presbyterian, united baptist, united church of christ, lutheran, episcopalian and star king which is a school which represents multiple traditions. >> that's great. we are going to come back it that because it's such an exciting place. we said earlier a lot of people maybe don't know about it? >> right. it's a well kept secret. >> please join us to talk about gtu. >>> welcome back. we have been speaking to dr. reese pottervale. tell us more about that. >>> part of the problem with the gtu is it's not tied with a particular religous organization organization. a lot of the graduates have gone out to teach in colleges and universities. they seven in the churches. and so within the theological world it is well known. if you stop someonen the treat they are apt not to know about it even they it's been here for 50 years. >> i went on the website and read some things about it. i think it said it was 1300 students in total. would that be accurate if you count all the seminaries? >> there is about 1,200 students today. >> okay. >> those, of course, some are in the seminaries doing master divi

presbyterian, american baptist, united church of christ, lutheran. and then, starr king, which is a school that represents a multiple tradition. >> that is great. we will come back to that. it is such an exciting place. maybe a lot of people don't know about it. >> yes. it is a well kept secret. >> please join us as we talk about gtu. >>> welcome back to mosaic. we have been speaking to dr. reiss potterveld about graduate theological union. you heard some of it. tell us a little more about that. why more people don't know about this great place. >> it is well-known in the theological world of course. part of the problem with the gtu is that it is not tied to any particular religious organization or denomination. we still don't have a natural bridge into the knowledge in the churches themselves. but an awful lot of the graduates have gone out to teach at colleges and universities. they serve in the nonprofit sector as leaders. they served in the churches. and so within the theological world, it is well-known. but if you stop somewhere on the street, e

baptist convention. barry lynn is executive director of americans united for separation of church and state. bonnie is calling in from middletown, new jersey. guest: good morning. the facts are the facts. your beliefs are your beliefs. when you put garbage and propaganda in, you get that out. the iud stops ovulation. it does not kill a fertilized egg. let's start from the premise. let's go with another odd premise. that corporations are people. they are legal entities, with corporate rights given to them -- granted by our laws. not people. people are certainly afforded their religious freedoms. there is no problem with that. you can believe what you want to play. -- believe. how about you coming to work for me? i am jewish. if i tell you what to eat, what to wear, how to live your life -- how would you feel? when you are a for-profit business. host: all right. your response? guest: corporations are groups of people banded together. the religious freedom restoration act does not exclude people in corporate form from being able to carry out religious convictions. bonnie is wrong about that. no

united states. mr. allison was a faithful member of white rock missionary baptist church in durham. finally, mr. speaker, pete is also survived by two children, dr. f. vincent allison iii, his namesake, and michelle allison davis. and they have four grandchildren. mr. speaker, today i ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the life and work of f.v. "pete" allison jr. thank you for the time this morning, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. cclintock, for five minutes. mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker, as we begin the annual budget process, we need to stop thinking in terms of democratic and republican policies and start thinking in terms of what policies have worked and what policies have not. the successes and failures of both parties can teach us much. we are now in the sixth year of policies that promise to restore prosperity to america by radically increasing government spending and government intervention in our economy. these six years have not been happy ones for our nation. when people s

united states. more muslims in america than presbyterians, episcopalians, baptists, catholics and methodists. they are right there. we are seeing of great religious diversity within this nation and we need to ensure that no one feels they are not a full participant for citizen because of their religious beliefs. that is quite easy for me as a protestant to say. no one should be offended by certain representations of my face because to me it is normal and so accepted but there are many people out there who may see it very differently and we have to be sensitive to that. i would like people to take away from this book that they understand these debates about church and state are complex, they have a long history, there has never been a consensus view about the proper relationship between church and state. and when they see people either objecting to sing manifestations of government involvement with religion, that they need to realize no one has the right to claim a prior advantage on matters of religion. that there should be no default out there of one religious preference over another religio

st the baptist them into civilian casualties the consent of the sun's heat dissipated his country's cooperation and partnership with the united states really not holding back. in any punches in terms of this criticism to play a sound bite out of an example the american president has that been no hit for aniston so it's not american collection for afghanistan or american resorts is spent on afghanistan. if you go to president obama's speeches he repeatedly says he's hit for the sake of american interests for the safety of america for the security of america. the day here in afghanistan helping afghanistan in order to help america. careful it's not for us is for a cause that america holds dear. best buy at the same time one of the most surprising things i discovered when speaking to people there. i guess folks are actually quite nervous about the americans pulling out what they are not thankful for for that amount has happened on the court on the grounds nobody of course wanted the war nobody was happy with the weight that the occupation in case it turned out they were also quite fearful that the country wouldn't be able to sta

myself praise you for the strength that you had to stand up to westboro baptist, to take them all the way to the supreme court of the unitedtes. you want folks to know that all the while walt was there at your side? >> the whole time. >> including sitting in the chambers of the supreme court. >> yes. we sat in the chambers of the supreme court during the first federal trial walt was not with me. he did testify in the federal courts, but every other day that he wasn't testifying, he stayed off. we didn't want the jury to be distracted by him being in the courtroom. >> and, al, this was kept out of the case, and it was kept out of the case because a federal judge appointed by george w. bush said your sexuality has no place. when questions would be asked of you in deposition and other portions of the discovery phase, the judge said, not going to let that happen. >> he did, and i was very grateful to judge bennett, especially when they requested my medical records, and there were portions of the medical record that did indicate that i was gay, and judge bennett gave them the medical records, but blocked anything out of the rec

the second is at the united nations in new york. the third is ebenezer baptiste called stokely carmichael up saturday night and says that, stokely, i want you to come. what are you doing tomorrow morning? and stokely says, dr. king, like a good heathen, i'm not going to be in church. i'm just working for the people. and dr. king says, well, stokely, i want you to come tomorrow, and he says why? and he says, tomorrow i'm going to really come out against the vietnam war, and then there's silence on the line between them. and stokely says that, i'm going to be there on the front row tomorrow. and when you look at footage of king's speech, it's stokely carmichael in april of 1967 who is leading the standing ovation for dr. king's antipar -- anti-war speech. it's incredible the coverage of these activists. by 1967, newspaper reporters and journalists are saying that carmichael and king are working hand in hand together and it's interesting because we don't remember it that way. they're saying these guys are basically -- one paper calls them the batman and robin of th

inaudible] [inaudible] >> on the next washington journal, america is united for separation of church and state, and also more of the southern baptist convention ethics and liberty commission to discuss the role that faith and religion play in politics, public life, and civics today. and the christian science monitor contributor christina about thealks widespread use of heroin in the u.s., especially the suburbs. join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> one thing that do not become known until the late 1980's, when the leading fbi scholar found it through some files that he applied for through the freedom of information act, and that was something that had taken place from 1940's until 1966, when the fbi for that time had a formal relationship with the american legion in which , 180,000 members of the american legion regularly filed rape ports with the fbi -- regularly filed reports with the fbi. americans had no idea that kind of informing was taking place. 19 71, a group broken to an fbi office in pennsylvania and stole every document in the building. that story sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's "1&a." >> the u.s. house an

baptist convention. is executive director of americans united for separation of church and state.onnie is calling in from middletown, new jersey. guest: good morning. the facts are the facts. your beliefs are your beliefs. when you put garbage and propaganda in, you get that out. the iud stops undulation. it does not kill a fertilized egg. let's start from the premise. let's go with another odd premise. that corporations are people. they are legal entities, with corporate rights given to them -- granted by our laws. not people. affordede certainly their religious freedoms. that.is no problem with you can believe what you want to play. how about you coming to work for me? i am jewish. if i tell you what to eat, what to wear, how to live your life -- how would you feel? when you are a for-profit business. host: all right. your response? corporations are groups of people banded together. the religious freedom restoration act does not exclude people in corporate form from being able to carry out religious convictions. bonnie is wrong about that. nobody is arguing that employers can di

and the united nations and new york but the third is ebenezer baptist in atlanta and the end of april saturday night, he says what are you doing tomorrow morning? stokely carmichael says like a good he then i won't be in church, just working for the people and dr. king says i want you to come tomorrow. he said why? tomorrow i am really going to come out against the vietnam war. there is silence on the line and stokely carmichael says i am going to be there in the front row tomorrow. you look at footage of king's speech, stokely carmichael in april of 1967 is along with one of his best friends, is leading the standing ovation for dr. king's anti-war speech. it is incredible when you think of the coverage of both of these because by 1967 newspaper reporters and journalists are saying carmichael land king and are working hand in hand together. we don't remember it that way but you are saying these guys are basically one paper calls them the batman and robin of the movement, this anti-war movement. what is interesting is they find common ground in the viet nam struggle and two activists a

the next washington journal reverend barry lynn of americans united for separation of church and state and russell more of the southern baptist convention at the chin religious liberty commission. and christian science monitor contributor talks about the widespread use of heroin in the u.s. especially in suburbs. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on this book and twitter. >> and socially ortiz, and ahead common and mean and and in the region and our school in phoenix , arizona. threat the year we have encountered a handful of struggles. throughout those years earlier seen how lack of support for treatment can result in devastating results as well as emotional stress for those individuals and their families. >> i look back at the incident that took place, 17 of the people were injured and six people died. >> we've announced the winners of this year's c-span singh can video competition on what the most important issue congress should address this year. once the top 21 winning videos starting tuesday in every weekday. see all the winning documentary's online. >> responding to reports of rampant