The Friendly Atheist Podcast

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Conservatives can’t handle The Satanic Temple’s harmless display in Iowa’s Capitol. (0.37)

— Officials in Toledo, Iowa think their public Nativity display is legal. They’re wrong. (24:55)

— The ACLU made a critical error in defending Christian pseudo-historian David Barton. (32:20)

— The Mormon Church is buying up acre after acre of Nebraska. (49:36)

— Preacher defends criminally charged colleague, saying critics will be “sniped and taken out.” (58:15)

— Denmark reinstates blasphemy law, criminalizing the burning of holy books. (1:11:15)

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— Speaker Mike Johnson says God told him, in late-night hallucinations, that he was Moses. (0:59)

— The Mormon Church refused to help a sex abuse survivor, then paid her to destroy evidence. (13:18)

— The theme of this public school marching band’s halftime show? A Christian Tent Revival. (32:26)

— Kirk Cameron wants schools to ditch Scholastic book fairs for a right-wing alternative. (42:20)

— Oklahoma Senate candidate: Parents who use IVF are “waging an assault against God.” (1:01:10)

— An all-female Catholic college will admit trans women. Haters can’t handle it. (1:12:48)

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— This anonymous Christian dad proudly refuses to love his transgender daughter. (0:22)

— After ending daily prayers over the intercom, an Oklahoma public school may restart them. (21:46)

— Christian college president: Sorry I let a man with long hair present at a Creationism seminar. (37:55)

— Anger over Sabrina Carpenter‘s music video reveals the Catholic Church’s broken priorities. (48:35)

— Oregon is paying millions to an unlicensed Christian ministry to care for foster kids. (1:00:05)

— An unregulated Louisiana group for Christian homeschoolers sells diplomas for $465. (1:08:40)

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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.

— “Let Us Prey” exposes abuse in Independent Fundamental Baptist churches. (1:08)

— More congregations are ditching the United Methodist Church over an LGBTQ schism. (14:20)

— A Christian school has sued Vermont officials after facing consequences for anti-trans bigotry. (27:50)

— A teenager created a Prayer Mirror in her high school’s bathroom. It needs to come down. (44:00)

— A Pennsylvania school district must pay Satanists $200,000 after a lawsuit over After School Satan Club. (49:32)

— Facing lawsuits, Archdiocese of Washington challenges law empowering abuse survivors. (1:00:15)

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