two were in the heart of the region of the netherlands known as the bible belt, home to a tightknit communityconservative protestants. some women still wear traditional dress. our camera gets a frosty reception. but, linda and her mother agreed to meet us at home. they feel gathering to pray is a vital part of their faith, even during a pandemic. >>[on sundays, during the service, we. are altogether. that is a beautiful thing about going to the temple. >>at the temple, you can really meet god. of course, you can also do so at home. but the temple is like rod's workshop. -- like god's workshop. >>the dutch government has called on believers to stay at home, but the constitution allows churches to make the call. when the lockdown end, another problem looms. a small part of the community, roughly 3%, opposes vaccinations. this man does not want to be on camera. he is surrounded by his seven children, none of whom have ever been vaccinated. >>no. we will not get vaccinated. we believe that the lord provides for us. for better or for worse. we want to keep it that way. so, we believe we should not

being here in texas, it's part of, like, the bible belt so there's a lot of conservative people hereagree with the lgbtq lifestyle. in early school days, like, elementary to middle school, they don't really teach you a lot, you know, only about the reproductive system and safe sex between straight couples. and, literally, that's it. no gay stuff. nuh—uh. that's. .. you can't, you shouldn't, you can't do that. my dysphoria started to manifest around the start of freshman year, i'd say. it's just a really uncomfy feeling that, like... it feels like it's like clawing at the back of my neck and itjust won't go away. at the time, my hair was about, like, this to this long. it was, like, really long. it was really heavy and it was actually causing me neck pain. so, i was like, "huh, i want to get my hair cut." i would use that reasoning almost as, like, a cover—up excuse for deep down why i actually really wanted my hair cut. over time, the feeling got stronger and stronger, then i started realising, "i think there's something different here at play." basically, i got it all chopped off. w

bible belt and. braces people were happy when i come back. i was having lunch. and i told him not to have. a lot of well that's right. and then when you. can stand. alone all that afraid of only taking up to go to school drag because i don't want to take any chances. i have experienced both. so. i am a bit when you're down. and it's great i rise up. i'm talking. there have been people oh we got i shouldn't because. i have. a female who does it's like hyper feminizing yourself so for instance with me i go oh you know known for the large lips oh well well and they live among fine reactions so i will have a bit of it has been our struggle for me to find places where i can go. and meet people because a lot of times drunk requirements are i gave bars or gay clubs and i'm not allowed to go there. generally you. only will between 2 to 5 hours to know how complex. and she gets interesting. to notice in the press around and. when you vote. ok. on the on. no longer think of only think of it which it's a totally different thing both the words a lot of my friends will say y

about what kind of message that sends in the ruby red state of south carolina, the buckle of the bible beltdent visits here to stand with all of you and i pray you will stand with him. the next four years are going to be a rocky and tumultuous scene where we will feel discouraged, we will feel like at times waiting but i believe the best days for this country are still ahead because i don't men like mike pence are out there fighting for the future of the united states of america. i am reminded of a song i used to play on the radio back when i did radio, and i think i have a face still made for video. we used to play this as an intro to a lot of the shows i would do. it was called, if you do not stand for something, you will fall for anything. our next guest was a talk radio host before he served as a member of congress and governor of indiana and vice president of the united states. as for me and my house, i would love to see mike pence become commander-in-chief and i am glad he is visiting the state of south carolina today. give vice president mike pence a warm south carolina welcome. [app

second, you'll you'll see why that's a little weird because we think of the south today is the bible belt correctly but in the colonial period it's different. in the colonial period there is a kind of formal establishment at least of the church of england. but once you get out past the colonial cities places like williamsburg and charleston and savannah. the rates of church going and commitment to the church of england is pretty limited. and part of the reason for that is you remember going back to the founding of jamestown in 1607. these colonies are mostly being founded for business purposes. and it's a little difficult to set up churches in the backcountry where settlement is so scattered. and so people living in the rural south in the early 1700s. i mean, they might have been christians for sure. i'm sure most of them would have considered themselves to be christians if they were literate they probably read the bible. maybe they had family devotions, but many many of them did not go to church. because maybe the nearest church is 50 miles away. and if that's the case if you're going on

his first book from bible belt to sun -- grassroots politics, and the rise of evangelical conservatism published by w. norton into -- 2011. when several major awards including the jean h. donning with price from the american historical association. and the elves hawley prize from the organization of american historians. it's truly, he's used it -- undergraduate classes that we have free copies, i'm not gonna volunteer to give them away to you, but have a lot of free copies, we'll leave it at that. darren has also co-edited a volume then emerged from a symposium called sun belt rising politics of space place and region published by the university of pennsylvania press. also in 2011, it was a big year for darren. his research has been supported by the american council of societies, the national -- the american philosophical society, and the rockefeller foundation. it is your tonight of course, to discuss his latest book, anointed with oil. how christianity and crude made modern america. published last year, in 2020, by basic books to create the. claim following his lecture, we will have

what the people in the bible belt think about abortion, i'm sure that people, let's say, in new yorkat part of the country would agree with. an asian in san francisco might have a completely different idea on it. host: don't you think a national policy or decision is necessary considering the patchwork that talk about? caller: no, i do not. i think each particular state and region should be willing to vote for itself and have the law implemented in those particular states. the supreme court ruled recently , when 18 states came together and asked to have an opinion on the last election, the supreme court said we don't have jurisdiction to do that. but all of a sudden now they have jurisdiction? to rule over the rights of a woman, women in every section of the country every state? that's out of balance. host: that is jack in texas. the washington times highlights information from the president's tax returns that have been released by the white house, showing a $600,000 income in 2020, paying federal income tax for an effective rate of 25.9%. the bidens donated $30,000, 5% of their tota