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June 2018

The Takeaway from Masterpiece Cakeshop

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Queer Disbelief, a book Hemant edited, is now out on Kindle and in paperback! Go pick up a copy!

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

— The Catholic League’s Bill Donohue is already using Anthony Bourdain‘s suicide to celebrate himself. (0:50)

— The Masterpiece Cakeshop decision was the worst of all possible worlds for conservative Christians, even though they won. (12:08)

— Does a Muslim beautician have the legal right to tell a trans woman she won’t wax her private parts? (23:44)

— A Texas church’s list of dangerous “isms” includes Judaism and atheism, but not racism and sexism. (31:23)

— What is up with college professors who commit acts of sexual misconduct against students? (35:45)

— CrossFit fired a high-ranking employee for his anti-LGBTQ rhetoric on Twitter. (44:52)

Dr. Oz is promoting astrology again. (49:37)

— Did an Ethiopian pastor get fatally attacked by a crocodile during a baptism? (59:24)

— TV tattoo artist Kat Von D will not be vaccinating her baby. (1:05:45)

— Denmark’s burqa ban is a big mistake. (1:11:59)

— This ex-lesbian wants Christian women to avoid the #MeToo movement. (1:17:43)

— We got mail! (1:21:50)

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Dinesh D’Souza Was ParD’oned

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Queer Disbelief, a book Hemant edited, is now out on Kindle and in paperback! Go pick up a copy!

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

— Now that abortion will be legal in Ireland, Focus on the Family is lying about what will happen next. (2:54)

Donald Trump pardoned Dinesh D’Souza because nothing matters anymore. (19:44)

— The Mormon Church is way richer than we thought. (24:15)

— A Republican politician knows why school shootings happen: Kids are buying smut at grocery stores. (33:24)

— Atheists have filed a lawsuit for the right to solemnize marriages in Michigan. (49:48)

— An atheist’s lawsuit to get “In God We Trust” off the money has failed again. (55:10)

— An Archdiocese in Minnesota agreed to a $210 million settlement with sex abuse victims. (1:09:45)

Homeopathic sound files don’t cure Ebola. Or anything else. (1:16:29)

— A rant on Roseanne and Samantha Bee. (1:23:17)

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