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ScathingAtheist 171: Under the Hud Edition
In this week’s episode, a Kansas Group wants to make sure pugapegacorns don’t rule the skies, a group of evil rape victims hires James Spader's dad to knock down a church, and Muhammad will challenge us to write even one sentence as good as his several more times.
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Headlines: Amendment to RFRA that you can’t be a monster http://www.centerforinquiry.net/newsroom/donoharm_act/ Head of Christian Charity steals half a million dollars to fund his “sex addiction” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/05/19/head-of-christian-charity-embezzled-475000-to-finance-his-sex-addiction/ Church sold to pay sexual abuse victims and the people are really sad...about their church...being closed...not the victims...the church http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/19/st-frances-xavier-cabrini-boston-church-catholic-clergy-abuse and http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/boston-area-catholic-church-sold-to-pay-sexual-abuse-victims-despite-parishioners-12-year-battle/ Christian High School Policy allows them to expel you for having a gay sibling: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/05/19/christian-high-school-says-it-has-the-right-to-expel-you-if-you-have-a-gay-sibling-at-home/ and http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/05/22/christian-school-that-wont-admit-you-if-you-have-a-gay-sibling-responds-after-public-outcry/ Kansas Anti-abortion group demands people not combine people and animalshttp://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/not-crazy-kansas-anti-abortion-group-demands-lawmakers-oppose-mythical-human-animal-hybrids/ Texas town keeps cross in public park by selling tiny patch of land around it to local church: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/05/20/port-neches-tx-keeps-cross-in-public-park-by-selling-that-tiny-portion-of-land-to-a-local-church/ Jerry falwell university has 26% employment ratehttp://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/graduates-from-jerry-falwells-liberty-university-law-have-a-comically-high-26-unemployment-rate/ Guy sells kid hitting stickshttp://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/christian-peddling-creepy-discipline-sticks-wants-to-keep-his-business-a-secret/ also, he went out of business http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/05/21/the-christian-who-was-secretly-selling-child-beating-sticks-has-shut-his-business-down/
This Week in Misogyny: Iranian cops arrest fashion models and photographers over “Unislamic Hair” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/05/20/iranian-cops-arrest-models-and-photographers-for-instagram-pics-of-un-islamic-hair/ Cop told rape victim to engage in naked catfights http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/shocking-lawsuit-alleges-detective-ordered-a-rape-victim-to-engage-in-nude-cat-fights/ (This is the one with the video I was telling you about -Lucinda) Badass senator yells at her asshole colleagues for stripper weight limitshttp://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/smackdown-of-the-week-louisiana-rep-scolds-cackling-colleagues-for-wanting-stripper-weight-limits/