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The LDS Church Got Sued for Doing the Right Thing

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

— The Mormon Church is being sued for turning in a child abuser. (0:22)

— Britain’s “most prolific rapist” was a good guy, according to his church. (7:31)

— Conservatives want to torture a suffering baby by keeping her alive when there’s no hope of recovery. (12:44)

— A new ad from a GOP group highlights the hypocrisy of Trump-loving evangelical Christians. (18:18)

— This conservative doesn’t think fictional women can handle swords. (24:41)

— A Brazilian judge told Netflix to temporarily pull a comedy film featuring a gay Jesus because it’s offending Christians. The Supreme Court overruled him. (31:19)

— A Christian woman is suing the Postal Service for not allowing her to use self-designed Jesus stamps. (34:05)

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The Splitting of the United Methodist Church

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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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Even “Christianity Today” Wants Trump Gone

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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)