Greg Burt

Now, the legislation does not provide a traditional definition, legal definition of hate speech, although it describes the speech covered by the training as speech that vilifies, humiliates, or incites hatred against people based on projected characteristics.

So given the broad language in the law, could churches now be pressured under the law in California to teach against the Bible? Joining us now to discuss this, Greg Burt, Vice President of California Family Council, which is the family policy council in California that accomplishes at the state level what the Family Research Council does at the national level.

Greg, welcome back to Washington Watch.

Thanks for joining us.

Wow.

CBC Vice President Greg Burt said, quote, Christians will not stop speaking the truth in love because a training module calls it vilification.

We must obey God rather than men.

We're almost done here.

Now, there's no exemption for churches or religious organization.

Now, the legislation does not provide a traditional definition, legal definition of hate speech, although it describes the speech covered by the training as speech that vilifies, humiliates, or incites hatred against people based on projected characteristics.

So given the broad language in the law, could churches now be pressured under the law in California to teach against the Bible? Joining us now to discuss this, Greg Burt, Vice President of California Family Council, which is the family policy council in California that accomplishes at the state level what the Family Research Council does at the national level.

Greg, welcome back to Washington Watch.

Plus, in California, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1803, requiring employers with five or more employees to incorporate anti-hate speech training into existing workplace harassment training, with no exemption for churches or religious organizations.

Greg Burt, vice president of the California Family Council, joins us to discuss what this could mean for religious freedom.

And Congresswoman Julia Letlow joins me in studio to discuss the arrest of three men in the US as a part of what the Department of Justice says was a Hamas fundraising network that raised more than $1.7 million for the terrorist organization under the guise of humanitarian aid.

All of that and more straight ahead.

Now, there's no exemption for churches or religious organization.

Now, the legislation does not provide a traditional definition, legal definition of hate speech, although it describes the speech covered by the training as speech that vilifies, humiliates, or incites hatred against people based on projected characteristics.

So given the broad language in the law, could churches now be pressured under the law in California to teach against the Bible? Joining us now to discuss this, Greg Burt, vice president of California Family Council, which is the family policy council in California that accomplishes at the state level what the Family Research Council does at the national level.

Greg, welcome back to Washington Watch.