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ScathingAtheist 173: Comfort Food Edition
In this week’s episode, we mourn the miserable failure that was a 7,000 person march on Washington, an African pastor takes a page out of the Matthew Broderick playbook, and we’ll get an all too infrequent chance to make fun of Buddhists.
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Headlines: Catholic church lobbied against child protection billhttp://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/06/01/the-catholic-church-in-new-york-state-paid-lobbyists-a-fortune-to-quash-anti-child-sex-bill/ Texas County loses $22,000 in settlement over crosses on their police cars: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/06/07/texas-county-with-crosses-on-police-cars-will-pay-atheist-group-more-than-22000-in-settlement/ God’s Not Dead producers face $100m copyright suit: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/gods-not-dead-producers-facing-900029 AFA: Why fund AIDS research when you can just tell gays to stop buttfucking? http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/afa-don-t-fund-hivaids-research-just-tell-gay-people-stop-doing-what-you-re-doing Christian prophet drives car over followers to prove God: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/06/06/christian-prophet-drives-his-car-over-disciples-to-prove-the-power-of-god/ HEY! Buddhists sued some people for blasphemy. Finally Yeah! http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/06/04/party-organizers-in-thailand-get-sued-by-shady-buddhist-sect-over-alleged-blasphemy/ Rabbi forbids girls from riding bikes because it’s too provocative: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2016/06/rabbi-bans-females-from-riding-bikes-because-its-provocative/ NYT calls out public pool for “ladies only” jewish hour: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/06/02/times-editorial-board-calls-exclusive-pool-hours-for-women-capitulation-to-a-theocratic-view/ Turkish president says family planning is like treason: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/05/31/turkish-president-urges-muslims-to-ditch-birth-control-says-family-planning-is-like-treason/