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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 man who slapped a reporter’s butt on live TV during a race is a Christian youth leader. (3:54)

— The people running the Anti-Theism conference still don’t get it. (11:08)

— A racist city council member from Georgia is resigning before voters can vote him out. (26:00)

— Donald Trump asked a Christian pastor who said Jews are going to Hell to speak at a Hanukkah Reception. And that’s not all. (31:40)

— A Minnesota mom is suing two pharmacy chains after she was unable to get the morning-after pill from them. (36:33)

— A Wall Street Journal essayist wants atheists to lie to their kids about death. (42:50)

— A Louisiana high school newspaper had to change its front page because it was deemed too Jesus-y. (49:35)

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

— The organizer of an “anti-theism” conference defended sexual harassment in a bizarre rant. (0:40)

— Elizabeth Warren needs a better response when it comes to defending the rights of atheists. (14:22)

— One of the most anti-abortion conservatives in the country just got a lifetime appointment to the federal bench due to Republicans. (21:02)

— Ohio Republicans want doctors to reimplant ectopic pregnancies. (25:33)

— This Christian man says no one has it worse in America than Christian men. (29:24)

— New laws in favor of sex abuse victims could cost the Catholic Church over $4 billion. (31:57)

— Three girls from Utah defended their classmate after a teacher insulted his gay dads. (36:40)

— Liberty University just launched a “think tank.” (39:52)

— The U.S. Army is not anti-Christian. (41:59)

— Televangelist Paula White says she can’t abandon Donald Trump now because what would that say about her?! (45:59)

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Andrew L. Seidel works as a constitutional attorney at the Freedom from Religion Foundation, litigating cases involving religion and the Constitution. He has appeared on FOX News and MSNBC, speaks and writes extensively about religious freedom.

He’s the author of the new book The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American.

We spoke at the recent FFRF convention about what he learned about Christian Nationalism while researching his book, how church/state separation legal strategy changes with a conservative Supreme Court, and the future of Project Blitz.

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

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

— Conservative Christians are angry at Chick-fil-A for helping the poor. (0:38)

— People are very upset about a same-sex couple on a dancing show. (12:35)

— A Christian Right group’s Christmas “Naughty or Nice” list reveals a lot about their priorities. (16:36)

— A Tennessee school district is getting sued over its long long history of preaching to kids. (23:40)

— A Wisconsin church won’t get a $10,000 from a city council because they bragged about converting people with it. (27:59)

— The Dallas Straight Pride Parade was a flop. (31:03)

— A Michigan college nixed the Pledge from student government meetings… then brought it back. (34:00)

— Kanye West‘s appearance at Joel Osteen‘s church was underwhelming and ignorant. (37:52)

— The Ohio House passed a bill that allegedly prohibits teachers from punishing students who give a wrong answer if they did it because of religion. (53:10)

— Kansas City just banned conversion therapy! (58:33)

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