692: A Ross to Bear Edition

In this week’s episode, the Grand Canyon state creates an Arizona UNTRUTH, we learn that God has an atheist sense of humor with his weather-based smiting, and we’ll finally get the juicy personal Ross Douthat details you’ve been waiting for.
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Headlines:
AZ law goes too far to protect against religious harassment: azcapitoltimes.com/news/2026/06/10/critics-say…
The country’s largest Protestant adoption agency is dropping LGBTQ couples — again: religionnews.com/2026/06/10/the-countrys-large…
Muslims feel unwelcome in the bigot party: texastribune.org/2026/06/15/texas-republican-p…
The Hill pretends Jewish services are just hanging out for a pray with your bros: thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5921285-relig…
This week in Christian history:
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