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

— A Christian lawmaker used the Bible to justify the physical abuse of kids with disabilities in public schools. (0:37)

— Americans still view atheists unfavorably… but it’s not all bad news. (25:42)

— In a lawsuit, a teenager says a teacher assaulted her for not saying the Pledge of Allegiance. (43:37)

— An editorial defending college football coach Deion Sanders’ proselytizing fumbled the facts. (54:35)

— The Santa Rosa Catholic Diocese in California has filed for bankruptcy. (1:13:29)

— A Christian school in Vermont is banned from competing in state-sanctioned events after refusing to play a team with a trans athlete. (1:21:03)

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

— A Christian pastor wrote the most WTF essay about Jesus penetrating the church. (0:57)

— A Catholic non-profit spent millions of dollars to track the whereabouts of gay priests. (32:35)

— An Arizona school board rightly ended its contract with an anti-LGBTQ Christian college. (48:25)

— An employee of Catholic Charities has sued the group for its hyper-realistic active shooter drill. (58:37)

— This is going to be the worst conference ever. (1:07:00)

— Why is a taxpayer-funded tourism group in Kentucky promoting Creationism? (1:15:05)

— The Supreme Court won’t weigh in on a police-led Christian prayer vigil… yet. (1:20:35)

— A Tennessee bill would let county clerks refuse to sign same-sex and interracial marriage licenses. (1:36:50)

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

— Why was New York City Mayor Eric Adams repeating Christian Nationalist rhetoric? (0:40)

— Christians who went to the Asbury “revival” may have been exposed to measles. (15:14)

— Defrocked priest Frank Pavone has been accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct. (23:15)

— Banning “After School Satan” clubs after anonymous threats makes things worse. (37:30)

— A writer who once called out conservative Christianity has now adopted conservative Christianity. (44:20)

— Attendance in religious education classes fell 99% in Victoria, Australia after the classes stopped being mandatory. (54:15)

— A Montana Republican has filed a bill to stick Christian prayer in public schools. (1:00:29)

— West Virginia lawmakers are still trying to push “Intelligent Design” into classrooms. (1:07:55)

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

— I’ve shifted to Substack. (0:48)

— Saddleback Church was kicked out of the Southern Baptist Convention for having a woman pastor. (1:56)

— Arizona House Republicans passed a bill forcing kids to say the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. (14:13)

— Nikki Haley, who wants to present herself as a sane Republican, got an extremist pastor to kick off her presidential campaign. (23:50)

— A former member of Westboro Baptist Church is now whitewashing a different kind of hate. (30:53)

— Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt called out her Christian colleagues for ignoring Jesus in how they vote. (40:03)

— A Christian school canceled a concert after learning one of the singers is gay. (46:35)

— The Feds fined the Mormon Church and its investment division for trying to hide its assets. (59:15)

— A victim of the Satanic Panic, Melvin Quinney, has finally been exonerated. (1:10:59)

— Don’t automatically trust stories about pastors who die for bizarre religion-related reasons in Africa. (1:17:19)