In our latest podcast, Jessica and I discussed the past week in politics and atheism.
We talked about:
Jerry Falwell, Jr. just got sued by Liberty University. (0:59)
The problems with Richard Dawkins comments about trans people. (7:23)
A West Virginia lawmaker sank a sensible life-saving suicide prevention bill by blaming the teaching of evolution. (24:56)
The Bible makes way more sense as a series of Florida Man stories. (32:39)
The Melania-loving misogynistic pastor is back. (33:59)
I think this pastor just threatened me. (43:33)
A Polish town that declared itself free of LGBT now wants to take it back. (45:00)
The Mormon Church is on the verge of excommunicating a sex therapist who puts science over dogma. (48:12)
An atheist is suing LOreal for being subject to offensive slurs and proselytizing at work. (54:12)
The MyPillow guys new free speech app restricts anti-Christian speech. (57:26)
Iowas GOP governor used her position to raise over $30,000 for a private Christian school. (1:02:13)
Secular Democrats outnumber White Evangelical Republicans. (1:04:51)
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