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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— An anti-trans lawmaker from Missouri says it's okay for 12-year-olds to get married. (0:38)

— The Dalai Lama asked a child to suck his tongue. (15:08)

— U.S. Latinos are ditching Catholicism and becoming "Nones." (24:20)

— A Christian public school teacher is demanding the right to include "John 3:16" in her emails. (37:06)

— A NASA official swore her oath on Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot." (45:36)

— An anti-LGBTQ Christian mom sued Oregon for rejecting her request to adopt kids. (53:28)

— Oklahoma officials rejected a taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school‚Ķ for now. (1:03:29)

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