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February 2019

Sticking God in Tennessee’s Constitution

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

— A California law would force Catholic priests to report child sex abuse. (0:41)

— Washington legislators want to remove faith-healing homicide exemptions from the law. (6:47)

— A Colorado billboard welcomes women seeking abortions. (11:30)

— A Tennessee legislator wants to change the Constitution to include a useless line about God. (21:10)

— A Wyoming lawmaker supports the death penalty since that’s how Jesus was killed. (25:52)

Who’s to blame for the Flat Earth movement? YouTube. (27:50)

— Should a former teen ISIS member be allowed to re-enter society when she becomes an adult, if she doesn’t have any remorse? (32:50)

— Move over, Christian bakers. You’ve got company in the tax department. (41:55)

— The Church of Norway is apologizing for its stance on abortion. (45:42)

Pope Francis said critics of the Catholic Church were “friends of the Devil.” (48:52)

— Catholic cardinals blamed the “homosexual agenda” for the sex abuse scandal. (50:30)

— Michigan’s attorney general is going after the Catholic Church and its sex abuse cover-up. (52:16)

— A Christian Right leader went on a rant about witches in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez‘s district. (56:05)

— What the Southern Baptist sex scandals teach us about the Catholic Church sex scandals. (1:00:40)

— An 11-year-old was arrested after he didn’t say the Pledge. Kind of. (1:04:15)

— What is going on with Jussie Smollett? (1:07:10)

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An Atheist Invocation Doesn’t Need Follow-Up

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

— Once again, an atheist invocation by an Arizona legislator was rebuked by a Christian who couldn’t handle it. (0:45)

— An investigation found rampant abuse among Southern Baptist churches. (7:00)

— A Nebraska lawmaker wants atheists to promote religion in order to keep everyone “in line.” (18:06)

Don’t shake the hand of this FOX News host. (27:18)

— A theologian claimed that female pastors are as bad as sex offender pastors. (31:14)

— The MAGA hat-wearing boys from Covington Catholic did nothing wrong, says an investigation commissioned by Covington Catholic. (32:39)

— A Christian school told female dancers to bind their breasts before a show. (37:11)

— A Planned Parenthood (that doesn’t even perform abortions) was set on fire in a possible hate crime. (42:55)

— A West Virginia lawmaker suggested he would drown his kids if they were gay. (52:12)

— Women in the military say they’re being denied birth control. (56:35)

— An 18-year-old who had never been vaccinated defied his parents and got his shots. (58:11)

Trump Celebrates the “Abolition of Civil Rights”

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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.

Donald Trump accidentally praised religious leaders for achieving the “abolition of civil rights” during the National Prayer Breakfast. (1:18)

— A TN lawmaker says taxpayer-funded abortions violate the law because they’re an endorsement of the “religion” of Secular Humanism. (4:00)

— A cross washed up on a Florida beach… so of course it’s supernatural. (9:00)

— Democrats are debating “In God We Trust” when administering oaths in House subcommittees, and one decided to do away with the phrase altogether. (12:20)

— Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson says he doesn’t need health care because God made us all immortal. (16:19)

— In Arizona, the specialty “In God We Trust” license plate is funding a Christian hate group. (20:40)

Hemant is giving an atheist invocation at a county council meeting! (27:10)

— New Jersey will begin teaching LGBT history in public schools. (30:32)

— A gay atheist in Poland just launched his own political party to push back against Catholic influence. (33:06)

— Michigan’s attorney general just pulled the state out of three church/state separation lawsuits on which they were fighting for the wrong side. (36:13)

Pope Francis, for the first time, acknowledged the ongoing sexual abuse of nuns by priests. (38:35)

— A judge said a 13-year-old girl was the “aggressor” in a sexual abuse crime involving a 67-year-old man. (41:45)

— A 24/7 Dutch church service meant to protect refugees finally ended after the policy in question changed. (42:24)

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God Wanted Trump to be President

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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.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders says God wanted Donald Trump to be president. (1:05)

— Here’s how atheists are telling the Supreme Court that a giant public cross is unconstitutional. (7:59)

— Kentucky’s Christian governor wants Kim Davis to pay her own bigotry fine. (29:08)

— An Illinois Republican accidentally told the truth about his “In God We Trust” bill. (36:19)

— A Chicago radio host slammed a local pastor for his manipulative ways. (40:59)

— Conservatives were angry that a New York Times reporter asked people for their Christian school experiences. (47:56)

— Biblical literacy classes might be okay, just not for the reason Trump likes them. (53:15)