This week on the Brody File: Former Republican Congressman JC Watts joins The Brody File in studio this week to discuss the future of the Republican Party. Plus, a look at religious freedom in America and how the U.S. is becoming a less ...
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David: THIS WEEK ON
"THE BRODY FILE," ONE-ON-ONE
WITH FORMER CONGRESSMAN J.C.
WATTS, AND JOHN JESSUP HAS
THE LOWDOWN FROM HIM ON HIS
FAITH, DIVERSITY, AND THE
PROBLEMS WITH THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
I THINK THE PARTY IS
MISSING, WHEN IT COMES TO
THE EVANGELICAL ROAD, I
THINK THEY MISSED IT WHEN IT
COMES TO ETHNIC MINORITIES
THAT WOULD HAVE AN INTEREST
IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
David: ALSO, AS THE
OBAMA SCANDALS PILE UP,
KATELYN BURKE HITS THE
STREETS TO FIND OUT WHICH
ONE OF THEM COULD HURT HIM
THE MOST.
THE ONE FOR ME HAS GOT TO
BE THE I.R.S. SCANDAL.
David: ALSO JENNIFER
WISHON IS HERE, TALKING TO
REVEREND SAMMY RODRIGUEZ
ABOUT THE THREAT TO
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN
AMERICA.
PLUS, WHAT OTHER SHOW ARE
YOU GOING TO HEAR THIS WORD,
"RINFLICHSKIN
"RINFLICHSKINIFERSCOTT."
"THE BRODY FILE" IS NEXT.
*
David: AND WELCOME,
EVERYBODY, TO ANOTHER
EDITION OF "THE BRODY
FILE."
LOOK, IT IS SUMMER OUT.
AND THAT MEANS IT IS GETTING
HOT.
BUT IF YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN,
ESPECIALLY ON CAPITOL HILL,
YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT THE HEAT
BECAUSE THINGS ARE HEATING
UP WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
YOU'VE GOT THE MODERATE
ESTABLISHMENT WING OF THE
PARTY.
YOU'VE GOT THE CONSERVATIVE
WING OF THE PARTY.
AND OH, BOY IS THERE
FRICTION.
YOU CAN CALL IT SOMEWHAT OF
A G.O.P. HOLY WAR.
SO WHO IS GOING TO WIN THE
BATTLE?
WILL IT BE THE
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONSERVATIVES, MADE UP OF
THE TEA PARTY AND
EVANGELICALS?
WE HERE AT "THE BRODY FILE"
CALL THEM TE TEA VAN
TEAVANGELICALS.
OR IS IT GOING TO BE THE
MODERATE G.O.P.
ESTABLISHMENT WING OF THE
PARTY, WHO, YEAH, THEY CARE
ABOUT PRINCIPLE, BUT, OH, BY
THE WAY, THEY'RE PRACTICAL
AND THEY WANT TO WIN
ELECTIONS, NO MATTER WHAT.
THIS WEEK WE HEAR FROM THE
STILL RESPECTED REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN J.C. WHAT'S.
WATTS.
HE STOPPED BY RECENTLY AND
SPOKE TO OUR JOHN JESSUP.
FIRST THEY COMPARED FASHION
TIPS FOR A WHILE, AND THEN
THEY GOT DOWN TO BUSINESS,
TALKING ABOUT J.C. WATTS
FAITH, THE LACK OF
DIVERSITIY IN THE G.O.P. AND
THE STATE OF THE PARTY
TODAY.
YOU'VE GOT THE I.R.S.
SCANDAL.
YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE JUST DEPARTMENT'S PHONE
TAPPING REPORTERS' PHONE
CALLS AND THE BENGHAZI
ATTACK.
YOU'RE A WELL-KNOWN LEADER,
AND YOU'VE ALSO SPENT SOME
TIME IN WASHINGTON.
SO CURIOUS, DOES THIS
DEMONSTRATE A FAILURE OF
LEADERSHIP?
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS
NOTHING IS NEW UNDER THE
SUN.
WE'VE HAD BENGHAZI-TYPE
SITUATIONS SOMEWHERE ALONG
THE WAY.
WE HAVE THE I.R.S. THAT HAVE
POLITICIZED THEMSELVES.
THAT'S A SERIOUS CONCERN WE
NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF.
AND THEN THE A.P.
THAT SITUATION -- THAT'S NOT
A GOOD SITUATION.
I THINK -- I'M NOT SURPRISED
THAT ANY OF THAT HAS
HAPPENED.
I'M SURPRISED THAT IT HAS
ALL BEEN UNFOLDED IN A
MATTER OF A MONTH.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO PEEL
THE UNION TO SAY WHAT'S
GOING ON HERE?
AND I HOPE THAT BOTH SIDES
WOULD BE MYT METHODICAL AND
BE RESPECTFUL, BUT THERE ARE
SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS
THERE.
ULTIMATELY, DO YOU
THINK -- IF THERE IS ONE
PERSON TO HOLD MORE
ACCOUNTABLE, DO YOU THINK
THAT PERSON WOULD BE THE
PRESIDENT?
JOHN, IF IT WAS A
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, I
WOULD SAY THE SAME THING.
THE BUCK STOPS WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
IT IS NOT IN THE LEGISLATIVE
OR THE JUDICIAL BLANCH OF
GOVERNMENT.
IT IS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE
BRANCH.
SO THE PRESIDENT CAN'T RUN
FROM IT.
AND IF YOU SAY, YEAH, I TAKE
CREDIT AND I TAKE THE GLORY
FOR CAPTURING OSAMA BIN
LADEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT
TO TAKE THE BITTER WITH THE
SWEET.
YOU'RE PERSPECTIVE AS A
FORMER REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN, WHAT ARE YOUR
THOUGHTS ABOUT KARL ROVE AND
HIS ORGANIZATION REALLY
TRYING TO SMOKE OUT ELEMENTS
OF THE TEA PARTY?
YOU ASK THAT QUESTION TO
A GUY THAT IN 1990 THERE
WERE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T WANT
ME TO RUN.
THE TEA PARTY, REGARDLESS OF
WHAT ONE MIGHT THINK OF
THEM, THIS IS AMERICA.
SO ANYBODY THAT WOULD TRY TO
SNUFF OUT THE TEA PARTY,
WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THEM
OR NOT, I THINK THEY HAVE A
PERSPECTIVE AND THEY HAVE A
VOICE.
AND WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN
US AND CHINA WHEN WE SAY
THEIR VOICES SHOULDN'T BE
HEARD.
WHAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE
IN ORDER FOR THE G.O.P. TO
TURN THINGS AROUND, TO SHOW
MORE OUTREACH AND TO SHOW
MORE GROWTH AND SUPPORT
AMONG MINORITY VOTERS?
JOHN, I CAN MAKE A
BIBLICAL CASE, A BIBLICAL
ARGUMENT, FOR DIVERSITIY,
FOR TOLERANCE, AND FOR
INCLUSION.
BUT WE'VE SO ALLOWED THE
LEFT TO DEFINE THE POLITICAL
ANGUISH TO WHERE MOST
CONSERVATIVES RUN FROM WORDS
LIKE TOLERANCE AND INCLUSION
AND DIVERSITIY.
AND, JOHN, WHEN YOU COME TO
OUR CHURCH, WE PREACH A
SERMON BEFORE WE SAY A WORD
BECAUSE OF WHAT WE LOOK
LIKE.
AND I'LL GET BEAT UP FOR
SAYING THIS, BUT I SAY IT
RESPECTFULLY, AND I SAY IT
GRACIOUSLY.
WE SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN
JUST WHITE PEOPLE SITTING AT
THE HEAD OF THE TABLE.
IF YOU'RE THE MAJORITY
PARTY, YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE
SOME THOUGHT TO WHAT THE
HEAD TABLE LOOKS LIKE.
WE DON'T.
AND THEY SAY, AS LONG AS
WE'RE RAISING A LOT OF
MONEY, WE DON'T NEED YOUR
INPUT.
WE DON'T NEED YOUR INSIGHT.
MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED MINE,
BUT YOU NEED SOMEBODY THAT
IS IN THOSE CAMPS THAT CAN
SAY, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO SAY, BUT, BOY, I
WOULDN'T SAY IT LIKE THAT.
I SEE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
DO.
I WOULDN'T DO IT LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
David: THAT IS JOHN
JESSUP AND J.C. WATTS HERE
ON "THE BRODY FILE."
TIME TO TALK 2016
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS.
YOU PROBABLY SAY, WAIT A
MINUTE, 2016 --
A. THA 2016, THAT'S A
COUPLE OF YEARS A WAY.
IT WILL BE HERE SOONER THAN
YOU THINK.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CUE IT
UP.
David: WE BEGIN WITH
SOME NEWS THAT "THE BRODY
FILE" BROKE THIS PAST WEEK.
WE HAVE LEARNED THAT
SENATORS RAND PAUL AND TED
CRUZ WILL BOTH HEADLINE A
PRIVATE EVANGELICAL PASTORS'
CONFERENCE THAT WILL BE HELD
IN DES MOINES, IOWA, NEXT
MONTH.
DUE TO IOWA'S PROMINENCE OF
PLACEMENT IN THE G.O.P.
PRESIDENTIAL RACE, THE
APPEARANCE BY SENATOR PAUL
IS GOING TO PROVIDE YET MORE
EVIDENCE THAT HE IS GETTING
SET TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
CRUZ'S APPEARANCE WILL
INCREASE SPECULATION ABOUT
HIS ASPIRATIONS IN 2016 AS
WELL.
BY THE WAY, GOVERNORS RICK
PERRY, BOBBY JINDAL, SCOTT
WALKER, AND SENATOR MARCO
RUBIO WERE ALL INVITED TO
THIS BIG BASH OUT IN IOWA,
AND ALL ARE CONSIDERED
POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL
CONTENDERS, HOWEVER, THEY
WERE UNABLE TO MAKE THE
EVENT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO IMMIGRATION
REFORM, WHERE ANOTHER G.O.P.
PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL HAS HIS
HANDS FULL.
YOU KNOW WHO WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT, THAT'S RIGHT, MARX
MARMARCO RUBIO.
AND REPUBLICANS ARE NOT
HAPPY HE HAS CRAFTED A BILL
WITH LIBERALS LIKE CHUCK
SHUMER AND OTHERS.
HERE IS LAURA INGRAM GIVING
HIM A PIECE OF HER MIND.
THEY KNOW WHEN CHUCK
SCHUMER AND BOB MANENDEZ ARE
GIDDY OVER THE PASSAGE OF A
BILL, REPUBLICANS AND
CONSERVATIVES, AND MOST
PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS
SEEING THEIR WEIGHT AS
STAGNANT, HAVE SOMETHING TO
WORRY ABOUT.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR YOU TO
LEADERSHIP, SENATOR RUB YO,
AND THEY THINK IT IS TIME TO
STOP DIVIDING THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY ON THIS ISSUE.
WITH ALL OF YOUR GOOD
INTENTIONS, AND I KNOW YOU
HAVE THEM.
David: AS TO WHETHER
OR NOT IMMIGRATION REFORM
CAN ACTUALLY PASS ON CAPITOL
HILL, MARCO RUBIO SAYS THE
VOTES ARE NOT THERE IN THE
SENATE.
THAT IS NOT GOOD NEWS FOR
THE PRESIDENT.
THEN AGAIN, MAYBE, JUST
MAYBE, IMMIGRATION REFORM
ISN'T NECESSARILY AT THE TOP
OF THE PRESIDENT'S MIND NOW
BECAUSE HE HAS SO MANY
SCANDALS GOING ON.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS: HE
IS IN DAMAGE-CONTROL MODE.
YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE
SCANDALS REMIND ME OF, LIKE,
WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING A CARD
TRICK ON SOMEONE AND YOU GO,
PICK A CARD, ANY CARD.
THIS IS, LIKE, PICK A
SCANDAL, ANY SCANDAL.
KATELYN BURKE HAS BEEN
KEEPING TRACK OF ALL OF
THESE SCANDALS, AND SHE HIT
THE STREETS TO FIND OUT
WHICH ONE COULD BE THE WORST
ONE FOR THE PRESIDENT.
AT LEAST WITH THE PUBLIC.
Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,
DAVID.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS
ITS HANDS FULL, WHETHER IT
BE BENGHAZI, THE I.R.S.
SCANDAL, OR THE MEDIA
SNOOPING BY THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
WE WANTED TOWHAT THE
PUBLIC THOUGHT WOULD BE THE
MOST DAMAGING.
I WOULD PROBABLY CONSIDER
THE BENGHAZI ONE BECAUSE
THERE IS AN ADAMANT MISTRUTH
TOLD.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE
MOST CULPABLE ON HIS PART.
THE I.R.S., I BELIEVE.
Reporter: WHY DO YOU
THINK THAT?
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
PEOPLE ARE MORE INVOLVED
IN.
BECAUSE THE I.R.S. IS, LIKE,
EVERY DAY, EVERY PART OF
YOUR LIFE.
EVERY YEAR YOU'VE GOT TO PAY
THE I.R.S., SO THAT'S MORE
CONCERNING FOR ME.
THE I.R.S. SCANDAL.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS
IT IS PROBABLY NO DOUBT IN
ANYBODY'S MIND THAT FROM
SOMEWHERE UP ABOVE, IT WAS
ASKED TO SLOW DOWN THE
EFFECTS OF CONSERVATIVE
ORGANIZATIONS RAISING MONEY
TO DEFEAT PRESIDENT OBAMA.
Reporter: THE THREE
SCANDALS THAT THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION IS FACING,
WHICH DO YOU THINK IS GOING
TO BE THE MOST DAMAGING FOR
THEM: A.P., THE MEDIA
SNOOPING, I.R.S., OR
BENGHAZI?
BENGHAZI.
Reporter: WHY DO YOU
THINK SO.
FOR ONE, IT IS A
COVERUP.
WITH THE I.R.S., WHENEVER
YOU DEAL WITH A LARGE
AGENCY, THERE HAS GOT TO BE
MORALE PROBLEMS.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THE LINE
DANCING, I'M PART OF A BIG
ORGANIZATION, AND NEEDLESS
TO SAY, THAT IS PART OF THE
CULTURE OF THAT TYPE OF
ORGANIZATION.
BENGHAZI, I THINK, IS A
COVERUP.
THE ONE FOR ME HAS GOT TO
BE THE I.R.S. SCANDAL.
BECAUSE THE I.R.S. IS AN
AGENCY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO
BE INDEPENDENT AND THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO TREAT EVERYONE
EQUAL.
Reporter: THE PUBLIC
HAS SPOKEN.
DAVID, I THINK WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO WAIT THROUGH SOME
HEARINGS BEFORE WE FIND OUT
WHAT THE REAL ANSWER IS.
David: GREAT,
WONDERFUL.
MORE CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS,
JUST WHAT WE WANT.
WHEN WE COME BACK, JENNIFER
WISHON WILL BE ALONG.
BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST
CHRISTIANS WHO ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT THEIR RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES, AND JENNIFER IS
GOING TO CLAIM THAT WE
REVEREND SAMMY, AS WE LIKE
TO CALL HIM.
THAT STORY NEXT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK, BAYER, HERE TO THE
SHOW.
YOU KNOW "THE BRODY FILE"
TALKS A LOT ABOUT
CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM.
WE KNOW THERE ARE CONCERNS
BY CHRISTIANS OUT THERE THAT
THE GOVERNMENT, UNCLE SAM,
IS TRAMPLING ON ALL OF THE
LIBERTY ISSUES AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
WELL, GUESS WHAT?
IT IS NOT JUST CHRISTIANS.
JEWS, HINDUS, MUSLIMS, I
DON'T KNOW, LOTS OF
DIFFERENT GROUPS ARE REALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
THERE WAS A BIG CONFERENCE
TO DISCUSS THIS, NOT
INCLUDING BRODY FILE
VIEWERS, BUT THERE WAS A BIG
CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS THIS,
AND GUESS WHAT?
THAT'S RIGHT, JENNY AND THE
"B" BLOCK HAS THE SKINNY ON
ALL OF THIS AS SHE TALKS TO
THE MAN WHO IS HELPING LEAD
THE CHARGE TO RESTORE
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN THIS
COUNTRY.
AND, OF COURSE, JENNY, WE
KNOW WHO THIS MAN IS.
WE CALL HIM REVEREND SAMMY.
WHEN I THINK OF SAMMY, I
THINK OF SAMMY DAVIS, JR.,
BUT NOT HERE AT "THE BRODY
FILE."
WE KNOW WHO SAMMY IS, AND
THAT'S SAMMY RODRIGUEZ.
Reporter: HE IS
DEFINITELY COOL, BUT TALK TO
HIM ABOUT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY,
AND HE GETS A LIT HOT UNDER
THE COLLAR.
HE IS CALLING ON AMERICANS
OF ALL FAITHS TO JOIN
TOGETHER TO BUILD A FIREWALL
TO PROTECT WHAT HE CALLS AN
UNPRECEDENTED ATTEMPT BY THE
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNOR THE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
* I'LL TELL THE WORLD
Reporter: TELLING THE
WORLD OR EVERY PRACTICING
THEIR FAITH IS BECOMING MORE
AND EMPLOYER DIFFICULT,
ACCORDING TO AMERICANS OF
ALL RELIGIOUS FAITHS.
THEY RECENTLY GATHERED TO
DISCUSS WAYS TO COMBAT WHAT
THEY SEE IS AN EVER-GROWING
GOVERNMENT ENCROACHMENT ON
THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS.
IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE
ACCORDING TO THE LEADER OF
THE HISPANIC EVANGELICAL
ASSOCIATION, TO SILENCE
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS TO
SILENCE THE MORAL CONSCIENCE
OF AMERICA.
I NEVER WOULD HAVE
BELIEVED IN MY GENERATION I
WOULD SEE THIS TAKING
PLACE.
SO SILENCE IS NOT AN
OPTION.
TODAY'S COMPLACENCY WILL
LEAD TO TOMORROW'S
CAPTIVITY.
AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM STANDS
AS THE WOMB BY WHICH ALL OF
THE OTHER LIBERTIES EMERGE
AND FLOURISH.
Reporter: NEED
EXAMPLES?
RODRIGUEZ POINTS TO THE HHS
BIRTH CONTROL MANDATE WHICH
REQUIRES EMPLOYERS TO
PROVIDE FREE BIRTH CONTROL
TO THEIR EMPLOYEES, EVEN IF
IT VIOLATES THEIR
CONSCIENCE.
AND THE RECENT TAX CALLS OF
BILLY GRAHAM'S BOOKS.
BILLY IS FIRST, AND WHO
ELSE WILL FOLLOW?
WILL MY VOICE BE SILENT.
CAN I EXPRESS FROM MY PULPIT
WHAT I BELIEVE THE BIBLE
SAYS ABOUT LIFESTYLES OR
MORAL IMPERATIVE, AS I
PREACH AGAINST RACISM AND
DI DISCRIMINATION.
WHAT WILLNEXT?N
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT US OUR
CHRISTIANITY, BUT IT IS
ABOUT DEFENDING THE RIGHT OF
EVERY SINGLE AMERICA TO
EXPRESS THEIR RELIGIOUS
BELIEF WITHOUT THE
CONSEQUENCE OF PERSECUTION
OR PROSECUTION.
WE NEED TO REMIND UNCLE SAM,
HE MAY BE OUR EARTHLY UNCLE,
BUT HE IS NOT AND NEVER WILL
BE OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.
Reporter: IT IS ALWAYS
HARD TO FOLLOW REVEREND
RODRIGUEZ.
HE WANTS ALL AMERICANS TO
REMEMBER THAT THE RIGHT TO
WORSHIP DOESN'T COME FROM
GOVERNMENT.
RATHER, IT COMES FROM GOD,
THEREFORE ONLY GOD CAN TAKE
IT AWAY.
David: THANK YOU,
JENNY.
WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
AT LEAST WE HOPE.
ANOTHER RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
STORY WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING
HERE FOR A WHILE ON "THE
BRODY FILE."
WE WENT OUT TO KOONTS HIGH
SCHOOL IN KOONTS, TEXAS, AND
NOW THAT KOONTS HIGH SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS APPEALING A
JUDGE'S RULING THAT ALLOWS
THE CHEERLEADERS TO DISPLAY
BIBLE VERSES ON THE FOOTBALL
RUN-THROUGH BANNERS.
THE JUDGE SAID THEY WERE
OKAY, BUT THE DISTRICT IS
NOW APPEALING THE RULING.
SAYING THEY WANT THE APPEALS
COURT TO CLARIFY WHETHER THE
CHEERLEADERS ACTUALLY HAVE A
FREE SPEECH RIGHT TO DO
THIS.
OY-GEVALT.
WHEN WE COME BACK, THE
DEBATE ON GAY MARRIAGE.
IT TAKES CENTER STAGE, AND
WE HEAR FROM BOTH SIDES
NEXT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO THE BRODY FILE.
HERE IS A NEWS FLASH FOR
YOU, MOMS ROCK!
WHAT A NEWS FLASH, RIGHT?
WE GUYS KNOW IT.
THE MOMS CAN MULTI-TASK.
THE DADS, WE'RE CLUELESS.
AND NOW A NEW POLL SHOWS
THAT ACTUALLY 40% OF MOMS IN
THIS COUNTRY ARE EITHER THE
SOUL OR PRIMARY BREAD WINNER
IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS FROM
THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.
IN 1960, JUST 11% OF MOMS
WERE THE PRIMARY BREAD
WINNER OF THE FAMILY.
NOW 40%.
AND THE NUMBERS SHOW AMONG
THE MARRIED MOMS WHO EARNED
MORE THAN THEIR HUSBANDS,
THEY WERE ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY
OLDER THAN THEIR MATES, THEY
WERE COLLEGE EDUCATED, AND
THEY WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY
WHITE, WHICH IS ANOTHER
FINDING OF THE SURVEY.
AND THE REPORT ALSO SHOWED
IN 1968, JUST 37% OF WOMEN
WERE WORKING.
AND NOW THAT NUMBER IS UP TO
65%.
NOW, OF COURSE, SOME
CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS ARE
GOING TO SAY THOSE NUMBERS
ARE TROUBLING BECAUSE MEN
ARE DROPPING THE BALL AND
NOT PROTECTING AND MAKING
SURE THAT THEIR FAMILY IS
FINANCIALLY SECURE.
OTHERS WILL SAY GOOD FOR
THEM, AND GOOD FOR THOSE
MOMS OUT THERE.
BUT, LOOK, ONE THING THAT
CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS CAN
ALL AGREE ON IS THAT THIS
CULTURE, FOLKS, IS GOING IN
THE TOILET AND IT IS GOING
THERE FAST.
AND WE'VE GOT A NEW POLL TO
PROVE IT.
NOT THAT WE NEEDED A NEW
POLL, BUT HERE IS A POLL TO
PROVE THAT THE CULTURE IS,
INDEED, IN TROUBLE.
ACCORDING TO GALLOP, 77% OF
AMERICANS SAY RELIGION IS
LOSING ITS INFLUENCE IN THE
U.S.
THAT IS THE HIGHEST
PERCENTAGE IN MORE THAN
40%.
40 YEARS.
AND IT SEEMS AMERICANS DON'T
LIKE THE FACT WE'RE BECOMING
A LESS RELIGIOUS COUNTRY.
BECAUSE 75% OF AMERICANS
ACTUALLY SAY THE COUNTRY
WOULD BE BETTER OFF IT WERE
MORE RELIGIOUS.
SO GO FIGURE.
I NEED A THERAPIST, OR AT
LEAST I NEED A CHRISTIAN
THERAPIST.
NOW, SPEAKING ABOUT THE
CULTURE GOING IN THE TOILET,
HOW ABOUT THE BOY SCOUTS OF
AMERICA DECISION TO ALLOW
GAY YOUTHS THAT PARTICIPATE
IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF
AMERICA?
LOOK, I WROTE A POST ABOUT
THIS CALLED "THE BOY SCOUTS
OF GAY AMERICA."
I WAS BASICALLY DISSING
THEIR DECISION TO DO THIS,
AND BOY DID WE GET A LOT OF
FEEDBACK.
HERE IS SOME OF THAT, RIGHT
HOT OFF THE PRESSES.
THIS IS FROM BIG R-4 REBEL
WHO SAYS, QUOTE,"OUR TROOP
HAS ALREADY DECIDED TO PULL
OUT.
WE WILL NOT BE FORCED TO
ACCEPT THE GAY LIFESTYLE OR
HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO OUR SONS
JUST WHAT IT IS THEY DO TO
BECOME GAY.
OUR CHURCH WILL NOT CONFORM,
SO THE PACK AND TROOP WILL
BE DISBANDED."
CARL WRITES, QUOTE,"THIS IS
NOT SOME RADICAL POLICY, IT
IS SIMPLY ABOUT NOT BEING
MEAN AND DISCRIMINATORY.
ARE YOU SUGGESTING OUR
CHURCHES SHOULD STOP PEOPLE
AT THE DOOR SO WE CAN BAN
PEOPLE FROM OUR WORSHIP.
OR SHOULD OUR YOUTH GROUP
POST SIGNS THAT SAY GAY
YOUTH NOT WELCOME.
WE'RE BETTER THAN THIS."
AND MATTIE SAYS, "WHY DON'T
THE GAY PEOPLE START THEIR
OWN ORGANIZATIONS INSTEAD OF
PUSHING IN ON CURRENT
PROGRAMS DESIGNED FOR
NON-GAYS.
I SAY SHAME ON AMERICA FOR
CASIN CAVING FOR A MORAL
PERSUASION WE KNOW IS
PERVERSION."
AND CINDY SAYS "A VERY SAD
DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE BOY
SCOUTS WILL REAP WHAT THEY
SOW, AND THE RESULTS WILL BE
DEVASTATING FOR ALL
CONCERNED."
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE
GAY MARRIAGE ISSUE IS FRONT
AND CENTER IN AMERICA
CULTURE, AND WE HERE AT "THE
BRODY FILE" HAVE BEEN
DELVING INTO THE ISSUE.
AND IT IS TIME TO GO BACK
INTO "THE BRODY FILE"
ARCHIVE.
WE TRIED TO GO A BIT DEEPER
AND LOOK AT THIS FROM BOTH
SIDES.
OBVIOUSLY CONSERVATIVE
CHRISTIANS POINT OUT THAT
HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN AND
GOD IS AGAINST IT.
AND THEN THERE ARE THE
SO-CALLED PROGRESSIVE
CHRISTIANS WHO SPIN GOD'S
WORD A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO HERE ARE SOME INTERVIEWS
WITH DID FROM BOTH
PERSPECTIVES.
FIRST YOU'LL SEE TONY PESH
KINS FROM THE FAMILY
RESEARCH COUNCIL, ALONG WITH
HARRY JACKSON DEFENDING THE
TRADITIONAL MEANING OF
MARRIAGE, AND YOU'LL HERE
FROM THE BISHOP WHO IS WITH
THE FELLOWSHIP FROM THE
AFFIRMING MINISTRIES FROM
NEW YORK.
WELL, IT IS REALLY NOT
TIED TO ANY KIND OF BIBLICAL
ANCHOR, MEANING WE HAVE
RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE FROM THE
WORD OF GOD TO SAY NOT ON
OUR WATCH.
THEY WILL NOT REDEFINE A
BASIC FOUNDATIONAL
INSTITUTION.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
A NEW BLACK AND BROWN
COALITION BE A PARTE O PART
OF A GREATER EVANGELICAL
MOVEMENT TO SHIFT THINGS IN
AMERICA.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED THAT
BECAUSE OF MY PARTICULAR
EXPERIENCE IN HAVING TO
REALLY WRESTLE WITH THE
SCRIPTURES AND REVEL WITH MY
WRESTLE WITH MY FAITH AND
COME TO A PLACE OF REALLY
FREEING MYSELF FROM DOGMA TO
BE ABLE TO EMBRACE A LOVING
GOD AND ALOVING AND
NURTURING SPIRITUALITY I'M
VERY EXCITED THAT
PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE OF FAITH,
I THINK, HAVE A WONDERFUL
ANSWER FOR THE YEARNING WE
SEE."
David: THIS IS A
DEBATE THAT IS NOT GOING
AWAY ANY TIME SOON.
WE'RE BACK IN A MOMENT WITH
THE OY-VEY MOMENT OF THE
WEEK, AND BOY, IS IT A
TONGUE-TWISTER.
David: AN WELCOME
BACK, EVERYBODY, TO "THE
BRODY FILE."
I JUST GOT BACK FROM
VACATION AT DISNEY WORLD,
AND HOT WEATHER AND LINE
LONGS MAKES FOR A OY-VEY
MOMENT OF THE WEEK.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE COUNTRY
OF GERMANY, WHAT DO YOU
THINK OF.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU THINK OF
HITLER AND THE NAZI PARTY.
BUT ALSO, WHAT ABOUT
BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE,
PICTURESQUE LANDS SCAPES AND
CARS AND FOOD.
BUT IT IS ALSO KNOWN FOR ITS
LANGUAGE, AS IN SOME CRAZY
LONG WORDS.
HERE COMES THIS WORD, AN
ACTUALLY, GERMANY HAS NOW
OFFICIALLY DROPPED THIS
WORD.
HERE IT IS, WE CAN'T
PRONOUNCE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY.
"REINFITCHGETTER."
-- OY-GEVALT.
WHO COMES UP WITH A WORD
LIKE THAT.
MAYBE SOME FOLKS CAN HELP US
PRONOUNCE IT.
"REINGAUGAURCHECK."
David: BOY THE WAY,
THE MEANING OF THAT WORLD
MEANS THE LAW FOR DELEGATION
OF BEEF LABELLING.
HOW IS THAT FOR A
CONVERSATION STARTER.
THAT WILL GET THE
CONVERSATION STARTED FOR
SURE.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT FOR
THIS WEEK.
UNTIL NEXT WEEK, EVERYBODY,
HAVE A GREAT WEEK.