Guest #1 Denise Harle, Senior Counsel, Alliance Defence Fund
Topic: Two churches, three schools, and a pregnancy center network filed suit in state court to challenge the Virginia Values Act, a law that forces the nonprofit ministries to abandon their core convictions in hiring and other polices or face fines up to $100,000 for each violation. The law, enacted July 1, 2020, compels churches, religious schools, and Christian ministries to hire employees who do not share their stated beliefs on marriage, sexuality, and gender identity.
Guest #2 Myrna Maloney Flynn, President of Massachusetts Citizens for Life
Topic: Follow-up to November 19 interview with Myrna on new state abortion law. The Massachusetts legislature overrode a veto by the state's Republican governor to enact a law that lowers the age teen girls are allowed to get abortions without parental consent to 16.