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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— The Christian Right is having a hard time dealing with the candidacy of Pete Buttigieg. (0:24)

— A Methodist pastor had the best comments about the pro-life crowd’s hypocrisy. (8:03)

— An episode of Arthur featuring a gay wedding didn’t air in Alabama. (11:35)

— A “pro-life” Christian lawmaker from Mississippi was arrested for punching his wife in the face because she wouldn’t undress for sex quickly enough. (15:32)

— A New Orleans man accused of multiple rapes was granted bail, possibly putting women in danger. (18:06)

— A former Illinois megachurch pastor allegedly hired a hitman. (20:27)

— An Alabama school board member wants to “investigate” why kids aren’t standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. (26:58)

— A new study says religious couples have better sex lives. Is it accurate? (29:30)

— A California bill that would force priests to be mandated reporters is on the verge of becoming law… but only after some amendments. (38:39)

— Nevada is taking a sensible step to stop doctors from having to tell patients unnecessary information about abortions. (45:10)

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If you support what we’re doing, please contribute to our Patreon page!

Hemant’s new Pledge of Allegiance podcast is currently on Kickstarter! Please contribute!

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Hemant’s new podcast has hit its Kickstarter goal! But it’s not too late to donate! (0:41)

— Alabama’s near-complete ban on abortion may backfire and even conservatives seem to understand it. (2:03)

— Conservative blogger Matt Walsh says it’s good to force rape victims to have babies because it’s proof of the rape. (8:28)

— In Michigan, an anti-abortion lawmaker said abortions should be painful because that’s what God wants. (16:13)

— A Christian broadcaster says pro-choice people will be repeatedly aborted in Hell. (27:30)

— The Catholic Church’s lobbying arm in Pennsylvania called a sexual abuse victim a “troll.” (31:22)

— A cartoon rat from “Arthur” got gay-married and conservatives were furious. (37:09)

— Non-religious Americans are more reliably Democratic than nearly every other group. Why don’t candidates care? (41:35)

— A pastor who raped his 14-year-old adopted daughter got a more lenient prison sentence because he’s a Christian. (47:44)

— Hate-preacher Steven Anderson has been banned from just about every country. (50:40)

— A Christian school turned Hemant into a personal project. (53:12)

— This is a horrible reason for why kids should say “God Bless America” after the Pledge of Allegiance. (1:00:32)

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If you support what we’re doing, please contribute to our Patreon page!

Hemant’s new Pledge of Allegiance podcast is currently on Kickstarter! Please contribute!

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Hemant is working on a new podcast and could use your support! (0:30)

— I’m sad to say progressive Christian writer Rachel Held Evans has died. (6:50)

— The Catholic Church has new rules to stop sexual abuse. They don’t go far enough. (10:58)

— A new Gallup poll finds that 60% of Americans could support an atheist for president. (16:30)

— A Texas lawmaker says vaccines are “sorcery.” (22:43)

— A Kentucky student who sued over pro-vaccine policies… now has chickenpox. (26:26)

— A Texas church baptized a man only after he held up a sign saying he believed “a lie from the devil” that he was gay. (30:55)

— Tell us more about these racy pics, Jerry Falwell, Jr. (35:20)

— Georgia’s anti-abortion “heartbeat” bill is as extreme as anything we’ve ever seen. (41:07)

— A Georgia mayor was revealed to be a racist… and she’s not even the most racist person on the city council. (45:13)

— An Ohio lawmaker doesn’t understand how ectopic pregnancies work. (53:48)

— Watching porn is bad… if you’re a conservative Christian. (59:20)

— A Minnesota woman helped end her state’s “marital rape” exception in the law. (1:03:37)

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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Donald Trump announced new disastrous “religious freedom” exemptions for medical workers. (0:25)

— Pete Buttigieg had a weird week when it came to vaccination policy. (3:50)

— The Alabama House just passed a bill making abortion a felony. But something good for abortion rights happened in Kansas! Seriously! (8:51)

— Why are these men not going to jail for their crimes? (10:48)

— Pat Robertson, in rare form, said something sensible about Creationism. Now Creationists are complaining about it. (13:59)

— It wasn’t heartwarming to see a BYU valedictorian come out as gay at graduation because we know what comes next. (17:00)

— A Christian college covered up classical works of art in textbooks. (21:30)

— After a school shooting, a North Carolina church used the opportunity to win converts. (28:18)

— A college president said safe sex is a myth. (31:08)

— Navy sailors were told to applaud for Mike Pence as if they’re “at a strip club.” (35:03)

— Fundamentalist Christian Lori Alexander says wives should always have sex with their husbands because it won’t even take long. (36:45)

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