so let's bring in father jonathan morris.n argument with jon stewart, as a comedian, he doesn't have to deal in truth. and as a statement. stuart: now, is there a moral obligation to pay more for a job, more in wages than the market dictates should be paid? is there a moral obligation to pay above market wage rates. >> which market? what about the market in bangladesh and paying the workers about a dollar a day. stuart: no, the markets in the u.s. >> that's an important point. society has a responsibility to create opportunity so that every citizen willing to work and work hard can make a good living. that's what society has a response-- and the government has a responsibility to step into the market and regulate the market when people are being cheated, that's the principle. stuart: so you approve in principle of the government legislating wages? >> what's the minimum wage all about. of course the government-- . >> so you approve. >> the minimum wage. but should the government say, anybody at mcdonald's should be making a li

father jonathan morris is here.e that does not mean we won't have a christmas message, 10:45. another hour of "varney and company" happ we start by checking the big board, dow 27 points, trading much higher. i know that you have news from the fed. we will get to that later, big interview with the fed, david asman is here but we talk about the tech rally, stocks have been on an absolute tear. some wonder if this parabolic move is a yellow flag. what do you think? >> i was ready to go. you are a pro so you could reload. liz: that was charles's christmas present to you. >> what is happening with tech stocks is symbolic of most tech stocks. we talked about this and you have been on top of the rally from the get go. nobody in this building has been on top of this rally like you have but i am wondering if it is topping out. i don't know what you think of the we have a strange situation. the vix is down -- has a 12 handle, 12.78 as interest rates are up three basis points. when you have interest rates going up and the vix

i go back to what we just shared a few moments ago with father jonathan morris. they have a right to say things whether it's offensive or not offensive. this is still america. you have the right to express your opinion whether it's dealing with your religion, your faith in something higher or greater than yourself. >> here's the distinction as i see it between phil robertson and his critics. he has views that you might find offensive. he's not trying to prevent other people from expressing their views in public. a couple special interest groups in washington are doing that to phil robertson, trying to get him booted off the air. their position is you should note be not be allowed to say that. the second they say that, that's an authoritarian impulse. >> we haven't seen the entertainment contract. maybe there was a by-line, some moral clause -- >> there was. they got pushed. >> a moral clause. >> there's a moral clause in every contract. a&e got pushed by glad to take this action. >> right. i think to your point, do you violate a moral clause by talking about your

jonathan morris and lauren green. good to see you. let me go to the priest on the panel. is premarital sex a sin? >> yes. >> drunkenness? >> yes. >> the other things he mentioned -- all sins? >> sure. >> is homosexuality a sin? >> it is not. homosexual acts are sinful. >> what's the difference? >> if someone is inclined to do something wrong they are not being sinful because they are inclined to it. >> i thought if you lusted this your heart you committed adultery. >> phil robert son is a duck caller but he amazingly made that distinction at some level. it is an important distinction. to have the inclination doesn't mean you are sinful. >> it is a disordered inclination which has to be resisted. like you lusting after another woman in your heart. >> i'm not here in confession, father. i departmeidn't do anything. >> that you know of. >> thank you, lauren. >> what's your take? >> the problem here is homosexuality is the cultural civil war of the day. this is how the secular culture decides if you are a good christian or a bad christian. this is a litmus test. how you feel

father jonathan morris is here to explain. >> a christmas miracle caught on camera.s dog stranded in the ice. ♪ ♪ test. >>> hello. good morning. merry christmas to you. kelly wright, anna kooiman at your service today. the holiday season is a time of embracing spiritual and celebratory customs. fox news religion contributor father jonathan morris takes a look at where our great christmas traditions came from. >> and how can we make these things a positive rather than an anxious element of our christmas season. let's start with number one. christmas tree. >> i think there's been a lot of fights over what type of tree to get. >> artificial, real. >> let me start by saying these suggestions here, the main thing is to find ways to make these things that we're going to talk about now an almost of bringing you closer to god and closer to each other rather than separate each other. so christmas tree, we know it comes from germany. the germans were one of the first ones to make a christmas tree a part of the christmas season but it's a symbol of new life. all you have to do

. >> next we will have peter francia and jonathan morris from east carolina in diversity. they will talk about their paper, "the divided republicans." >> let me begin by thanking john green and everyone here at the university of akron. steph has been wonderful. i certainly speak for my co- author. wonderful.s been this is one of the most stimulating academic conferences that we get to attend so we are pleased to be here. you can see by the title of our paper, it is a little bit of overlap with the previous paper. it is always nice to see and you will get a chance to see this in a minute. even though we have used different data sets and looked at some slightly different questions, some of our conclusions are very similar. let's jump ahead, then. so, we are primarily again interested in intraparty divisions. partyvide between tea republicans and establishment republicans has come into full public view recently. any, political party loses an election, there is a little bit of that soul-searching that we all hear about. and so republicans were talking about what went wrong in

anna: here with his christmas message is fox news contributor father jonathan morris.onflict both in our personal lives and also in, in political life and in the strife. today, for example, 37 christians killed in iraq by nasty, evil of human beings. we recognizeing is not right. that is the result, in the christian faith, we see that as a result of sin and abuse of our freedom. god knowing that we've done this, abused the freedom he has given to us, i'm going to give you a second chance because i love you so much. and how did he do that? he came in the form of a baby to say, even though you're fearful of me, of my goodness, of my truth, i'm going to show you what it's like to have me close. and what greater form than a baby? do you mind if i read very quickly, just two verses from the christmas story? anna: sure. >> this is the angels who appeared to the wise men and says this. the wise men are terrified, like we are sometimes when we hear the voice of our conscience or god. they were terrified but the angel said, do not be afraid. look, i bring you this news of great

i'm joined by david webb, host of david webb radio show and father jonathan morris.ll three are fox news contributors. why do you think "time" magazine choice him importantly. >> i think "time" magazine made a popular decision which opens the road for many christians to pay attention to his teachings and great marketing. 1.2 billion catholics in the world. this is good for "time" magazine but kudos to the pope being chosen. he said he is not interested in honors but i think he is providing a very good image for the catholic church. i'm a jess oughted indicated guy to a little pried. martha: happy supporter i'm sure. santita, what do you think about this choice? >> i am excited we have inspirational figure who could be transformative one. he reaches out to the poor and reaches out to the privileged. challenges them not to redistribute the wealth but reconstitute themselves and be fair and really embrace the stewardship, the great steward over which god-given them great, great, great responsibility. so i'm very excited and i'm excited about what this pope is going to d

father jonathan morris is a fox news contributor, leslie marshall is a sindhuated radio talk show hoster comment we want to try to get to as well. father jonathan, it seems right to start with you. what do you think? >> well, they've also said that the real celebration is the winter solstice. so saying that christmas should be celebrated without christ is a little like saying the winter solstice should be celebrated without winter. doesn't make sense. i encourage atheists who are not act is vises like this, who are trying to knock christ out of christmas to stand up and say, you know what? that's not us. we just don't believe. but we're not trying to take belief away from anybody else. atheists who are not activists should stand up and speak the truth. martha: there's such an anger in this, leslie, which never makes sense to me when they do these things. >> i think the reason they're doing it is to get their point across a little bit sensationalism and, certainly, to get attention. they've done that. they certainly have the first amendment right to do that. but additionally, i think th

father jonathan morris, fox news religion contributor.what is your gut reaction. >> you shouldn't have $557 worth of drinks otherwise, very skeptical. you know what? i think reaction against this pastor, we don't even need to say his name, who said, i give 10% to god, why do i have to give you 18%, that is not a very kind thing. maybe he had a bad day who knows, right? jenna: sure. >> the reaction is a very good one, it is a very good, kind, holy christian thing to do to actually decide i will give more than i have to, more than i'm requested of or what the social norms would tell me to do. doesn't have to be every time but i think it's a very good positive thing. i love to see people doing it. jenna: brings a good question at end of the year, when you look at chairman giving and wonder how you may donate. >> yeah. jenna: 10% mark that is out there and been there for a long time. >> right. jenna: how far above to go? are you still in good graces if you can't do the 10%? not everybody will be able to sit down and, they would love to tip so

. >> joining us right now is father jonathan morris.her john, this has to do with religious beliefs and freedom and liberty. what do you think about it? >> isn't it refreshing to hear the robertson family speak so open about their faith and not care what anybody thinks, no doubt. and i think a&e has made a huge mistake, as you guys have been saying. a very personal issue, my sister is gay and got married civilly to another woman this last year, which caused tremendous tension, obviously, in my family in terms of religious beliefs and all the rest. i love her so much. she gave me permission to read this. she wrote to me and she said, "as much as i am not a huge fan of the robertsons' comments, the censorship applied by a&e undercuts much of the spirit of the gay rights movement. to be allowed to be out, to be able to live honestly and openly, listen to this, if glaad, one of the groups pushing this or a&e or any other organization starts censoring or punishing individuals who are out but just in a different way, in other words, expressin

jonathan martinis. >> we had to change long-held, ingrained beliefs about what people with disabilities can and can't do. >> reporter: the judge granted morris and talbert temporary, limited guardianship over hatch, until august, 2014. after that, it's up to her. >> i don't think jennie needs a guardian for everything in this world. i think, to quote jennie, she just needs a little help. ( applause ). >> thank you. >> reporter: since her court victory, hatch has become an icon for the developmentally disabled. in october, she also became the face of a foundation, the jenny hatch justice project. d.c. native reinking is their first client. >> everybody needs a little help every now and then, but once you're independent, i think you're good to go. >> reporter: when king turned 18, his family became his legal guardians, but his mother, suzie, says her son doesn't need that level of supervision. so they've taken their case to court. >> we followed jennie's story, and we decided well, why not try it ourselves. we tried it before, even though we were turned down, we decided to try it again. >> reporter: when her guardianship expires next year, hat