Greg Schleppenbach, associate director of pro-life activities at the USCCB, joins Bob to talk about conscience protections afforded by new rules recently issued by the federal Department of Health and Human Services. Next, Stanley Carlson-Thies, founder and senior director of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, talks about the religious freedom concerns of the Equality Act, which amends the federal Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Finally, Andy Duran, executive director of substance abuse-prevention organization LEAD, talks about the progress of marijuana legalization at the state Capitol.
