Alabama Wants to Punish Schools That Don’t Pray

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

— Alabama schools could lose funding if they don’t mandate daily Christian prayers. (0:22)

— Oklahoma lawmaker: I don’t want “pink-haired” atheists teaching the Bible in schools. (11:56)

— Oklahoma lawmakers shoot down slew of Christian Nationalist bills. (21:48)

— Tim Barton: We “arrest students that break the Ten Commandments,” so we should put the list up in schools. (42:15)

— Australia will keep screwing up the religion question in its 2026 Census. (49:15)

— Survey finds low levels of “Religious Nationalism” in America. Why doesn’t it feel that way? (1:07:35)

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Trump’s Useless Task Force to “Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias”

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

— Donald Trump’s task force to “eradicate anti-Christian bias” is a complete waste of time. (0:29)

— Wheaton College praised alum Russell Vought, Project 2025 leader, before deleting post. (20:08)

— South Carolina school district to pay family $75,000 after teacher assaults girl for not saying the Pledge. (33:25)

— North Dakota Republicans are pushing a resolution to honor the “Kingship of Jesus Christ.” (40:12)

— North Dakota Republicans push bill to force “Intelligent Design” in science classrooms. (49:55)

— An Idaho bill would force public schools to read from the King James Bible every day. (53:50)

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Pastor Fired Over Anti-Trump Sermon

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

— Pastor fired from progressive church after preaching anti-Trump, pro-justice message. (1:32)

— The New Orleans Saints helped Catholic Church leaders spin a sex abuse crisis. (21:45)

— A proposed Texas law would let teachers “encourage” prayer during school activities. (33:10)

— Canadian town rescinds Christian Heritage Month proclamation after atheist makes similar request. (41:40)

— A proposed Alabama law would force every school to display the Ten Commandments. (48:03)

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Should Confessional Booths Protect Predators?

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

— After “faith-healing” death of 8-year-old girl, 14 Christians found guilty of manslaughter. (1:55)

— Montana Democrats want to require priests to report confessions of child abuse. (14:45)

— Washington lawmaker defends bill making priests mandated reporters. (33:22)

— Atheist group sues to end tax exemptions for church-owned apartments in Madison. (48:00)

— The Supreme Court will decide if taxpayers should fund a religious charter school. (59:43)

— Right-wing priest Calvin Robinson had his religious title revoked after imitating Elon Musk’s salute. (1:05:18)

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