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POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “‘Religious Freedom’ Bills Meant to Hurt LGBT Community” / RT America / Ed Schultz and Rev. Barry Lynn ☮

Posted on 03.28.2016 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

Governor Nathan Deal (R-Georgia) vetoed a Religious Freedom Restoration Act-style bill that would have allowed Georgia businesses to deny services to members of the LGBT community. The state faced possible boycotts from the entertainment industry. Rev. Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, joins ‘News With Ed’ to discuss this bill and similar RFRA ones sweeping the nation.

ENVIRONMENTALISM: “Nearly Half of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Expected to Die in the Next Month” / RT America / Ed Shultz and Conservation Biologist Reese Halter ☮

Posted on 03.28.2016 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

An aerial survey shows that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is 95 percent bleached, and half of it is expected to die in the next month. Conservation biologist Reese Halter joins ‘News With Ed’ to explain what caused the die-off, how damaging it is for the planet and whether that damage is reversible.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Chris Hedges: Iraq is Broken and Never Coming Back” / RT America / Ed Schultz ☮

Posted on 03.21.2016 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

With the crisis in the Middle East escalating, it’s important to look at how the US got itself into the position it finds itself in today. So what responsibility does the US government have to Iraq to fight ISIS? RT America’s Ed Schultz is joined by journalist and author Chris Hedges to discuss.