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Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Here’s what happened in the Supreme Court as they discussed the Bladensburg Cross. (1:27)
— The “My Pillow” guy, Mike Lindell, told CPAC Donald Trump was the best president ever because he was “chosen by God.” (12:45)
— Cardinal George Pell‘s lawyer tried to get him a more lenient sentence by referring to his actions as “plain vanilla” child rape. (15:36)
— A Missouri bill would ban anonymity for anyone who files a church/state separation lawsuit. (20:00)
— The United Methodist Church just voted for its own extinction by adopting an anti-LGBTQ stance. (26:56)
— Skeptics came up with a clever way to expose psychic mediums. (33:22)
— Richard Dawkins is giving away professionally translated versions of his books for free for readers in Muslim-majority nations. (41:22)
— Pope Francis had no concrete suggestions for handling child sex abuse at a summit about handling child sex abuse. (44:18)
— Portland (Oregon) now explicitly includes atheists in its non-discrimination ordinance. (46:33)
— With a conservative government, Brazilian lawmakers are resurrecting old bills that promote Christian supremacy. (48:20)
— In Argentina, an 11-year-old girl was forced to give birth to her rapist’s baby. Because that’s what the “pro-lifers” wanted. (51:37)
— A Florida Democrat is skipping the first day of the legislative session so she can hang out with Pat Robertson. (54:06)
— A Kansas lawmaker won’t endorse anti-gay “parody marriage” bill after daughter’s open letter, but he doesn’t go far enough. (56:50)