Friendly Atheist Podcast

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — SPONSOR: Check out God Pod! — Republican Rep. Glenn Thompson voted *against* a bill to protect same-sex weddings... then attended his gay son's wedding. (1:52) — Why is Ted Haggard back in the news? (13:07) — The Church of Scientology wants to enforce religious arbitration clauses in its contracts... against people who left the faith. (26:45) — Among Gen Z, women are less likely to be religious than men! (40:05) — With the Supreme Court getting rid of the Lemon Test, a previous church/state separation victory was wiped off the books. (46:15) — A Kentucky judge temporarily protected abortion access, saying that the state's anti-abortion laws were "theocratic" and therefore illegal. (1:00:48) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — A Christian hate-preacher condemned me‚Ķ for quoting him accurately. (1:05) — Creationist Michael Peroutka won the GOP primary for Maryland attorney general. (20:21) — A staffer found illicit pics on a priest's printer. Then the cover-up began. (28:35) — "The Transformed Wife" has some bizarre ideas for why teachers may soon quit their jobs. (39:58) — The ‚ÄòWatchman Decree' is a scary vision of Christian nationalism in action. (43:43) — A Canadian church was fined $80,000 for obstructing COVID health inspections. (55:45) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — Happy James Webb Telescope Images week for all who celebrate! (0:30) — How seriously should we take the allegations against right-wing radio host Jesse Lee Peterson? (10:28) — A Christian writer thinks she's being persecuted for her faith. Nope. It's just her bigotry. (27:02) — A former Texas football star says he was definitely coerced into praying with his coaches despite what the Supreme Court now says. (45:35) — The Christian hate-group Family Research Council is now technically a "church," a move that allows it to avoid being transparent about its finances. (55:16) — A female pastor's progressive views on LGBTQ people were censored from a book celebrating female pastors. (1:03:52) — A new bill in Congress would crack down on scammy Christian "health share" ministries. (1:14:38) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — Why are insane Christians cheering the destruction of the Georgia Guidestones? (1:16) — A record-low 20% of Americans say the Bible is literally true. (10:50) — A right-wing activist said on a hot mic that she prays with Supreme Court justices. (19:55) — The Biden administration is not trying to "promote atheism worldwide." (38:35) — Florida's civics teachers are being indoctrinated with Christian Nationalism. (52:55) — For many evangelicals, God and guns are linked together. (1:02:26) — 12 Christians were arrested in Australia after the "faith-healing" death of a child. (1:12:18) — Should elders in the Jehovah's Witnesses have control of your files? (1:15:42) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — Roe v. Wade was overturned and the conservative Christian dream is a nightmare for everyone else. (0:01) — The Supreme Court also rewarded a preaching Christian football coach with a decision based entirely on lies. (42:40) — Maine lawmakers found a way to subvert the Supreme Court's recent decision to fund religious schools with tax dollars. (58:20) — An atheist sued his company for forcing him to come to daily Christian prayer meetings. (1:07:49) — A Christian hate group lost its battle to stop being called a "hate group." (1:15:05) — "No religion" is one of the largest religions in Australia, according to new Census results. (1:29:09) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — Evangelist Franklin Graham told a woman to stay with her abusive husband after downplaying her suffering. (1:00) — The Supreme Court's decision in Carson v. Makin was a devastating blow to church/state separation. (16:49) — Georgia's Herschel Walker, running for U.S. Senate, once said that Multiple Personality Disorder isn't a problem because Jesus had it too. Christians don't seem to care. (36:13) — Sex abuse allegations against a popular Christian singer, Chris Rice, were found "credible." (40:41) — A New IFB church member was arrested for threatening violence at a Pride parade. (51:25) — Three men in Maine have sued the Catholic Church after state officials eliminated the statute of limitations for child sex abuse cases. (1:00:11) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — 81% of Americans believe in God, an all-time low. (2:05) — Students at Seattle Pacific University protested their school's anti-LGBTQ hiring policy by handing rainbow flags to the university president as he gave them their diplomas. (7:22) — The Canadian Armed Forces just got its first Humanist chaplain. (12:45) — A man wearing a "GOD" shirt tried to burn down The Satanic Temple's headquarters in Salem, Massachusetts. (17:55) — A man who left flowers on his dead fianc√©e's gravesite, only to be turned in to law enforcement by her preacher father, was found guilty of littering. (22:20) — Christian cops are now saying COVID swab tests violate their faith. (27:37) — Is the atheist movement too narrow-minded when it comes to pushing back against misinformation? (40:20) — A Catholic school near Boston lost its "Catholic" designation for keeping up Pride and Black Lives Matter flags. (57:57) — A Jewish synagogue is suing Florida over its impending 15-week abortion ban because they say it would violate their religious beliefs. (1:09:27) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — A Christian hate-preacher delivered an anti-gay sermon that's even worse than you imagine. (2:20) — A conservative school board candidate checked out all the LGBTQ books in a local library's Pride display so kids couldn't get to them first. (16:28) — A popular Ontario preacher was arrested on charges of sex abuse. (24:03) — What should we make of Amy Coney Barrett's bizarre religious cult? (36:35) — An army chaplain earned his Ph.D. saying the military is an ideal place to win over Christian converts. (52:15) — Poland (!) just made God optional in their boy scout oath. (1:05:26) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — An Oklahoma candidate for U.S. Senate claims his church was "shut down." (1:13) — Atheists don't have to defend Richard Dawkins if he says ignorant things. (12:50) — The Johnny Depp/Amber Heard non-story involving atheism. (55:13) — Students are protesting a Christian school's homophobic hiring policies. (58:30) — A superintendent in Georgia used a graduation ceremony to win converts for Christianity. (1:10:43) — Another graduation speaker in Ohio told kids to avoid gay marriage. (1:14:25) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Please support the show at https://www.patreon.com/friendlyatheistpodcast. Donors now get access to a new BONUS episode. Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. — Please join our Discord server! — The shooting in Uvalde, Texas. (1:03) — Christian predator Josh Duggar is going to jail. (3:24) — After a pastor confessed to "adultery," the victim got on stage and said it was sexual assault that began when she was 16. (12:25) — The Southern Baptist Convention's sexual abuse report ignored the most obvious solution. (24:50) — A woman is urging Florida voters not to send her anti-trans, anti-abortion mother to Congress. (44:12) — Christian hate-preacher Greg Locke says he's asked the IRS to rescind his tax exemption... but don't take his word for it. (51:54) — Michigan GOP candidate Jacky Eubanks said she'd vote to ban birth control because the Catholic Church says so. (59:20) — A Catholic archbishop says Nancy Pelosi can't receive communion. It's a hypocritical, partisan move. (1:03:28) — An Idaho atheist just won a GOP primary for State Senate. He may soon become the only elected atheist in the Republican Party. (1:10:31) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.