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Respect for Marriage Act, Silly science

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Sen. Tammy Baldwin speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing
Sen. Tammy Baldwin speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Baldwin joined fellow Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossof of Georgia in introducing a bill on Monday, July 12, 2021, to require the federal government to set up a Medicaid-like health plan in states that have not expanded Medicaid plans to cover more low-income adults. Al Drago/AP Photo

We talk to a political science and legal studies professor about the Respect for Marriage Act and concerns about religious liberties. Then, an author and comic creator helps us answer absurd science questions.

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  • Religious liberties and the Respect for Marriage Act

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    The Senate is delaying a vote on the Respect for Marriage Act that would codify same-sex marriage. We learn more about the legal rafications and the concerns of some Republicans over religious liberties.

  • Did you ever wonder how much all the electrons in a bottelnose dolphin weigh? Or what would happen if the solar system was filled with soup? The creator of online comic “xkcd” brings us silly science questions — and their serious science answers.

Episode Credits

  • Lee Rayburn Host
  • Trina La Susa Technical Director
  • Lorin Cox Producer
  • Colleen Leahy Producer
  • Howard Schweber Guest
  • Randall Munroe Guest

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