The Friendly Atheist Podcast

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

— Some potentially interesting personal news from Hemant… (1:00)

— A whole bunch of Congress members want the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. (15:45)

— The United Methodist Church is breaking up over the issue of whether love matters. (30:06)

— Pope Francis smacked a woman’s hand and we can’t even complain about it. (38:40)

— Massachusetts may drop its requirement for minors to get permission before an abortion. (42:04)

— Christian “coach” Dave Daubenmire has a new reason to oppose interracial marriage: He went to a zoo. (45:38)

— One reason white evangelicals love Trump? They’re as opposed to immigration as he is. (49:42)

— Conservative Dennis Prager doesn’t care about anything Anne Frank wrote because he doesn’t get his wisdom from teenagers. Or anyone else for that matter. (58:19)

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On this podcast, Jessica and I discussed the past year in news!

We covered a whole variety of topics, going month by month, so feel free to jump around and listen in at any point!

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

— Christianity Today‘s piece calling for Donald Trump‘s removal from office doesn’t go far enough. (1:11)

— These Christian parents sadly think their dead baby will be resurrected. Do they deserve criticism? (16:29)

— This anti-gay pastor was caught trolling for men on Grindr. (21:22)

— Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said he pardoned a child rapist because the victim’s hymen was intact. (25:24)

— The Mormon Church is allegedly hoarding $100 billion (with a B) meant for charity. (30:58)

— These GOP-approved federal judges are the worst. (36:15)

— Hallmark screwed up, then backtracked, after the Christian Moms complained about an ad with a same-sex couple. (40:25)

— Samoa is going after anti-vaxxers. Hardcore. (44:15)

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

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

— Thank you for helping us reach this milestone! Your stories are interspersed throughout this episode!

— A man who slapped a reporter’s butt on live TV during a race is a Christian youth leader. (3:54)

— The people running the Anti-Theism conference still don’t get it. (11:08)

— A racist city council member from Georgia is resigning before voters can vote him out. (26:00)

— Donald Trump asked a Christian pastor who said Jews are going to Hell to speak at a Hanukkah Reception. And that’s not all. (31:40)

— A Minnesota mom is suing two pharmacy chains after she was unable to get the morning-after pill from them. (36:33)

— A Wall Street Journal essayist wants atheists to lie to their kids about death. (42:50)

— A Louisiana high school newspaper had to change its front page because it was deemed too Jesus-y. (49:35)