Hemant Mehta and Jessica Greiff cover the latest news, politics, and pop culture with a focus on atheism and religion. This is the official podcast for FriendlyAtheist.com.
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Pastor Calls Autism Awareness Week "Demonic"
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Jessica and I spoke about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
— Arizona GOP lawmaker lashes out at "god-haters" who criticized abortion ban prayer. (4:21)
— Christian school's pastor cancels Autism Awareness Week, calling it "demonic." (19:40)
— New Testament scholar Richard Hays now says God's cool with gay people. (35:53)
— The Vatican, a threat to human dignity, calls gender-affirming surgery a threat to human dignity. (45:57)
— Wisconsin public school district seeks new leader with "conservative, christian values." (1:01:09)
— Christian woman admits she was fired from Starbucks for being an anti-LGBTQ bigot. (1:11:24)
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