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

— Tennessee’s Lt. Gov. is telling voters to reject an atheist candidate because she’s “dangerous.” (1:07)

— Even country music stars want nothing to do with Mike Huckabee. (10:40)

— Rep. Blake Farenthold hasn’t paid an $84,000 harassment settlement, leaving the bill for taxpayers. (18:25)

— Billy Graham‘s body didn’t deserve to lay in the Capitol rotunda, nor should his statue go up in National Statuary Hall. (23:25)

— The Department of Health and Human Services is a disaster for LGBTQ people. (28:45)

— A bill in Michigan to extend the statute of limitations for victims of sexual abuse is getting resistance from — wait for it — the Catholic Church. (37:59)

— There are times when we don’t need to condemn people sending their thoughts and prayers, like when actor Chris Pratt said it after director Kevin Smith‘s heart attack. (43:26)

— Want to coach football at Louisiana College? Make sure your mother isn’t Jewish. (49:13)

— Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis just published a book. Should be a very interesting paragraph. (52:10)

— Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been accused of sexual harassment. Because of course he has. (57:05)

— Here’s an interesting art project by a student at Brigham Young University. (59:22)

— We answer a listener’s question! (1:02:54)

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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.

— Lawrence Krauss faces sexual misconduct allegations from multiple women. (1:00)

— The death of Billy Graham and his sad legacy. (20:54)

— GMOs are good for you, says a new study. (28:47)

— The phrase “In God We Trust” will not stop bullets. (31:30)

— South Carolina’s education chief said school shootings could end if we just taught kids more about Jesus. (35:20)

— Even Pat Robertson (!) called for a ban on assault weapons. (37:45)

— A GOP congressman gave Donald Trump a literal bag of prayers after the school shooting. (44:22)

— A PA church (near an elementary school) will bless your assault rifles next week. (46:03)

— An ex-Jehovah’s Witness killed her family, then herself. Was it because of her shunning? (50:15)

— Why are these Christian non-profits telling the IRS they’re churches? (53:57)

— Iceland may ban circumcision for non-medical reasons. (59:17)

— The Teenagers Roast Marco Rubio Show. (1:02:39)

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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.

— Republicans should just admit their prayers to stop school shootings aren’t helping. (1:09)

— A pastor was found with a naked, tied-up man in his car. He swears “on a stack of bibles” that nothing happened. (11:45)

— This racist cartoonist published a cartoon attacking DREAMers. (14:55)

— A Colorado teacher has been charged with abusing and assaulting a student who wouldn’t stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. (19:50)

— Even Omarosa Manigault, a minister, thinks Mike Pence is a crazy Christian. (23:57)

— The Trump administration’s response to the Rob Porter scandal has been disappointing and exactly what you’d expect. (26:55)

— The Tennessee GOP Unleashed an attack on a “radical atheist” running for State Senate. (32:46)

— Dennis Prager says evangelicals aren’t hypocrites for backing Donald Trump. Even though they totally are. (39:35)

— A New Mexico city owes the ACLU $700,000 after not taking their advice about a Ten Commandments monument, then losing the court case. (50:54)

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Sarah Levin is the Director of Grassroots and Community Programs at the Secular Coalition for America. She has served in various roles at the Secular Coalition since 2013, including as the organization’s chief lobbyist on Capitol Hill and as the State Chapter Coordinator, managing and growing the organization’s state chapter program and implementing various grassroots campaigns on the national and state level.

I spoke with her about the biggest church/state separation concerns facing Americans, what counts as a success in the age of Donald Trump, and how the Secular Coalition for America wants to empower atheists nationwide to get active in state politics.