Skye Jethani

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2,798 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 6d ago

Skye Jethani’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The SkyePod · Politics & Pluralism with Chuck Todd · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

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It's my church or my faith defines marriage this way, but I believe in the civil right of all Americans and I'm not going to infringe on that. podcast-host

But that position isn't even acceptable much within the Democratic Party. podcast-host

ministers. podcast-host

I was in Washington more frequently during the Obama years and doing some various things there. podcast-host

I knew some folks who worked with Obama. podcast-host

And I thought there was a glimmer of hope there. podcast-host

I don't know if you remember this, but back in 2006, when he was a senator, he gave a really interesting speech about the need to reclaim religious language within the Democratic Party. podcast-host

I have a quote podcast-host

Yeah. podcast-host

And so Obama said this, secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door before entering the public square. podcast-host

He mentions Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, William Jennings Bryant, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King. podcast-host

The majority of great American reformers in history were not only motivated by faith, but repeatedly used religious language to argue for their cause. podcast-host

So to say that men and women should not inject their personal morality into public policy debates is a practical absurdity. podcast-host

That was Obama 2006. podcast-host

And I think he carried that at least into his first term. podcast-host

And I saw at the White House some of the diversity of people that he had there. podcast-host

And it was really encouraging. podcast-host

And I'll tell you when I felt like there was a shift. podcast-host

It was at his second inauguration. podcast-host

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