, if he could appeal to patriarch karil, the pope, leader-to-leader, to have some influence with putin, and to have karil more vociferously condemn this kind of aggression and war, that s the first step. of course, putin has met with the pope three times in the past. is putin shows up at the vatican as if, oh,, here i am. the pope meets, everybody, but you can be assured behind closed