Afton Bain (8:32)

So for those of you who don't know, my partner has a trans son. And the month of April and the final week of March was incredibly upsetting for us. In the wake of the Covenant shooting and the disclosure that the Covenant shooter was trans, I was pulled into a chat with other trans organizers and activists across the state. State that were fearful of their. Their lives. We identified threats from white ring groups that they would show up at these trans day of visibility events and threatening our trans kids. And so I had a snapped moment where I decided we need more people talking about the protections for trans kids in our trans communities. At the legislature every day. The first thing I would do is I want to reiterate my, my first bill, which is to curb the expanded state surveillance of our trans community.

Michael Knowles (9:25)

Won't somebody please think of the trannies? This woman says, yeah, remember when that psycho tranny shot up a school of sweet little Christian children? Yeah, that was a really hard month for me. Cause of all the transphobia. Cause my partner, whatever that means. I don't think she's talking about an accounting firm. My partner has a trans kid. And yeah, it was so inconvenient when that tranny shot up all those sweet little Christian kids. It was so inconvenient because of the backlash against peaceful trannies. She then you'd think that there's no clip that could be worse than that. Right? For this woman trying to run for Congress in Tennessee. I know Nashville's liberal in a sea of conservatism. It's still Tennessee. And that was a local tragedy that was seriously mishandled, actually by authorities who've not even. They've concluded that it wasn't even ideologically motivated. The trans identification has nothing to do with this. You'd think that'd be the worst clip, right? No, no. This woman is caught on tape actually saying that she hates her city and her would Be constituents.

Afton Bain (10:40)

I've been heavily involved with the Nashville mayoral race because I hate the city. I hate the Bachelorettes. I hate the Pedal Taverns. I hate country music. I hate all of the things that make Nashville apparently, and its city to the rest of the country. But I hate it.

Michael Knowles (10:55)

Yeah, I'm that girl. I hate it. I hate the city. Hate everything about it. Hate all of the character of the city. Hate. I hate anything that could define this city up to and including the people. The people who come here. The Bachelorettes. Oh, I hate them. So, okay, you say. Well, look, most of the district, I guess, technically is outside Nashville city proper. Or maybe she likes that area. Does she like Tennessee? How about the state of Tennessee? Do you at least like Tennessee?

Afton Bain (11:21)

So I have an unconventional background. I'm a social worker, but on the public policy side. And I was actually working in Europe when Trump was elected and unlike a lot of my colleagues, decided to move back to East Tennessee, where I grew up.

Michael Knowles (11:37)

After Trump was elected.

Afton Bain (11:39)

Yeah, after Trump was elected. Right, right. Not. Not. Not quite the. The common route. And I remember taking my parents out to eat and telling them, I want to get into Tennessee politics. And my mom started sobbing at the table and she said, you're never supposed to move back to God forsaken East Tennessee.

Michael Knowles (11:59)

Yeah, I was living in Europe. Isn't Europe so great? Yeah, that's where all of us, Soph. I studied abroad there. I came back. I'm shocked she didn't have an accent. I'm shocked she's not one of the people who goes. Studies in France for three weeks. How you say, hello, we are back in America. How do you say? I totally forget. So she comes back, she goes, yeah, I had to. I came back from Europe. I come back to America, to this awful state of Tennessee. Okay. And then just to round it out or there. There couldn't possibly be any other damaging clips of this woman, right? No. She's already as unlikable as possible. She couldn't possibly be, I don't know, celebrating and encouraging political violence, could she? Afton Bain says, I'm a very radical person. So radical.

Afton Bain (12:52)

Bane thinks rioting is a way for people to express themselves.

Michael Knowles (12:56)

Worse, Bane went on a midnight joyride harassing ICE officers and state troopers.

Afton Bain (13:01)

This is great. We've got our girl squad and we're bullying the ICE vehicles and state troopers. So this is like unhinged. And it's really scary.

Michael Knowles (13:13)

We rioting. We. We like rioting. We like mostly peaceful arson. We love attacking cops. We. I don't know, she might win. I mean, happily, there's Tennessee is all red except for around Memphis and around Nashville. The fact that, I don't know, it's still a relatively conservative area. But truly, if this is the caliber of congressional candidate that the Democrats are running, it can mean one of two things. It can mean either the Democrats haven't learned a lesson, they haven't moderated, the people are gonna reject them wholesale in the midterms and we'll see special election into the midterms, or if she does manage to get herself elected, then it's gonna be a very rough next five to ten years for some. We're gonna have, I would say stretch out now a little bit because we are going to be loaded onto trains to the gulags. We will very light. If you don't smoke. I would start smoking cigarettes for when they put us in front of the firing squads because that is as radical as it gets. And it's not just her. You see the scene with the Democrats in Congress. We'll get to that in one second. First, I want to tell you about Policygenius. Go to policygenius.com knowles this episode is sponsored by Policygenius. We all know costs have been all over the place. Groceries, gas, subscriptions, you name it. So it is no surprise that we tend to assume everything is more expensive than it actually is. Case in point, 72% of Americans overestimate what life insurance costs. Turns out might be more affordable than you think. Policygenius makes finding and buying life insurance fast, easy and surprisingly affordable. So if something happens to you, your loved ones have a financial safety net. With Policygenius, real users have gotten 20 or 2 million dollar policies for just 53 bucks a month. Looking for life insurance can feel overwhelming. Policygenius makes it surprisingly straightforward. They let you compare quotes from top insurers in just a few clicks so you can find coverage that fits your needs and budget. What really sets them apart is their team of licensed agents walk you through everything step by step. Answer questions, handle paperwork, advocate for you throughout the process. They lay out all your options clearly with coverage, amounts, prices and terms right in front of you. No guesswork, just clarity. Since life insurance is such an important part of financial planning, it helps the policy genius. As the country's leading online insurance marketplace with thousands of five star reviews on Google and trustpilot from people who found exactly what they needed. Make sure that your family's taken care of. Get that peace of mind. Do the responsible thing. Secure your family's Future with Policygenius Policygenius.com Knowles Compare Life insurance quotes from top companies. See how much you can save. That is policygenius.com knowles my new episode of Bar Fight with Michael Knowles is out. Now. I'm joined by Luke Beasley and Zena Ikeme as we throw down on topics ranging from the libs ruining Thanksgiving. It's timely. To the harsh truth that hoas are an American treasure. Best part, we're also joined by you, some of the liveliest audience members in Nashville. Guests can come up to the mic, pick a fight with any one of us. Here's the teaser. Despicable person. No, I thought. I'm sick and tired. Let me finish. You had a monologue already.

Kristen Welker (16:13)

I tell people that Michael Knowles is my Internet dad.

Michael Knowles (16:15)

Stop it. We got a bar full of people and you want us to debate hoas? Because this is America. Welcome to bar fight. Tonight I'm joined by two libs. That's my case. I think it's a pretty good one. My first guest. That is Zina Ikeme. You've been calling me a lib this whole time. I hate to break it to you. Might be a little bit worse than that. Oh, just be consistent. I've been very consistent. Luke gets to finish his point. I think this bell's rigged. My second guest is one of the top names in online liberal commentary today, Luke Beasley. Here is how it works. Watch full episode now on the Michael Knowles YouTube channel for the uncensored ad free version. Please subscribe to Daily Wire plus. It's not just this woman. Democrat legislators in Congress are doubling down on men and women's sports. And this is really shocking to me. 121 Democrat House members and nine Democrat senators filed an amicus brief last week in the Idaho case Little v. Hecox, and in West Virginia v. BPJ, the court's gonna hear this. January 13, 2026. This is all about men and women's sports. And there's very, very little reporting on this. But just keep it in mind as we start to look ahead to the midterms, as we start to think, where are the parties moving? Or is anyone moderating? Is anyone grabbing the center? Especially as we look to what's gonna happen after President Trump leaves office. This was the cultural issue for the past, I don't know, five years. This is what caused the collapse of the Democrat party, is that they embraced trans ideology all the way down to transing the kids, all the way down to men beating up girls in women's sports and men changing in women's locker rooms. And that caused their downfall. That was it more than the economy, more than immigration, more than any of the other issues. Because with the trans issue, it, it shows that the Democrats have no judgment. It shows that their judgment is totally off. And if Democrats couldn't tell you the difference between a man and a woman, if they tried to seriously make you believe that a man could be a woman or vice versa, then they didn't know anything about anything. It would turn up in public opinion surveys on common sense. Common sense issues was one way to code this. It didn't always come up as do trans issues land in your top three priorities? But, but common sense, good judgment, these sorts of. Do you trust them? That's where it would turn up. And I thought that the Democrats got the message in 2024, after they lost the popular vote for the first time in 20 years. I thought they got the message, okay, we gotta get rid of this stuff. And they kind of push trans to the side for a while, but they're held hostage by their ideology. Because if they're gonna hold onto feminism, if they're gonna hold on to gay marriage, so called, if they're going to hold on to radical egalitarianism, if they're gonna hold onto all these other ideologies, they have to embrace transgenderism. If you uphold so called gay marriage, you're saying that men and women are basically the same. There's no meaningful difference between men and women. So you have to embrace transgenderism. And if you embrace transgenderism, you have to embrace men and women's sports. You have to. You can't. If you reject men and women's sports, you are implicitly rejecting transgenderism. And if you embrace transgenderism, you have to embrace transing the kids. Because you're saying it's true that a man can be a woman. Well, why is it true for a 30 year old, but it's not true for a 13 year old? You have to do it. And so they saw that it was a huge political liability. They tried to pull back from it. You haven't heard a lot about the trans stuff recently. And then they're leaning into it again, somewhat surreptitiously, but forcefully. 121 House members, nine senators coming out saying, no, we need to defend men and women's sports. This could be a live issue in the midterms and in 2028. And I really hope it is. I really, really hope it is. Please, Democrats sign any meekie briefs. You can please go on tv. Please give me those Videos about congressional candidates saying the real problem with trans violence is the transphobic backlash. Please give me that all day. And for Republicans, hold their feet to the fire on this. I know it feels cliche at this point almost. I know it feels kind of like a dead issue cuz we won it so forcefully. But Democrats aren't gonna give it up because they can't give it up when pressed on the issue. They're gonna have to defend transgenderism. Good. I want you to beat that dead horse until it turns into a bottle of Elmer's glue. Okay? I want you to beat that dead horse issue into oblivion because it generates one as a matter of justice, but two, electorally it's, it's just gold. It's absolute gold. And Dems don't wanna give it up. Fine. Fine by me. Speaking of men and women, Scott Bessant, Treasury Secretary. I'm a great admirer of the man. I've interviewed him a couple times. I think he's just terrific. Scott Bessant just had a beautiful interview on NBC News and you know, look, they bring Scott Besant out not to talk about all the really sexy cultural issues. You know, they bring him out, he's the Treasury Secretary, so he's brought out to talk about things like inflation, sometimes trade or tariffs, the Federal Reserve, all these really boring dry issues that just affect the economy or whatever. So they bring him on. But he adds a little pizzazz to it as he. I'm not even gonna set it up. Here is Scott Bessant speaking to NBC News.

Kristen Welker (21:57)

Well, and banana prices are up almost 7%. Coffee prices up nearly 19%. Isn't the fact that you're rolling back tariffs in admission that ultimately they do drive up prices for consumers?

Scott Bessant (22:10)

Chris, how much does your arm weigh?

Kristen Welker (22:12)

That I do not know exactly.

Scott Bessant (22:14)

But you know how much you weigh. You get on the scale every morning. Inflation is a composite number and we look at everything. So we are trying, we try to push down the things we can control. And as I said that we are working on the energy prices are down and everything flows from that. And I think we're going to see these other prices come down rare.

Michael Knowles (22:39)

I love this so much. Besson's so smart and he just operates at a very high level. So he's sitting there. She goes, you know, banana prices are up. She picks a few examples of places where prices have gone up. Inflation actually is quite under control right now. And the San Francisco Federal Reserve just discovered that the tariffs, far from being inflationary, actually were deflationary. And so she says, but in these few examples, the prices have gone up. He says, Christian, how much does your arm weigh? You don't know how much your arm weighs. It's just a part of you, and that's not a meaningful number. He says, of course you don't know how much your arm weighs, but you know how much you weigh, Kristen. Every morning you get up, you walk over to that scale, don't you, in the bathroom. You look at yourself in the mirror, disappointed, more and more each day, wondering how many more flaps, how many more folds are going to appear on your body before the aging starts to reverse course and you start to thin out. You become a stick and a rail. Before you die, you almost wish that that process might begin because of how fat you look. Kristen, every time you reach for a muffin, you say, I, I can't eat it. I don't want to eat it. Last. No man in my life ever, ever look at me with, with desire again. Well, anyway, Kristen, that's, that's kind of how inflation is. Because, you know, you're really measuring the whole thing, right? Kristen is.

Mailbag Caller 1 (24:15)

Christian.

Michael Knowles (24:17)

I don't. She's not fat, by the way. She's not fat. She is a good looking woman. Just. I love that, the kind of, the needling there. How much does your arm weigh here? You don't know that. You know how much you weigh, though, don't you? Yeah. Yeah. Kristen, want to talk about that? It's so beautiful. It's great. Anyway, I love it and it's true. And he makes a good point on how we should consider inflation and bananas and the whole economy. Because what the libs are gonna do and what the lib journos are gonna do is they're gonna try to point to one number, this number. Just whatever the bad numbers are, they're gonna try to point to that. Meanwhile, if you're looking at Trump's economy right now, you can say, overall stock markets are at record highs. That's great. Inflation is back under control. In some cases, the tariffs actually were deflationary. Real wages are up because wage growth and salary growth has outpaced inflation. And you're looking pretty good. GDP growth has been strong, relatively strong. The jobs numbers in September doubled forecasts. So more than doubled forecasts. So overall, the economy's looking pretty good under Trump. And a lot of things that the genius economists and the libs predicted would happen, namely massive inflation because of the tariffs, that didn't happen. Actually, the opposite happened. So it was a very effective way for Scott bessant to do it and I found it funny and delightful. Now speaking of NBC News, Zoran Mamdani goes on NBC News to Kristen Welker, who actually did a great job here. She holds his feet to the fire because Zoran just palled around with Trump in the Oval Office. Hold on, I thought Trump was a fascist. We'll get to that momentarily. First though, wanna tell you About Birch Gould Tex Knowles Kwles 2989898 this episode is sponsored by Birch Gold. Anyone check the price of gold yesterday? It's up to all time highs I think, but 4150, 4181 or something like that last time I checked. Well folks, right now is the one time of the year the Birch Gold group gives away free gold with every qualifying purchase. Right now for Black Friday, when you convert an existing IRA or 401k into a tax sheltered IRA in gold, birchgold will send you free gold to your home for every 20 grand purchased. Now, gold started this year around $2,600 an ounce. By October it was over $4,000 an ounce. As of yesterday it was still going up. Why? Global Uncertainty 2025 has been defined by trade wars, central banks pulling from the US dollar as the global reserve currency. Military tension continuing to build. Gold thrives in times of uncertainty. If you're looking to diversify your savings, Birch Gold can help. Now through November 28th, get free gold with a qualifying purchase. Text my name Knowles KWLAS to 9,898.98. Claim your eligibility and for a free info kit on gold. Your opportunity for free gold with purchase ends on November 28th. Do not wait. Text Knowles KWLAS to the number 989-898 for full details. Folks, they're here, but they're not here for long, you know. First of all, you go to thecandleclub.com knowles you know that my Smells and bells candle sold out immediately. You know that my Lux Adventus candle set for the four candles each for the four last things, death, judgment, heaven and hell. The four weeks of Advent sold out. And then you sent me angry emails about it. Sorry. Now we have two Christmas candles. We have wassail, washail, wasael all over the town. Spelled orange cranberry. It's very nice. Like a nice wassailing bowl. We sing to thee. And even more whimsical, perhaps you have the never catch me candle. Never catch me a little gingerbread man. Go to thecandleclub.com knowles I think I'm gonna light The Never Catch Me right now, I love the wassail one. It's the one that I might be proudest of. But the Never Catch Me is so whimsical. It's not. I just love. The smell's magnificent. Here we go. It's the first time I'm lighting this particular candle, actually. Back on MSNBC News. No, sorry. NBC News Kristen Welker grills Zoran Mamdani after his Oval Office pal session, his bro session with Trump. And she asks a very good question. Why are you so chummy with Trump? I thought he was a fascist.

Kristen Welker (28:37)

In that press conference with President Trump, a reporter asked you whether you believe that President Trump is, in fact, a fascist, a word that you've used in the past. You were about to answer. Then President Trump sort of jumped in and he said, quote, that's okay. You can just say yes. It's easier than explaining it. So, Mr. Mayor elect, just to be very clear, do you think that President Trump is a fascist?

Zoran Mamdani (29:01)

And after President Trump said that, I said, yes.

Michael Knowles (29:04)

So you do.

Zoran Mamdani (29:05)

And that's something that I've said in the past. I say to. And I think what I appreciated about the conversation that I had with the president was that we were not shy about the places of disagreement, about the politics that has brought us to this moment. And we also wanted to focus on what it could look like to deliver on a shared analysis of an affordability crisis for New Yorkers.

Kristen Welker (29:23)

You've also said in the past that President Trump has engaged in a, quote, attack on our democracy. You've called him a despot. Do you still believe President Trump is threat to the democracy?

Zoran Mamdani (29:34)

Everything that I've said in the past, I continue to believe. And that's the thing that I think is important in our politics.

Michael Knowles (29:41)

What doofus. What a total doofus. He, man, Trump laid that trap out and he just walked right to it like a giant political bear trap right underneath the Resolute desk. And Mamdani walked right into it. Great question from Kristen Welker here because her incredulity is so obviously justified. A picture says a thousand words. Mamdani might say with his words, oh, yes, no, I still think Trump is a fascist. I think he's a despot. I think he is an authoritarian ruler, an existential threat to our country. But then you look at the picture of Zoran in the Oval Office, and there they are just bro and out, just palling around. If Zoran really believed that Trump were Hitler, would he be smiling like a little schoolboy in that Oval office. Would he and Trump be patting each other on the back, slapping, having fun, joking around together with the press? If you seriously believe that someone poses an existential threat to your country and to democracy, do you treat him like your buddy? No. And so then you have this contradiction here. What Zoran is saying on NBC News to try to save face. And what Zoran did in the Oval Office with Trump, when it counted with his words, he said, Trump is a fascist and a dictator and a despot and an authoritarian, and he's Hitler 2.0. Whatever. But what he did, what he showed you in color in 3D, is that he doesn't believe any of that. He made himself out to be a doofus. He made himself out to be a total joke. Even the way he delivers this line on NBC. So do you think he's a fascist? I do. Yeah, I do think he's a fascist. That was the guy you were hanging out with yesterday, like, joking around with. Yes, I think he's Hitler. Yeah, I think I was. Yes, I think I was palling around with Hitler yesterday. We had a lovely lunch, Hitler and I. We had schnitzel and spaetzel. It was delicious. Yeah, I think he's the devil incarnate. Yeah, we were texting last night, actually. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's an existential threat to the country. Brutal. Brutal. Well done by the president. Really amateur stuff. And Zoran's a good politician. He's clearly a very talented politician. Not talented enough, apparently. Not Talented enough to avoid that trap. Okay, turning to actual threats. Horrific story out of Nigeria. Many of you have been following this. I've been retweeting things about, you know, I've been posting a little bit about it on social media. I don't. We've covered it broadly on the show, the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. But the attack a few days ago was particularly egregious. 315 Catholic school children were kidnapped by Muslims in Nigeria. 12 teachers, in addition to the 315 schoolchildren kidnapped by Muslim gunmen in Nigeria. Happily, as of yesterday, 50 children escaped. They took so many kids that 50 kids were allowed to get out. Then Also yesterday, another 25 Christian students were kidnapped from a school in Kebbi. Just absolutely awful. It's a reminder that we talk about the persecution of Christians in America, and specifically Catholics, actually, under Joe Biden, where Joe Biden was, even when he was vice president, was bringing lawfare against nuns, little sisters of the poor, and he was spying on Catholic churches, calling us traditionalist extremists. Terrorist threats, basically, because we like the Latin mass, mass of the ages. But look, I guess that is a kind of a persecution. Compare that to what real persecution looks like in Nigeria. That's what we're seeing. It's a reminder that as everyone plays the victim game and, you know, we all talk about this is the real threats here. The real threat's there. The real threats. Islamophobia. We hear from this woman who wants to be the congress lady from Nashville. The most persecuted religion in the world is Christianity. Christians are the most persecuted religious group by far. It's not even close. And Christians are persecuted by all sorts of different groups. You know, in secular liberalism, you know, there's a kind of an atheist persecution, but the chief persecutors of Christians are Muslims. And that's been true for a very long time. That's been true for about 1400 years now, and you're seeing it in Nigeria now. So the question is, what do we do? There can be all sorts of debates. Should the United States intervene? We're the global hegemon. But we don't want to get involved in wars that don't directly affect the national interest, and we don't want to get involved in abstract ideological wars to spread liberalism and democracy in the Middle east or something. Do we want to get involved for religious reasons? That's a little deeper and more defensible than ideological reasons. We are a Christian country, after all, and we want to support our Christian brethren. Maybe, yeah, maybe there are going to be some more isolationist types who don't want to do that. I guess the question that I would ask is, have you prayed? Have you prayed? Because everyone says, why aren't we all talking about persecution of Christians in Nigeria? Why aren't we talking about it? Why aren't we doing something about it? And I share some of that frustration. But you do have to ask yourself, have you personally prayed for the Catholic school children in Nigeria who were kidnapped, who were under the control of Muslim lunatics there? For the 100,000 Christians who have been murdered in Nigeria recently? For the tens of thousands of churches that have been burned down? Have you just prayed for them? Because as my friend Father Ben Keely points out, prayer is not the last resort. Prayer is the first resort. Have you done that? I don't know. Maybe not. If you haven't, maybe you should. Another minor point before we get to the mailbag. It's not a minor point. It's actually a major point, but it has a personal aspect to it. You'll recall last week I was talking about this congressional candidate, Democrat congressional candidate Jack Schlossberg. He's John Kennedy's grandson. And I was making some jokes about his congressional campaign. He's running in New York. And I said I don't want it to be personal because he was a schoolmate of mine, he was a couple years younger than me or so, and actually his sister was in my class. Really awful story. Became a major national, even international news story a couple days ago when it was revealed that his sister, JFK's granddaughter, Tatiana Schlossberg, was diagnosed with very aggressive, rare terminal cancer. And I really didn't know her as an undergraduate, even though she was in my class. I remember her vividly, but I didn't really know her. But by all accounts she seemed really lovely, very sweet, very nice, nice gal. Just so awful. She's very, very young, has two young kids. She was diagnosed right after she gave birth. It was actually in the hospital while giving birth. They discovered this and diagnosed her. And it's really awful. It seems quite dire. So anyway, just a request of prayer for her as well. You know, obviously she has a kind of political profile because she's JFK's granddaughter and she's done some work as a journalist and writer. But just also a little personal, personal request if you wouldn't mind praying for Tatiana. So much more to get to, but we don't have time because we have the mailbag coming up. And because I want to tell you about Chevron.

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Mailbag Caller 2 (42:13)

Hey, Michael, I just watched your latest episode of Bar Fight, which was lovely. The one fella brought up the marital contract where in a marriage, a wife owes her husband a certain activity. And I was wondering if there is another side to that contract if the wife gets anything from the husband. I mean, obviously we get stuff from our husbands, but like, in that sense, what is owed to us from our husbands? Thanks.

Michael Knowles (42:46)

This is a great. This is a marvelously womanly question. Because the marital debt refers to the conjugal act, let's say. That's what it refers to. When you take your vows, when you sign up to get married, you are committing to with some regularity, barring extreme circumstances, bumping uglies. That's what you're doing and being open to life and the consequences of that and everything, right? So that's what it refers to. And I love how you say, well, okay, so that means that the wife owes the man sex. What's the wife get? Because the the actual answer is, she gets the sex, too. St. Paul writes about this. I think in 1 Corinthians, he says, men do not withhold the conjugal right from your wife, and wives don't withhold the conjugal right from your husbands. So you're thinking, does it mean I get to go to Cabo once a year? Do I get a nice scented candle or something? What do I. Will he cook me dinner one night? No, it just refers to that. And it is true that, generally speaking, men are more interested in that than women are. Not that women aren't interested, but men are very interested in that. But that's it. And hopefully women, you know, as you say, hopefully, women feel as though they get a lot of things from their man, but that's it. The man owes it to the woman, the woman owes it to the man. And it's the same thing. Next one.

Mailbag Caller 1 (44:17)

Hi, Michael. So one of my friends from high school who was a Christian and still claims to be, came out as a lesbian our senior year. And while I know gay marriage isn't a thing, according to the state, she's legally married to a woman now. She and her partner want to use a donor to have a kid together. And while there are a lot of problems with that, here's my main issue. I have a young kid, and I plan to have more. I don't want to have to explain why their friend Timmy has two moms is my only option to end my friendship with her to protect my kids from that. Thank you.

Michael Knowles (44:47)

Yeah, tough situation. I would counsel you to maybe bring this up to your friend before she commits this very serious sin, before she creates a child at the baby store intentionally to deprive that child of his natural father. It's a very awful thing to do to a child. And so I would maybe, since you're her friend, I would maybe counsel her to think about that, you know, to consider the bioethics of it and not to do that. And, you know, I'm not saying you need to, like, throw her off a rooftop or something. You don't even need to really address the lesbian thing. You could just, you know, say, hey, you know, we kind of are where we are, but wouldn't recommend doing that thing and explaining why. And she might. Who knows, she might end your friendship over that comment. But I think it'd be good. That's a helpful and loving thing to do to your friend. And it's not to say that you can never see your friend again or go get drinks or something, but if you really fear that this woman, not just even having the lesbian partner, but going through the supposed marriage and then creating a child in this deeply, deeply immoral way, if you fear that that will really scandalize your kid, then it seems to me you're gonna want to circumscribe that friendship. I'm not saying you gotta cut the lady out entirely, but you're probably gonna want to circumscribe that to protect your kid from that. That's probably true. Sad. It's sad because maybe you can avoid that by explaining your concerns and maybe your friend will be open to it. But it's not so easy. Some people, the open minded liberal types, will say, oh, what are you talking about? It's no big deal. But you don't want to scandalize a kid. You really don't. That's what the millstone verses are about. Okay, last mailbag question. Last voicemail bag.

Mailbag Caller 2 (46:34)

Hey, Michael. I heard something recently on modesty that has me questioning everything. Apparently our lady of Fatima said that certain fashions would be introduced that offended our Lord. And then people on the Internet are saying that means no shorts, no pants, no short sleeve shirts. And I don't know what to make of it all. Is modesty relative to the time? Or should I be wearing long sleeves and ankle length skirts every day just trying to, you know, avoid hell and growing virtue? Thanks.

Michael Knowles (47:10)

Good question. I didn't know that about Our lady of Fatima. I'm hearing it now for the first time. Okay. And she is an amazing woman. Our lady is an amazing woman without question about it. And I don't. And I do subscribe. You know, I do believe in the Fatima apparitions. For those of you who don't know, it's that Mary appeared to three children in Portugal about a hundred years ago. There's much to say about that, that we don't have time here. So that's what the question's about. And I suppose when it comes to an apparition such as Fatima, you are not obligated as a matter of your faith to believe in it. But it seems you do believe in the apparition and maybe you believe in this supposed aspect of it. So then let's get to the issue itself, the modesty. I would not advocate going full burqa. I think the Muslims take it a little bit too far. However, I have said a tasteful headscarf is n good enough for Audrey Hepburn. Good enough for any of us. On the point of shorts, sometimes the shorts are a little. They're A little much in public. Maybe not around the house when you're just with your husband or whatever, but when you're out in public. Sometimes the athletic wear, where it's the skin tight little yoga pants and stuff, it's too much. It's too much. Even sometimes really form fitting jeans or whatever, it's, it's not, I'm not saying it needs to be proscribed by law. I'm saying it's not the most modest. And sometimes guys, they look okay and even with, I don't know, short sleeve shirts I think are probably okay, but not if it's got a plunging neckline or if it's so, I don't know. I mean, you have to take that seriously. And this is not that we're instituting Sharia law in America. You know, our own culture was much, much more modest until pretty recently. I mean, the bikini was only invented in what in the 40s. And women did dress much, much more modestly. So I like a dress on a lady, you know I do, but I would just say you don't. Again, you can use some prudence here. I think as you're working through this question, just about the issue itself. Maybe you don't wear the like super, I don't know, skin tight sweatpants or whatever. Maybe you opt for maybe a little more modest pants. Maybe you, you don't have to go full burkini at the beach, but maybe you wear a more tasteful bathing suit. Maybe we can work around these things because it's real. I remember one time I was in school, I think it was in high school. I remember this middle school and high school and the girls would wear these really like, you know, skin tight pants and stuff like that. I remember I was taking a test, SAT or I don't know, whatever standardized test. And I remember thinking, I was like, the girls are in an advantage here because here I am, I'm taking the test and I'm distracted by the girls, but the girls are not distracted by me. Gigachad though I may be. The girls are not the. I am at a disadvantage, a sexual disadvantage. And that's very wrong maybe for that kind of situation. Maybe burkas or cold, I don't know. I don't know. Today's tee he Tuesday. The rest of the show continues now. You do not want to miss it. Become a member. Use code Knowles Canada V Early as a checkout for two months, free on all annual plans.

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