Friendly Atheist Podcast

Jessica and I sat down to talk about several stories from the past week involving religion and politics. -- Should Catholic Church confessionals about child abuse be reported to the cops? (2:01) -- Apparently, Australia doesn't exist. (9:45) -- Two Christian women released a marriage checklist. It's disturbing. (13:14) -- In Alberta, religious schools want the ability to "out" members of Gay-Straight Alliances to their parents. (26:00) -- PA State Rep. Brian Sims had a one-finger salute for Mike Pence. (36:27) -- "Hot Dog Water" isn't a thing. But people are buying it. (39:13) -- Focus on the Family doesn't care about families being ripped apart by Donald Trump. (43:05) -- Country musician Rory Feek accepted his gay daughter's marriage. Now Christian bookstores won't sell his memoir. (45:54) -- Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP tried to get more scientific... and failed. (53:36) -- The governor of Texas promised a dying boy that he would ban abortion completely. (59:26) -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions was accused of immigrant child abuse by 600 members of his own religion. (1:07:13) -- Muslim reformer Maajid Nawaz won a huge settlement from the Southern Poverty Law Center (yay!) and the Religious Right is using it to their advantage (boo). (1:14:45) -- Can you separate art from the artist? (1:27:03)

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