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

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— A Christian non-profit may boot Rep. Ted Yoho from its board for using a vulgarity against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (1:05)

— Arkansas State Rep. Jason Rapert, who opposed the state’s mask mandate, is now hospitalized with COVID. (8:45)

— Anti-abortion Democrats want the party to be more anti-abortion… which is a horrible idea. (12:59)

— Dr. Anthony Fauci can’t throw a pitch, which is perfectly fine. (27:51)

— There’s a new dating site for Christian bigots. (33:50)

— North Dakota’s GOP platform is wildly anti-LGBTQ and they only now realized it. (39:59)

— A Republican policy tells homeless shelters how to spot transgender people by sight. (44:45)

— A Texas lawmaker wants you to know even aliens need Jesus. (49:20)

— Sen. Tom Cotton filed a bill to block the teaching of the 1619 Project. (54:30)

— Satanists launched their own scholarship for students who hate school. (1:08:35)

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

— Be sure to check out the Being Reasonable podcast if you enjoy street epistemology!

— Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany wrongly thinks science supports reopening schools. (1:16)

— Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is promoting Christian Nationalism in a new document. (8:07)

— The White House held secret phone calls with evangelical leaders urging them to apply for forgivable PPP loans they didn’t need. (13:04)

— Don’t use slurs when you’re the leader of an atheist organization. (15:05)

— These irresponsible parents are leading a “Million Unmasked March.” (35:01)

— Rush Limbaugh wants us to follow in the footsteps of cannibals. (40:58)

— Anti anti-Trump ad features evangelical Christians admitting Trump used them. (45:57)

— Sudan is taking big steps in the direction of human rights by overturning religious rules. (52:31)

— Louisiana’s governor wants everyone to fast for three days, during lunch, for… something. (55:23)

— Atheists aren’t hypocrites for taking PPP loans. (57:28)

— Does Laura Ingraham know where Toronto is? (1:01:23)

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

— The one mom at One Million Moms is very angry at “Hamilton” for including an F-bomb. (0:44)

— Conservative Christians are mad at CNN’s Don Lemon for saying Jesus wasn’t perfect. (8:05)

— Dr. Nancy Goroff, a secular Jew and Ph.D. scientist, won her Democratic primary for Congress in New York. (14:50)

— Will Smith used “godless” as a slur. Should we cancel him? (17:30)

— The Supreme Court says religious schools are all-but-immune from anti-discrimination lawsuits and got in the way of women and contraception. (24:45)

— Churches received billions of dollars in forgivable loans from the U.S. government. Should this have happened? (33:10)

— A church threw an in-person event and a girl soon died. Who should be blamed for it? (40:58)

— Donald Trump wants to build a National Garden… with a statue of Billy Graham. (59:48)

— The FBI raided the headquarters of the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing, a.k.a. The Bleach Church. (1:03:35)

— Be sure to check out the Being Reasonable podcast if you enjoy street epistemology!

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

— An Idaho church held an indoor service. Masks optional. 1,000 people came. (0:55)

— Jehovah’s Witnesses are among the few groups not taking part in an Australian program meant to help sexual abuse survivors. (5:06)

— A pastor and his wife were arrested for taking part in an embezzling scheme. (11:33)

— The Supreme Court just made it possible for private religious schools to receive taxpayer money. (16:58)

— Sen. Rand Paul hates experts. (24:23)

— A powerful megachurch pastor let a potential predator work with kids. Now we know why. (41:18)

— A Catholic priest was suspended after comparing Black Lives Matter organizers to maggots. (50:23)

— The numbers are in! The Catholic Church spent more than $280 million on sex abuse cases in 2019. (54:20)

— “Cancel Culture” doesn’t need to get rid of Darwin. But it wouldn’t matter if he got canceled. (1:02:14)

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