Germany Shielded a Predator & Elmo Has a Lobbyist

About this episode

The episode discusses various legal and social issues including religious funding bans and a drag performer in Germany facing charges.

• Three states roll back religious funding bans • Norman's Merit Act targets race-based grants • Penn's anniversary courses omit founding documents • Supreme Court backs Alabama map, 6-3 • German drag performer arrested again, child charges • Judge blocks PBS defunding amid Pride promotion ___ Thanks for listening! Fortis News would not be possible without the financial support of our Gospel Partners. If you would like to support Fortis News we would be extremely grateful. VISIT https://fortisinstitute.org/donate/ If you are already a Gospel Partner we couldn’t be more thankful for you if we tried!

People in this episode

Host: Jimmy Hicks

Topics covered

• religious funding
• legal issues
• drag performer
• Supreme Court
• education

Keywords

• Germany
• religious funding
• Supreme Court
• drag performer
• PBS

Sponsors

Fortis Institute

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PBS

Places: Germany, Alabama, Penn

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