Shiny Happy People: The Duggar Docuseries

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

What we learned from watching “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets.” (1:57)

— Christians are furious over a tiny Pride flag on the set of “The Chosen,” a show about Jesus. (29:12)

— Oklahoma just approved a taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school. (41:03)

— The L.A. Dodgers never should’ve caved after honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. (51:38)

Richard Dawkins has a new analogy to describe people who are transgender. (1:03:17)

— If Louisiana forces every classroom to display “In God We Trust” signs, atheist Chaz Stevens is preparing to send them Arabic ones. (1:10:00)

— What does it mean that “non-churchgoers now rule the GOP”? (1:16:35)

— To comply with Utah’s book banning law, a school district removed the KJV Bible. (1:28:00)

— Two Christian schools sue Minnesota for cutting them out of a taxpayer-funded program. (1:33:00)

The Failure of Christian Home-Schooling

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

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— The 3 lies that convinced two conservative Christians to stop home-schooling their kids. (2:20)

— Catholics are flocking to Missouri to catch a glimpse of a dead nun’s corpse. (32:42)

— A pastor charged with four counts of child cruelty has announced his bid for the Louisiana House. (46:05)

— A Church diocese dismissed sex abuse allegations against a priest. Now there are six more victims. (1:00:06)

— A GOP bill would force Michigan schools to teach the “Christian foundations” of the U.S. (1:08:25)

Loudspeaker Prayers at Florida Football Games

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

— A new damning report examined sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Illinois. (0:55)

— Even the most dedicated Catholics are walking away from Church services. (21:23)

— A new Florida law allows four minutes of loudspeaker prayers at high school playoff games. (32:13)

— The Jehovah’s Witnesses are trying to pretend they didn’t create two videos promoting disfellowshipping/shunning. (41:32)

— A Christian school fired two staffers for including their pronouns in emails. (1:00:08)

— A Satanist is suing Chicago for ignoring his “Hail Satan” invocation request. (1:14:50)

— Why did a Florida county honor conspiracy theorist and preacher Rodney Howard-Browne? (1:22:00)

— Why did the Texas Ten Commandments bill fail? Not because Republicans opposed it… (1:29:45)

The Mormon Church’s Fiasco on 60 Minutes

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

— A 60 Minutes segment on the Mormon Church allegedly hoarding cash only made the religion look worse. (0:45)

— Southern Baptists had the biggest drop in membership in over 100 years… AGAIN! (26:26)

— A Christian “prophet” says climate change is God’s way of pointing us to Bible verses. (38:56)

— A church in Norwich, Ontario pressured businesses to close on Sundays… or else. (44:19)

— An atheist heard his kids’ bus driver was proselytizing on the way to school… so he had them capture it on video. (50:10)

— Christian Nationalists are now adopting and embracing the label. (57:30)