The Vatican is taking some hard lines against American nuns it views as too progressive in their thinking. In the Rewrite, Lawrence O'Donnell explains why the nuns — and even Stephen Colbert — are right and the Vatican is wrong.

More over North Carolina pastors. The blogosphere is abuzz over a disturbing new YouTube video of a little boy in Indiana, who seriously can't be over the age of five, singing an anti-gay song to roars of applause by his congregation.

A sampling of the hate-filled lyrics: "The Bible is right, somebody's wrong. Romans 1 and 27, ain't no homo gonna make it to heaven."

The congregation jumped to their feet for a standing ovation and you can hear a proud man shout in the background, "That's my boy!" It's upsetting on many levels.

The Apostolic Truth Tabernacle in Greensburg, Indiana, where this incident reportedly took place, today issued a statement on their website. "5/30/12 — The Pastor and members of Apostolic Truth Tabernacle do not condone, teach, or practice hate of any person for any reason. We believe and hope that every person can find true Bible salvation and the mercy and grace of God in their lives. We are a strong advocate of the family unit according to the teachings and precepts found in the Holy Bible. We believe the Holy Bible is the Divinely-inspired Word of God and we will continue to uphold and preach that which is found in scripture."

Republican candidate Mitt Romney was asked about some past controversial beliefs of his church. He didn't answer the question asked, but the LDS church answered The Last Word's questions. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell has details in the Rewrite.