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

— The Johnson Amendment is (temporarily) safe again! (0:41)

— The Navy has rejected the application of a Humanist chaplain after pushback from Republicans. (6:08)

— The new director of the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services overcame discrimination in his youth. Now Roger Severino wants to discriminate against others. (14:06)

— Don’t listen to Gwyneth Paltrow: Bee stings won’t improve your health. Haven’t you seen My Girl? (23:45)

— Young Europeans are abandoning religion in droves. (26:55)

— A Memphis pastor has finally resigned after sexually assaulting a teen girl decades ago. (30:10)

— One of the most influential megachurches in the country, Willow Creek, is dealing with misconduct allegations against its founding pastor Bill Hybels. (37:35)

— Hipster pastors are the worst because they’re too afraid to have opinions. (47:35)

— Is it okay for a Democrat to be personally anti-abortion if he won’t legislate that way? (54:38)

— Focus on the Family wants you to stop saying they support gay conversion therapy… even though they totally support gay conversion therapy. (1:00:55)

— Is Jim Carrey mocking Christians with his portrait of someone who looks a lot like Sarah Huckabee Sanders? (1:06:20)

— Why do Donald Trump‘s political endorsements matter more to evangelicals than Mike Pence‘s? (1:11:24)

— Richard Dawkins will offer free translated versions of his books in several languages. (1:17:10)

— This is the worst book about atheists I’ve read in a long time. (1:21:20)

— We answer a listener’s question! (1:28:14)

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

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.

— The people who think Stephen Hawking is burning in Hell. (0:18)

— PA Republican House candidate Rick Saccone claimed his critics “have a hatred for God.” Nope. He’s confusing God with Donald Trump. (13:55)

— Trump supporters who continue to support him. (17:05)

— Christian author claims transgender activists are urging lesbians to keep going and “become trans.” (21:14)

— Tony Perkins says liberals are using Trump’s affair with Stormy Daniels to “shame” politically active evangelicals. (25:29)

— Congressional Republicans are trying to stop the Navy from appointing a Humanist Chaplain. (30:48)

— The Kansas commissioner who told atheists to go to Hell. (41:43)

— An Alabama Republican legislator doesn’t want to arm teachers (yay) because most of them are women (wut). (45:23)

— The pastor who once said women don’t control their bodies because they belong to God. (48:36)

— Evangelical Christian Matt Barber says the Academy Awards didn’t honor Rev. Billy Graham because “they hate him.” (53:19)

— Pastor with “debilitating” disease sued by insurers after they discover her incriminating Facebook posts. (57:39)

— We answer a listener’s question! (1:01:45)

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

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.

— Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis wrote a memoir. I read it. I hate myself. (1:02)

— A gay escort was right to expose dozens of Catholic priests who were clients. (17:53)

— Mississippi now bans abortion after 15 weeks. (26:30)

— The dominoes are still falling for Lawrence Krauss. (32:05)

— This Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate thinks banning abortion will stop abortions. (50:53)

— The Shape of Water‘s “sexual depravity” will destroy America, says a pastor who thinks fish-men are real. (54:49)

— A GOP congressman thinks Jews could’ve survived the Holocaust if they had guns. (59:43)

— A lot of African-Americans are leaving their predominantly white megachurches. (1:02:20)

— Sinclair broadcasting is pushing right-wing propaganda through local news channels. (1:06:20)

— Steve Bannon is scared of Oprah. (1:11:20)

— We answer a listener’s question! (1:12:54)

Welcome to the first episode of the Friendly Atheist Bonus Listeners Entertainment Show (or FABLES).

We’re releasing this one on the public feed; all future episodes will only go to Patreon subscribers.

For this debut episode, Jess sits down with her bestie from college and they discuss Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay. Along the way they also discuss their friendship origin story, their Cool Girl (TM) roots, and what it means to be a feminist.

New episodes will be released monthly.